Transporting an out of state used truck purchase?

Dont you have commercial auto insurance already? Honestly, I have never not had a commercial auto policy in place in almost 20 years. I dont know how hard it is to start a policy when you are not at the agents office to sign the paperwork. Then call your insurance agent, they will tell you how to handle the insurance side of it. Call the place that you want to buy from and see if they can issue temp tags. If they do not, call the TX DMV and ask what the procedure is.

 

Ok, I live in MD. I was financing a truck from G.B., WI. I was leasing on to a company in TN. I got my ins in my home state. Flew to WI. They (dealer} gave me a 1 week temp tag. No dot, ifta or any other stuff because I WASN'T under a load. You don't need any thing but ins and a copy of title or a authorization/ release form, from person you are financing from, stating that you are authorized to drive the vehicle.

 

When i bought my Tractor from SchneiderNational in Atlanta GA. i had the same issues, not knowing how to bring it from Atlanta to Tampa FL. Schneider will not let that tractor out of their property without Ins. So they referred me to Cold Iron Driveway Delivery and Asset Recovery. They charged me $750.00 to send a driver using their permits, ins. they furnish the fuel, replace a tire on their watch so they picked it up, the guy drove it pulling his personal car with a truck dolley and deliver it on my property. I would've spent that on fuel only from Atlanta to Tampa. So i didnt have to worry about Ins. permit running GA. fuel. So thats a road you can take with Cold Iron, i think they are out of Ohio. Phone 405 8308401

 

Wow 750 for fuel from Atlanta to Tampa!!!! I could not afford a truck that the fuel cost was 1.66 a mile !!

 

I think the thread you are thinking of is at http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...ck-storage-leasing-carrier-getting-ducks.html.

 

They charged him for fuel plus the driver. Would have been cheaper to get his own ins and put fuel in it. But I guess the replaced tire would have bumped it over 750 if it happened enroute.

 

Im preety sure they want their cut. At that time i had no registration, nothing that the truck belong to me so i had to get it somehow to florida to start the registration process and a notary public to make sure the vin# was legitimate so i think it worked for me.

 

Yeah you gotta do what you gotta do.