What do I need to drive the truck off the lot

You can go to the dmv and tell them that your'e going to be buying a truck and they give you a plate Give that a try and get back to us on how it DID NOT WORK.

 

Exactly.

I would like to hear about that as well.

 

If you finance it you will need full coverage insurance for the bank. The dealership will give you a 15 or 30 day temporary tag to drive it home and other places if you need to have something done to it. But you will not be able to haul anything with it on that temp.

 

I can tell you this..Landstar will want the title or a noterized bill of sale..Once they get that,they will get you a ''temp tag'' in a paper form.You will then get your plate in about a month from ILL.

Landstar makes it easy and does all the DMV WORK.Your only work is to go to your DMV and get title transfered to your name..Remember you are now ''tax free'' on a commercial truck.You will only have to pay tranfer fee.In Ny it is 50 bucks..

But you can not drive the truck out of the lot till you have that on your pocession.Unless you are a nut like me and defy law alltogether...In that case ride on and go home with it..

 

The op was not asking what Landstar would do for him. The way I was reading it is that they are getting a truck then going to attempt to lease on with Landstar.

What I was confused by was when you said you need a plate and insurance to drive off the lot. Some other posts have cleared up that error.

You need insurance and a temporary tag.

 

I AM CONFUSED TOO....I think i will just go to the back of the bus and smoke a joint and talk to that woman with the pink thongs on.....

 

Unless you paid cash your finance co. will require physical damage insurance.

You can get temporary liability insurance to drive.

I got 3-day coverage for $75 a few years back from some outfit in OK that used to get OK plates for everyone back in the day.

Other times I renegaded it!

 

Certainly Landstar should be able to provide a little insight to this process, shouldn't they?

As for insurance if one were parking the truck anywhere near Philadelphia I presume it would be a good idea to have it. All kidding aside yes you will need insurance for the ride home and to purchase the truck. Whether you are buying from an individual or not you should call a dealer near the truck and just tell them you are interested in the Kenworth on there lot and what would you need to have to drive it off the lot - certainly they would know how it works for the state you are in.

 

you need insurance,the dealer will give you a temp tag good for a while.30 to 90 days, drive it home,place the bill of sale in the wind shield,,lets people know its a new bought truck,,