What do I need to haul my Equipment INTRAstate??

I ask about hauling my stuff with Farm plates but Im not gonna do it.....too risky and to make a little extra money I can haul my dozer to John Smiths place and work for a couple of days. So gona go Combination Here is what I got and only run in INTRAstate and usually within 50 miles of the house but could possibly haul some hay down to South Texas during the drought season. (this part may throw a big expensive kink in stuff so let me know please).

88 Freighliner FLD120 tandem day cab
25 ton Lowboy
dozer
excavator

Do I need:
1.) operating authority
2.) IFTA
3.) form 2290
4.) DOT #'s from Texas and US
5.) my companies name on the side of truck
6.) drug/alcohol testing
7.) anything else I need?????

 

Well I first was gonna haul my stuff with farm plates but if I stop and do a job for someone else then Im breaking the law. SO.....I called an ask a Texas State Trooper about it and he couldnt answer my questions. Said he would call back and never heard a word.

 

So according to that I have to have my authority.....right? I wouldnt think so to move MY stuff around. I can see if I were hauling dozers around for someone else or like I said hauling hay to someone for money (I can omit this if its gona complicate stuff and cost me more money)

 

I do know you have to have the US DOT in Texas, I was told that by a Trooper. I dont mind getting the "free" stuff.....its the stuff that cost money that I dont want....lol!

Not as much concerned with hauling hay as I am my equipment. Thats just something I thought of to offset the cost of farm vs combination plates.

A friend of mine used to haul equipment for hire sometimes and he would just make the owner sign a "rental agreement" when he moved it so if he got pulled over while moving it he would be ok......not really legal but is a loophole.

What about the 2290? Thats another $5XX bucks a year.