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Fkatz · 03-21-2003, 11:56 AM

Hi Streetsweeper,

your question about a P/U with Duallies I hope, is what your thinking about would come under a "B" Unit, Basically yes as for the P/U itself, Under 10,000 gvw, but once you add the trailer, it would probably be under the 33,000 gvw weight class depending on the weight of the trailer, and the load that you would haul, You would still have to scale every load, no matter what, and go into scale houses, Since you will be commerical, you would probably have to log also. but that is up to the company that you lease on to, or if you get your own authority, yes definitely you would have to scale and log, and must stay under the gvw of combination vehicles according to the DOT rulings.
You would not have to pay the Heavy Veh use tax, or form 2290 for your state and federal govt, but you willprobably have to pay for the IFTA fuel tax sticker. and pay fuel tax to states, but that depends on the company also
Try to lease on to a company that hauls hot shot, there are not that many out there, RV's, customs Vans, etc In Indiana, there is one in Alabama, otherwise go for flatbed freight, you are going to have ot tarp, get sides, and and whatever items a normal flatbed has,

Frank

03-21-2003, 11:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
Fkatz Moderator Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: . Rating: Posts: 553	RE: Classification for P/U w Trailer? Hi Streetsweeper, your question about a P/U with Duallies I hope, is what your thinking about would come under a "B" Unit, Basically yes as for the P/U itself, Under 10,000 gvw, but once you add the trailer, it would probably be under the 33,000 gvw weight class depending on the weight of the trailer, and the load that you would haul, You would still have to scale every load, no matter what, and go into scale houses, Since you will be commerical, you would probably have to log also. but that is up to the company that you lease on to, or if you get your own authority, yes definitely you would have to scale and log, and must stay under the gvw of combination vehicles according to the DOT rulings. You would not have to pay the Heavy Veh use tax, or form 2290 for your state and federal govt, but you willprobably have to pay for the IFTA fuel tax sticker. and pay fuel tax to states, but that depends on the company also Try to lease on to a company that hauls hot shot, there are not that many out there, RV's, customs Vans, etc In Indiana, there is one in Alabama, otherwise go for flatbed freight, you are going to have ot tarp, get sides, and and whatever items a normal flatbed has, Frank