I talked to the guy I know that takes the pills for diabetes. He is fighting to keep his CDL. They, don't who they is, is telling him the laws are changing. He is having trouble getting a medical waiver. His doctor his trying to help him out.

 

Ok talked to the lady I sent to the meeting on the new laws she thinks the ones concerning pu.s having dot# is just a nm and tx thing. expected to go federal any pu pulling a trailer must display dot# excluding rv.s the dot# is not what cost the required insurance that goes along with them is. I hope they have something different insurancewise here. I also hope this does not go federal as far as I am concerned this is crazy. that is the way she understood it but was not the subject she was sent there to learn. I really don't think I should have to pay to send somebody to these meetings concerning new laws they ought to inform us when they pass a law.

 

The DOT number is a federal thing, I have one here in WV.
I had to get mine several years ago.
And yes, I also have commercial insurance and commercial plates to go with the number.

The number is free, the plates and insurance are not free.

Remember who you are dealing with, a meeting is the government way of informing you about the changes in the law.
Actually you were lucky they had a meeting, I found out after several of my friends had to pay rather large fines for not havng a DOT number with a gross over 10,000 pounds.

 

Yea dave I have to pay a compliance company to try to stay legal they also charge for these seminars. the way I understand nm and tx is going to require dot# basically on any pu that hooks on to a trailer commercial or not.

 

The feds say over 10,001 pounds gross weight.
But hooking to a trailer and staying under 10,001 pounds with a diesel, it is going to have to be a very small trailer.
With my truck the trailer wold have to be under 1800 pounds.
The tandem trailer we use to move the skid steer weighs more than that with nothing on it.

I just looked at the FMCSA site, you guys are just catching up with what we have been doing for several years.

This link takes you to a map of the US, you can see what states are enforcing this and the ones that are not.
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/registratio...tion-USDOT.htm

This is a list of the states that are already enforcing what you are having to come into compliance with.

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/ is the site with all the info on it you need.
It can inform you of new requirements or restrictions.
When, where and how to apply for what you need.