You have contradicting terms in your post so answer a few questions. You say "hauling my own stuff" so that only means you are a private carrier. They still need DOT #'s. Then you say "I'm not in business". How do you mean this. "I am not in the trucking business" OR "I am not a business and only haul my camper; 4 wheeler; around".
The rules are. You are a business AND You can weigh 10,001 lbs AND You cross state lines OR you do not cross state lines but live in one of these 29 states.
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
If you can answer yes to these 3 questions you need a DOT #.
Remember farms; lawn service; or seller is a business.
Now some of the 29 states above may exempt different business that only travel intrastate (in state) from some or all of the rules. You need to ask your state that. This could be the farmer exemption rrlund is talking about for his state.
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