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Re: Re: Hiring interstate hauler
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Posted by Ford Nut on April 24, 2002 at 12:10:17 from (152.163.213.79):
In Reply to: Re: Hiring interstate hauler posted by kraig WY on April 24, 2002 at 06:21:51:
Yup, that's how it originally was intended, but nowadays to tow legally in 48 stated folks need a big dollar truck and insurance. Hence, hauling businesses are doing most of it. I've hauled stuff out west when I need to bring stuff home from Arizona, at rates that just about paid my gas and some folks thought that was way too high. I guess either way you pay to play. Them guys in the funny hats with the badges sure get surly when you don't follow their rules either. They seem to enjoy writing you up big bills too for silly things like no DOT numbers, NO ICC reg, NO fuel permit, etc, etc, etc. So if you aren't driving a single wheel pickup truck, you takes your chances going by their little chicken coops.......;-) Don't get me started on overloaded RV owners blasting by the scales at almost twice their rig's designed GCW while us poor folk trying to get by haveta PAY PAY Pay!Hmm. now there's an Idea.. Disguise a tractor hauler as a big RV and do enclosed hauling!
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