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Mike L · Sep 20, 2022

With my cross country move coming up I am wondering about my service truck and license. I currently hold a class A cdl but I have an intrastate exemption because I don’t leave the state. Also I don’t have an IFTA sticker on my truck. I read somewhere that I was exempt and looking back at pictures none of my dealer trucks ever had an IFTA sticker. Obviously I don’t want any trouble during the trip. I don’t know if I need to switch my license to interstate and get a sticker just for the ride. I won’t be working in any other states, just traveling through to my destination in Texas. Any words of wisdom?

4x4ford · Sep 20, 2022

If over 26000 gvw I would definitely switch your license most states you can get a fuel tax permit to avoid the IFTA issues especially if you only need it once

Vetech63 · Sep 20, 2022

Anytime i go out of state I find out where all the weigh stations are and plan my route around them. LOL

cfherrman · Sep 20, 2022

I'd call your local DMV or possibly the DMVs in the states your traveling in, or even the highway patrols, they are very helpful.

You will have to change your license to interstate and you will have to have a current medical card, you can call up the states and get a fuel use permit for each state. When you change your residency to Texas switch back to interstate.

crane operator · Sep 20, 2022

A piece of paper in the back window of the truck with "in transit" on it. Buy the fuel permits for each state. You don't want to swap to interstate and then back to intrastate. That's a bunch of paperwork for one trip.

We just got done with a IFTA audit. I'm only 10 miles from arkansas/ missouri border, and do work in both states, or I'd love to get by with just one state.

Mike L · Sep 20, 2022

How do you go about getting fuel permits from each state?

Mike L · Sep 20, 2022

Vetech63 said:
Anytime i go out of state I find out where all the weigh stations are and plan my route around them. LOL

There’s a bunch of states between maine and Texas. It’s already gonna be a long ride at 70 mph max.

ahart · Sep 20, 2022

Mike-
You should be able to plan you’re route and go online to each state’s department of revenue website and order a temporary fuel permit, I think they’re fairly inexpensive and a printout would have you legal while traveling through. Indiana has several different temporary fuel permits available for purchase depending on what it’s intended to be used for.

mowingman · Sep 20, 2022

If you buy a little fuel in each state, you will not need fuel permits. Just show the weight man a receipt from his state. Of course, that can result in a lot of stops.

Truck Shop · Sep 20, 2022

Fuel at any place other than a truck stop. No one is going to be looking. Plus some
of those states are small, you may never buy fuel there. The FBI ain't going to be
looking for Mike L.

Truck Shop · Sep 20, 2022

And to add to C.O.'s {In transit} sign. {Just Married-Moving to Texas}.

The scale masters will stop put their cap over their heart and moment of silence, then mutter these words.
{That poor boy--I don't have the heart, hit the green light}.

Mike L · Sep 20, 2022

Hahahaha.that might be the best solution yet!

mowingman · Sep 20, 2022

I just can not understand why you are going back to Texas. Seems like you are moving in the wrong direction. I lived in Texas for 44 years, but was originally from SE Ohio. Could not wait for retirement, so we could move out of that HOT place. Yes, it is a good place to make a living, but the fast pace of life is not good for those who want to retire and slow down. We have also found that it is much cheaper to live in Ohio, than in Texas. I know that sounds silly, but everything is cheaper up here, except gas and diesel. Never the less, good luck with your move.
Jeff

Tyler d4c · Sep 20, 2022

If a buddy of mine can drive a truck from Nebraska to PA with a card board on it saying farm truck you can too

Junkyard · Sep 20, 2022

If I can go oversize from West Palm Beach, FL to the Javits Center in NY without a single permit I betcha your trip will go fine

lol. Take the scenic route and enjoy the trip.

CM1995 · Sep 20, 2022

The rules have probably changed since 2007 when I got my fresh class A then took off to Ohio to pick up a new roll-off truck. We picked the truck up then off to AL. Went through a few weigh stations on the way back home with green lights and had no issues.

Now that experience is worth everything you paid for it..

Mike L · Sep 20, 2022

When I bought the truck in Virginia we rolled past two weight stations that night on I-81 and I never pulled in. The line was long and I figured they had plenty to do without me. At that point I had temporary plates and my license said intrastate but I had a medical card thanks to the doctor my wife works with. I don’t foresee any problems but I want to be prepared for what could happen.

Vetech63 · Sep 20, 2022

"Smokey and the Bandit" the trip with the wife. You only live once!

Mike L · Sep 20, 2022

She’s a terrible outlaw. Trust me. We did something that was in the gray area of the law and she almost cracked without even being caught and felt guilty for weeks. Mike L in his 20s could’ve written a book on the stupid illegal things I did.

Tyler d4c · Sep 20, 2022

Mike L said:
She’s a terrible outlaw. Trust me. We did something that was in the gray area of the law and she almost cracked without even being caught and felt guilty for weeks. Mike L in his 20s could’ve written a book on the stupid illegal things I did.

Sounds like a test for the current gf I need to try

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