Log Book necessary?

I purchased a tandem dump truck in New Hampshire. If I fly out to get it, will I need to keep a log book to drive it home to Minnesota?
Thanks for any info!
DWF

call the DOT. ask about transporting what you are buying. what do you need to do/have for the trip. no second guessing. also maybe see about a transporter to haul it for you and save all the problems of permits, fuel, time.

You won't need a log book until 100 miles out, so not until New York State. I drove a road tractor from Ohio back to NH for a friend last summer and I just used a daily report form of my own and recorded hours and miles.

Yes, you'll need a log book. Not just a log book today but a log book that details your hours service for I think the previous TWO weeks. So you might just as well prepare the swindle sheets before you leave home. Just make sure you're not over your hours of service... and make sure it's plausible for when you get to the scale house. It's also a good idea to have a transit permit in the windsheild. That, combined with travelling at night seems to deflect a lot of attention at scales.

Rod

I believe you will also need to get fuel permits (IFTA) since you will be crossing multiple state lines.
John

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Fuel permits to cross state lines?

Yeah its basically so each state you cross through gets their fair share of the tax on fuel and because not every states tax is the same. Lets say you fuel at the border in mn. You could easily drive all the way through wisconsin and probably illinois before you needed more fuel. This is depending on fuel mileage and capacity of course but you wouldnt pay one cent of road tax to either state.

It's the previous 8 days. Write "previous 10 days under 100 mile rule" one the front log page, or make a multi-day off-duty, then start where you pick it up.

Does it have a current annual inspection? That'll get you shut down, in transit or not.

You will probably need a trip permit from each state you travel through. They may let you off without the fuel permit if you buy fuel in each state. NY and PA collect more fuel tax than the feds allot them, and have to pay the excess, so they may be happy to let you cruise through just stopping for fuel.

You will need a log book,You will need to check Dot about motor fuel permits since your only crossing states once.you will need bill of sale and proof of insurance. I take it you have a cdl drivers lin. Also make sure truck will pass inspection you might get pulled over for a spot inspection.

I think I'll see about getting it hauled back. I do have a CDL and have driven for years. I only make short hauls, thus have never used a log book.
Another thought is, what if there is a problem with the truck on the way. That shouldn't happen, but you never know. If I flew out there, I would not be able to bring my tools etc. If I drove out to New Hampshire I'd have to bring some one and be driving two vehicles back. Doesn't pay.
I've never been in that part of the country and would like to go some day but this would be a poor way to see the country.
Thanks for all the input!
DWF

Anytime you are out of your 100 mile local/home radius, you need a log book. You need to show the last seven days. That is so they can check your hours of service.

Unless the truck is a late model one I would haul it. A break down that far from home could easily cost thousands of dollars.

does the dump truck have a hitch? if so, drive your pickup and pull a trailer large enough for the pickup to ride on, take every tool you can find with you as well as tools to change a truck tire, and a tire if you have one, bring a log book, you need one any time your operating over 100 miles form your home base, when you get to the truck, hook the trailer to the dump truck, put the pickup in it, and drive it home, ive done that numerous times myself when picking up a truck , also most of the time you can bypass buying a fuel permit, under these conditions, if you can fill up one time and leave the state, as your not pulling for hire, better check though, but that works out here in the west as long as your only passing thru and not hauling for hire. another thing, you will have to stop at ports of entry, and scale houses, so you will need some proof of ownership for the truck [ bill of sale ect], and a temporary tag, to get it to your home state, when you do buy fuel, get a recipt and keep it, you may or may not be asked to show it to the dot, [ they have a computer printed time and date of purchase on them, there checking to see where and when you bought fuel, and if that jives with your hours of service in your log book]
as to parts on the road, most napa and carquest stores have common heavy truck items in stock, ie hoses belts filters, ect typical on road breakdown stuff, might be good insurance to change out the fuel filters before you start out, unless the previous owner has done it recently

being a cdl also, you never know what can happen with unfamiliar equipment from point a to b, thats why i suggested. good luck

Not so sure about the inspection.... I've never moved stateside so i don't know... but in atlantic Canada a transit is good from point to point without a sticker. With that in the window you have few worries. DOT will leave you alone and green lights at the scales.
That may well vary in the US but that's how it is here.

Rod

The company I bought the Ford LTL 9000 tandem dump from in New Hampshire got several hauling quotes for me. A couple were ridiculous (extremely high). A couple seemed fair. I got a quote from a company from near here that would haul it to their terminal and I could pick it up there. I was ready to go that route when the selling dealer called with another quote that was much cheaper than any other and truck would be delivered to my shop.
Today the truck came, safe and sound. The trucker also had a restored 69 Dodge Dart on the trailer. He had to deliver it about 100 miles farther from me. He picked that up in Mass.
All in all it worked out great.
DWF