Brining a motorcycle
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Brining a motorcycle
Hi,
I only drive occasionly for my job. I get the "Hey what about Glen, he has a class A license." Anyway I drive to various parts of the country a few times a year with a reefer trailer hauling cookie dough to school fundraisers. The trailer has a lift gate and there is always extra room it the trailer for my motorcycle. I have never been asked at a scale to open the trailer; but was told by several pro truckers that it is illeagle to carry a motorcycle in the truck. I don't understand why because there certainly isn't enough fuel or oil or anything to require placards. They just say you can't do that. I usually have at least a day off between deliveries and like to have the bike along for sightseeing and such. Can anyone give a fmca rule or any state statute that applies? Thanks
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Originally Posted by yoopr
If you're hauling Food grade they look very unfavorably on things that can contaminate it.
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if your hauling it in your reefer trailer i'm sure the cold will have some negative side effects to the bike's components
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You can haul it in your trailer, but you can not have any fuel in it and if it has any leaks they have to covered. I used pull a reefer loaded with produce and would by bikes in Ca. and bring them back to Mt.
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I don't know what DOT thinks about it but I'm sure the customer wouldn't think to highly on it. I know flatbedders do it all the time, but that's a little different than what your doing. If ya wrap it in one of them meat sheets and hang it from the ceiling...who would know!! :wink:
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Here is my plan: Put the bike on the flatbed and ask dispacher to route me near Sturgis in August with a few days off. I already have a sleeper cab so I just need to pull into a campground and unload.
Daytona in March and October too, please. No ramp to unload the bike? No problem, I have seen Evil Knieval perform and think I can jump it off the trailer. |
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