On 2/17/2012 11:12 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
wrote in message ...
... It'll depend on what he does with them as well...there's a difference
between private motor carrier and for-hire as well as exempt (I don't know
all the loopholes for exempt, farm is one and schoolbus is another;
whether there's an escape clause iggy can get into is worth looking for
altho I kinda' doubt it).

What if he buys a Bobcat and calls himself a contractor?

Don't think that would make any helpful difference. That's in the
category of a private motor carrier but wouldn't relieve him of the
actual situation of hauling goods for resale which is where is potential
real gotcha' might be concerning interstate rules coming into play that
are more onerous to comply with as far as recordkeeping, etc., etc.,
etc., ...

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