Truck & Tralier Lettering..

[Lawns2nv]

Hello,

My question is about county or "township" commercial vechicals. I just purchased a enclosed trailer, & i want to put my company name & logo across it. I park my truck & trailer at my home. My truck has magnet signs that a take off at the end of the day. Do people really drive around to see if you have commerical equipment at your house? One of the reasons i bought a enclosed trailer was to dispaly my name & logo for advertising. I havent checked with the county rules yet, but i dont no if i should letter it or just leave the trailer with no letters. My neighbors are pretty cool so i dont think i will have aproblem with it. What problems has anyone had with "commercial" trucks or trailers parked at their home. Thanks..

[KirbysLawn]

None here.

[olabob]

Aluminum signs work well. Do you have stell mesh sides or are you talking about those white trailers.

Ola

[Lawns2nv]

Its a Fiberglass enclosed trailer

[augs dad]

You need to check 2 things...what are the municipal rules re: running a business out of your home and parking business related equipment on the street. Also, and very important, does your subdivision or 'neighborhood' have 'regulations' on whether you can run ANY business out of your home...some do some don't. Whether they are enforced is a dice you have to roll. I live in a sub-div that says no to any business. Even if I park my truck and trailer in my huge drivway its a no no. In fact my neighbor (a real flaming ------- reported a painting contractor for parking one new shiny van in his driveway... the van is now gone. I now park the truck in my garage and the trailer and equip in a farmers barn not far away...costs me only $40 a month...much cheaper than those storage rental places. Your insurance company will cover your trailer and equip stored elsewhere as long as you specify the address and the builiding type....you can try it your way but if I were you I would have a back up storage option in hand in case one of your "cool" neighbors gets a hair crossways...people can get strange in a hearbeat...good luck...Gary in PA

[David Haggerty]

Originally posted by Lawns2nv
Do people really drive around to see if you have commerical equipment at your house?

They sure do.

But even if it's strictly forbidden, sometimes you can get a variance.

Check it out, zoning laws vary from one neighborhood to the next.

Dave

[mdb landscaping]

no rules like that here.

[landman]

Every town is diffrenrent. I know here in NJ it's a law that you have to have the name, phone # and city origin on your trucks and trailers as well as the GVW on the trucks. We are constantly on top of this due to the fact in 2 towns where we work in there is a cop who's only job is to constantly pull over and inspect commercial vehicles.

[Atlantic Lawn]

Do They check ? You betcha' ! There is a county employee who's sole job is taking pictures of property around here for tax purposes.If they see your equipment out they make note of it. Most complaints are usually generated by the guy next door or down the street.

[stslawncare]

interesting topic and something often overlooked i think, i must say though u are thinking great about ur advertising idea, first good thing u did was purchase an enclosed trailer, second is the idea of advertsing, third ur concern about the legal side. good job!

[Ray&Christine]

They sure check around here. We got a nasty regestered letter from the town about 2 years ago saying the by-law officer saw a snowplow in my driveway and I had 2 weeks to move it or they will fine me. The letter said no commercial equipment of any kind is allowed on residential zoned property. I try to keep a low profile and keep my tools in the garage and have not heard from them since. I hope it stays that way.

Ray

[Heavenly Green]

Ive been in my House for 2yrs and parked my truck in the
drive with trailer packed in my garage no problems till last week
city inspector just happened to be on my street busting people
with plow trucks in there driveway and my neighbor accross the
street with his enclosed snowmobile trailer that hasnt moved in
over a year its gone now.

Heres what the city Inspection letter says
1. Cease and desist parking or storing the Dodge pick-up with the
snowblade and salt dispenser and commercial lettering anywhere
on this property or the adjoining street. This is not permitted in a
residential zoning district.

The guy was nice about it and understood this was my livlyhood he just wants lettering covered up when Im home and
spreader&blade to be hidden backyard will do problem solved.



Steve@S&S Heavenly Green Lawns;)

[PAPS]

in my town they drive around and look for landscapers parking at home... some guys get away with it... but most get a summons

[GLS]

Since we're kind of on the subject...where do you guys park your trailers? I want to buy a 16' trailer (probably open, but maybe enclosed). The problem is, I have nowhere to park it. I have a 2 car garage that holds the truck and then another car. There isn't room in the driveway and I can't really add to the side of it. There is also no way of getting to my backyard because there is a steep slope. I live in the city so I can't find a barn to put it in. Are there any other places to store these that wouldn't require a long drive to get to?

[AL Inc]

I ran into similar problems parking my rig several years ago, but I have friends that own a welding/fabricating business on 3 acres. That solved that problem. It's all locked up and I've never had a problem in 3 years. The rent is reasonable and I can get things welded within a day or two. I'm very fortunate to have this. Here on LI, many guys will rent space at gas stations, body shops or commercial buildings with fenced areas behind them. I would be careful about where you park, we've all heard the horror stories. Maybe a classified ad would work? I'm always talking with the guys who park next to me about buying a piece of land for us and renting space to other landscapers. One of these days! Good luck to you. Mike

[KDJ]

Here in Central Florida we have those rules also. But they have to put a red tag on the truck and/or trailer before you are required by law to remove them. I have never had a red tag yet.
But hey, if you can open my unlocked gate and walk 60' to my truck and put a tag on it I would remove them and buy whoever a steak dinner. I have two Rottweilers, one female 132lbs and a male 146 The male will not bite (I think) but when he barks both his front paws come off the ground. Now the female will get-ya.
Guaranteed you will leave the yard in a different frame of mind.

[Jusmowin]

iI think they have some rule that the front of mmy trailer has to be behind the front of my house, but besides that rule its the only one that I know about or care about..........

[gogetter]

Can anybody tell me what the reason would be that someone CAN'T run a business out of thier house?
I can sorta understand the thing about parking commercial vehicles at your residence, but why would you not be allowed to RUN a business from your home?

I recently moved fom one township to the next one over. Called township to ask about business license. I was told you don't need a license (which I did in the other township), but then she went into what kind of business. I told her and she said I can't run a business from my home. I didn't understand and siad that no equipment would be kept here (I was renting a storage unit). She said it didn't matter, I can't run a business from my home.

What reason would the be for this? So they expect me to rent an office somewhere?

[stslawncare]

if u dont keep equip then how would they know?

[Heavenly Green]

Gogetter, That ladys nuts I dont know of anyplace in America where you cant have a home office. Im in a residential zone and
there for leagaly cant run a bizz from my home either but my
actual bizz is not conducted at the home site its run all over town
I just have to bring my tools home with me at the end of the day
and they all fit in my garage and my spare bedroom is the office
but I dont set-up meetings or anything like that or have potential
customers coming to my house. Now if your wanting to open up
a office in your home and have it open to the public or stock your
backyard with landscape supplys and start selling to the public
then your running and conducting bussiness out of your home
that would be a no no! plus you would have all kinds of traffic
coming to your house customers big trucks delivering the goods
ect. I believe this is what the law was intended for and NOT for
me putting my tools in the garage and sitting at my computer
printing rout sheets and generating invoices. just my .02


Steve@S&S Heavenly Green Lawns:rolleyes:

[Runner]

I agree. I've never heard anything like that about a home office as long as you are living there. Now, I can see how it would matter what type of business it is. Here in the township that I run my office from, we have an ordinance stating that a special permit is required for any type of business that manufactures or produces any sort of goods. This is of course excluding service businesses that do service on the premises. These, of course, would have to have permits and licenses as well.