Posted by L C Gray on January 01, 2014 at 05:53:08 from (76.0.111.56):
In Reply to: Re: CDL Headaches posted by NCWayne on December 31, 2013 at 19:45:54:
Quote from NC Wayne: "Then there's the whole deal of the card is required even if you don't have a CDL. The Federal requirement is that if you drive a vehicle with over 10,001 GVW, in a commercial situation, and go interstate, then your required to have the card. So, what about the guys running a dually that had a 12,000 plus GVW and pulling a trailer with a skid steer on it. In state they need nothing, out of state they have to have a card."
But your key words are "in a commercial situation". If it's your truck, trailer and machine and you are transporting it as your personal property not using it in business then you are not commercial. All you have to have is the proper class license for the weights dictated by your vehicle.
People seem to miss the concept that an A doesn't have to be a CDL. There are Class A,B & C CDLs, just as there are Class A,B &C Non CDLs. Someone driving a large motorhome pulling a trailer in excess of 10k would need to have an A, but they're not operating commercially, therefore they do not need a CDL and none of the commercial rules apply to them.
Why I am most wanting to retain mine is to use a larger truck to haul my tractors and to also use it to pull my travel trailer. Two of the ten or so exemptions are Farm, transporting tractors, equipment and crops, and Occasional use to transport personal property. The Occasional would cover both ends really but since you can claim multiple exemptions and tractors is specifically called out it will lessen chances of a roadside argument. The average DOT guy won't bother anything that looks like an RV, so I'm not really worried about the Occasional Use argument. I also just want to keep my license in case I ever need it again without having to start from scratch and re-test.
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