Posted by NCWayne on September 07, 2016 at 21:35:21 from (173.188.169.54):
In Reply to: CDL drivers license posted by Mtractor on September 07, 2016 at 20:13:43:
I know nothing about farm tags, but when it comes to CDL's, here's what I do know.
If your vehicle has a GVW of less than 26,001 lbs, no CDL is required to drive it.
If the GVW is 26,001 lbs or more, you need a Class B CDL.
If you put a trailer with a GVW behind either vehicle listed above, and it has a GVW of less than 10,001 lbs, the license you are driving the tow vehicle under is good enough, whether it's a CDL or not.
If the trailer your towing with either vehicle above has a GVW of 10,001bs or more, you automatically have to have a Class A CDL, whether the tow vehicle would require any kind of CDL alone or not.
In other words, if you tow a trailer with a 10,001 or greater GVW with a Prius, you will have to have a Class A CDL (with certain restrictions due to the Prius such as no air brakes, etc.)
That covers the CDL. Now, if you drive a COMMERCIAL vehicle, with a GVW in excess of 10,000 lbs, and are involved in interstate commerce, then you will have to have a health card to be legal. Stay within your own state, and you don't have to have one.
I can't remember what the book says, but if you stay within something like 100-120 AIR miles of your home base, then you don't need to keep a log book.
Ultimately it's all a bunch of stupid rules, brought to you by your friendly neighborhood politicians who don't know their head from a hole in the ground when it comes to driving anything.....but they do it "for safety". In reality it's all about sponging more and more money off the backs of hard working people who have no choice but to pay to for the right to keep working.
Never mind that a half blind, 90 year old man, with sleep apnea, high blood pressure, color blindness, and every other malady known to man can drive an RV (with air over hydraulic brakes) with a 19,000 GVW, 240 hours straight, across the country, and back, without a health card, CDL, a log book, or anything else other than the license they use to drive their ONLY other vehicle, a Prius.....which they then tow behind the RV........ While a man who's trying to make a living has to jump through hoops and pay out the nose to do so.
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