Not anymore!yup!
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Not anymore!yup!
The GVWR of the Truck plus the GVWR of the trailer is what determines CDL or not and the agencies that have their hand out for taxes and fees. Most dually pickups are around 15k gvwr and two axle trailers that will haul that tractor safely that distance will be at least 12k gvwr. My 4th grade arithmetic says that is 27,000 lbs GVWR. With or without a load.manland1 are you saying just hire someone? the truck, trailer, tractor and bush hog should be under 26,000lbs. I never even considered needing a CDL. just not that heavy I think.
The GVWR of the Truck plus the GVWR of the trailer is what determines CDL or not and the agencies that have their hand out for taxes and fees. Most dually pickups are around 15k gvwr and two axle trailers that will haul that tractor safely that distance will be at least 12k gvwr. My 4th grade arithmetic says that is 27,000 lbs GVWR. With or without a load.
I am just giving you the regulations. I have hauled equipment several times non-compliant, once with a F150 and a too small trailer and almost lost the truck, trailer and tractor in the median of I-40 coming out of Memphis. That was 30 years ago and the regulations and enforcement weren’t near as strict as today. Kentucky and Tennessee will eat your lunch.
I thought towing over 10,000 trailer or trailer with a gvw over 10,000 required a Class A CDL, even if it was be8ng pulled by a 3000 pound Mini Cooper.
Every DOT officer that sees that tractor on a trailer knows it is going to be over 10K