From: Jon Shoop (shoop19@brick.net)
Date: Tue Sep 10 2002 - 23:39:02 PDT
In Missouri..if you are running an Historic Motor tag.......all bets are off
and the DOT doesn't care what you are driving or what it weighs. The tags
tell the tale.
Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy Smith" <timothy.smith1@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 11:24 PM
Subject: [MV] To CDL or not to CDL....
> Let me begin with the usual disclaimers....i.e. your state's laws may
vary,
> etc etc etc.
>
> Most states have different classes of licenses (A, B or C) and then on top
> of that, they have Commercial Driver's Licenses -OR- regular non
commercial
> Driver's Licenses, the requirement for which is determined by whether or
not
> you are driving for remuneration / compensation -OR- hauling an amount of
> hazardous material requiring placards.
>
> Typically, a Class A license is required to operate a vehicle with a gross
> combined vehicle weight rating of 26,001# or more, operated in combination
> (with a trailer) -AND- the trailer has a gross vehicle weight rating of
> 10,001# or more. (GVWR of 10,000 or LESS and the GVWR of the trailer is
NOT
> added to the GVWR of the power unit to formulate a GCWR.) Real life
example
> from here in Texas..... My trailer has a GVWR of 20,000#. Therefore the
> trailer will count towards the gross combined weight rating in any case as
> the GVWR of the trailer is OVER 10,000#. If I pull it with a truck with a
> GVWR of 6,001# or more, I would be required to have a non commercial Class
A
> driver's license because the gross combined weight rating (GCWR) is
26,001#
> or more......6,001# GVWR truck, plus 20,000# GVWR trailer equals GCWR of
> 26,001#. CDL would not be required unless I was being compensated in
some
> way for the haul.
>
> Typically, a Class B license is required to operate a single vehicle with
a
> gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001# or more. With this license, one
can
> add a trailer with a GVWR of NO MORE THAN 10,000# to your 26,001# GVWR
truck
> and only have to have a Class B driver's license. Remember, if the
trailer
> ain't over 10,000# GVWR it don't count towards a GCWR.
>
> Most of us are familiar with the Class C driver's license but did you know
> there is a Class C CDL? A perfect example is a driver, driving a van or
> car, hauling radioactive materials to and from hospitals. Placards are
> required for any amount of radioactive materials, therefore a CDL is a
> requirement and of course only a Class C CDL would be needed in this case.
>
> Further confusing the issue is that most MV's weight rating is for the
> payload of the vehicle excluding the weight of the vehicle itself.
> Therefore what your data plate may show as a gross weight rating (GWR) is
> not a gross vehicle-weight rating (GVWR) and you will be held accountable
> should the nice policeman be examining your driver's license roadside,
> believe me. Don't confuse GVWR with GWR!
>
> Hope this helps.
> Regards,
> TJ Smith
> MVPA 21162
> (your friendly local license and weight inspector)
>
>
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