From: Kris Kirby (kris@catonic.net)
Date: Thu Sep 12 2002 - 23:35:32 PDT
On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 michael@tsixroads.com wrote:
> Does Texas follow the federal CDL guidelines? Somehow I have gotten the
> idea that a class A was for a truck greater than 26000 OR a trailer over
> 10,000. I live in Northeast Mississippi. In MS the DOT is only
> interested in big rigs but in Alabama (where I buy my green stuff) it is
> a completely different story. You may remember the story about 2 years
> ago that I posted about an Alabama DOT instructor coming up to me while
> I was getting fuel and telling me how many laws I was breaking with my 3
> axil trailer with a ambulance body on it. One of his points was that
> since it was 3 axil it was automatically over 10000 and therefore I
> needed a CDL. I was pulling it with a GMC dually with a GVW of 10000.
What part of 'bamy? I'm up here in the North.
That kinda does tell you a bit about our state. If not for MS, we'd be the
laughing stock of the nation. (And yes, we are the laughing stock of the
nation because of MS -- they spend more money per student than we do.)
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