From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Sat Sep 14 2002 - 10:58:36 PDT
At 9:49 AM -0700 9/14/02, Stuart & Jane Robinson wrote:
>On Saturday, September 14, 2002, at 12:32 AM, opcom wrote:
>
>>Biggest truck I have ever been able to rent without a commercial truck
>>drivers license was rates 25,999 lbs..
>
>Quite true. This rule applies to the GVW of the vehicle NOT the
>actual vehicle's weight at the time. I'm not sure of the GVW of a
>"deuce" but a 5 ton would REQUIRE a CDL to operate. I used to drive
>my Stalwarts calling them passenger vehicles but with an empty
>weight of 20,000 lbs and a payload capacity of 11,000 lbs puts the
>Stalwart WAY over the legal 26,000 lb limit. Since I only carried a
>few passengers I took the risk but once I started hauling my MV's, a
>CDL was the only way to keep "Officer Friendless" at bay.
Again, not all states require a CDL for this. It does require what
some states call a Class C license. Check your state's laws. Its
obscure, but there are precedents for personal property that you can
transport with a large vehicle over 25,999 GVW.
If you're moving personal property, then you don't need a CDL. You
arne't doing it for commercial purposes. I spoke with a Federal about
this a while back.
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