From: V SCHWARTZ (vsaws@optonline.net)
Date: Fri Dec 16 2005 - 16:48:42 PST
Oh Mark say it ain't soo.Not the Duce!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: <mark@ehle.homelinux.org>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 5:43 PM
Subject: [MV] Oh, no - another CDL question!
> Hi, folks -
>
> Not to bead a dead horse, but here is another CDL question, but of a
> different
> flavor. I as for your guidance because some of you are the only truckers I
> know.
>
> I just bought a 1986 Ford CL8000 - see
> http://ehle.homelinux.org/CL8000.jpg
> - and -
> http://ehle.homelinux.org/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=5583
>
> It has air brakes. I plan on putting a short flatbed on it (probably a
> shortened
> M35 bed) and using it like a pickup and maybe pull an RV 5th wheel
> trailer -
> totally non-commercial. I love my deuce+.5, but I need something that is
> more
> all-weather friendly, and I have always been partial to Ford cabovers.
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1) Will I need a CDL?
> 2) If so, no problem, but can I use this truck to test for my CDL with?
>
> And -
>
> It has a Detroit Diesel 8.2 liter engine. On the web, I have read all
> sorts of
> good and bad stories about it. Do any of you have any experience with this
> engine?
>
> MV Content - because of this purchase, I wife might force me to sell my
> M35.
> WAAHH!
>
> Thanks -
>
> Mark
> 1970 AMG M35A2 (but maybe not for long)
>
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