Double Haul rules in CA?

57 Panhead wrote:

DERSEQUIM wrote:
About 11 years ago a friend of mine, CDL with Endorsement, and his Buddy, with same CDL etc, went to CA to Pit Crew with another buddy on the NASCAR truck events.
Rod was pulling his Jayco 5'er and his friends Boat! The friend was pulling his 5'er and an enclosed trailer with all the Pit Crew tools!
They were stopped just south of Redding and the Chip asked to see their Licenses. He told Rod to go ahead, but cited his Buddy, because he wasn't towing a BOAT! He then had the Tool Trailer Impounded!
The Race Driver had to go and retrieve the trailer because the Registration was in his name.

You can't always go by what a beat cop (CHP) says, they don't always have a good grip on COMMERCIAL class A laws. Talk to a Commercial Enforcement officer for better information.

I have had a California Class A CDL for over 35 years and racked up over 3 million miles driving professionally in California as well as a few other states. In no way is it legal to double tow without a CDL WITH a doubles/triples endorsement. One must also have a current medical card and must renew the medical card every 2 years unless you have a medical condition that would require you to renew each year. California does NOT put endorsements on NON-Commercial class A licenses, therefore you MUST have a COMMERCIAL CLASS A license (CDL) to pull ANY double trailers AT ALL!

Unless you are driving for compensation either as an independent or as and employee there is no need to maintain a log book.

Steve

And you can't tow trailers over 55 mph, I think. I have lived in California off and on a good part of mylife, but now live in Colorado. I don't miss all these towing laws, that is for sure. Certainly all these fees they collect on all their endorsements hasn't made their state budgets any better.