PA non-commercial Class A license?
Lost in the bureaucratic maze of the Pennsylvania DMV. No one I speak to there seems to know how to obtain a NON-commercial Class A. All they know is CDL. This is all I can find on their website: ...
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ToddD wrote:
Well, regardless of what combined weight registration regs were for non-commercial vehicles, it seems that as of last year, recreational trailers are officially exempt.
I was discussing the licensing topic on another forum and someone pointed this out.
https://www.dot.state.pa.us/public/DVSPubsForms/BMV/BMV%20Driver%20and%20Vehicle%20Bulletins/Bulletin%2019-08%20Special%20Edition%20-Senate%20Bill%20796%20-%20Act%20138.pdf
Re-title your trailer from TRL class to RECT class and your tow vehicle is exempt from combined weight classification.
Thanks Todd this honestly makes more sense in the recreational world...I could understand it in the commercial world but not for rec use. That combo registration seemed more like a $ making scheme than anything, just like our Pa turnpike tolls ha!...
I appreciate you getting back to me on this as I am looking to upgrade in the next year or two and want to get this all straight before I do. Now to stay under that 26,001 lb threshold so I won't need a Class A non-commercial or not. It wouldn't bother me to get it but I'm not so sure the wife would want to go through with all of that also.
