Do you have to have a special driver's license?

sayoung wrote:

Jim-Linda wrote:

sayoung wrote:

Jim-Linda wrote:

sayoung wrote:

curlysue321 wrote:
With a 34-38 foot class A does one need a special driver's license?

I can only speak for Texas residents,here if your GVWR exceeds 26000 lbs(wieght not length) then you need a Class A non-commercial.get your states drivers handbook for both non-commercial and commercial and read up.

Actually, for a single vehicle(Class A) that's over 26K a Class B exempt is what you need.

Jim

The B restricts you to a 10K lb max trailer behind your rig,why I got the A,same test/money to TxDPS.

He was asking about a MH, not about a trailer.

Jim

Its the GVWR of the vehicle and the GVWR of any attached car/trailer and even with a MH you probably are pulling a car or trailer sometimes so your combined rating is what determines if you need A B or C,IN TX.Tx adopted the FED regs as told to me by my friend the TxDPS compliance officer.
when reading any states license handbook,read furthur than the 1st reg you come to that says what you want to hear,our state handbook has "exemptions" then you get to the "exceptions to the excemptions" which starts at the magic 26000 LB GVWR limit of private vehicles driven with a C license.Now whether you will ever be gigged for non compliance is another thread.

Totally agree with most of your post, however, regarding the GCWR, a unit being "pulled" be it a car or trailer, the weight begins at 10K. Now a Class A exempt which includes TV and trailer, as in our case, is a TV weighing 13K and trailer at 18K. GVWR of UNIT is greater than 26K, but a MH at 25ish, pulling a toad would not require a Class A, according to the good folks at DPS in Livingston.

Jim