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

I believe that the cut off is generally pounds (26,00 perhaps)and I think that CA requires one for over 40 ft. look at your drivers license, mine sez up to ?? lbs.

bumpy

I don't, because I would buy one light enough so that my Oklahoma Class C permit qualifies. Class C is the "normal" private vehicle category in Oklahoma.

However, it is also possible to buy a type A motorhome heavy enough to put the license into a different category, particularly when towing. Weight ratings determine license categories more often than does length.

At 34-38 feet, one can find motorhomes with GVWR from 16,000 to 33,000 pounds, GCWR from 20,000 to 43,000 pounds or more. So that length range covers a lot of the licensing spectrum for most states. Weight ratings determine license categories more often than does length.

Aridon wrote:
Check the DMV website.

Do that.

Calling is a big waste of time.

Check the DMV website. Most states no but some possibly.

calling the DMV.. that is like calling Washington DC.

how about your local state highway patrol.. Road laws!!!!

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

Since google is an awesome tool, and since Kansas is indicated under your name, this is what I find for the state of Kansas:

Class C, which lets you drive regular passenger vehicles, farm trucks, and volunteer fire department trucks, as well as tow a vehicle as long the gross weight rating (GCWR) of both is less than 26,001 pounds

A Class A license allows you to drive any combination of vehicles with a GCWR of 26,001 pounds or more?except for farm trucks.

A Class B license lets you drive any single vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 26,001 pounds or more, or any such vehicle towing a vehicle not in excess of 10,000 pounds GVWR?except for farm trucks or trucks used by volunteer fire departments.

Now if you're asking if I have to have a special license from my province/state of residence (Ontario), no, as long as my motorhome, or combination of motorhome and towed vehicle, do not exceed the current combination weight limit of 11,000 kg.

Its called the winter blues I bet... A few more weeks left and maybe we can start getting back into the woods somewhere.

Roy Ken

rockhillmanor wrote:


BTW: Welcome to the forum. It is and DOES get better than this. :W

Agree on both statements. Not sure why some have to be so condescending.

rockhillmanor wrote:

Why would you not ask your state's DMV or who ever issues driver's licenses? Don't you think that would be a better option than asking a bunch of people you don't know who most likely don't know? Had you called them you would have already had the answer by now and you would also have the right answer.

Wow. Someone's real cranky today!

Have 'you' ever tried calling a DMV office and get a real person to answer a question? I've tried and have yet to ever get a live person on the phone. Although I can recite where all the DMV centers are and the hours of operation, cause that's all the good a phone call to them is worth.

Nope, not cranky. Just constantly amazed that someone thinks the answers they'll get from people they've never met who may or may not know will give them the right answer. Think about. How silly is it? Any other legal advice you would take from someone on the internet that you don't know? How about asking questions about setting up your will? Or credit card fraud? Would you risk your personal financial situation to a bunch of anonymous folks who may not even have a high school education and most who have absolutely no legal training?
Oh that's right. This is the internet. Everyone knows everything about everything.
How do you know the answer is the correct one? Want to bet your vacation on it? Or are you adventurous enough that you want to spend your time while on vacation sitting along some highway many miles from home to find out what you thought was the right answer was completely wrong?
So what do you suggest? Contact DMV. Yeah, I guess you agree then.
Be safe. Call the people who know the right answer - the people who issue the license.

2oldman wrote:

Wadcutter wrote:
Had you called them you would have already had the answer by now and you would also have the right answer.

LOL.. yeah. Some folks value an answer told to them by someone else, regardless if it's the *right* answer.

Having spent 42+ yrs in LE and answering questions from the public on almost a daily basis I learned early on that a lot of people really don't want the correct answer. They only call trying to get someone to agree with them. If you tell them something other than what they want to hear then they'll spend a great deal of effort trying to convince you to agree with them.