CDL Required to Drive Class A?
I'm sure this has been covered; however, I searched the forums and came up with nothing. I drive a 39' Class A pusher with air brakes. Data as follows: GVWR (lbs) -- 31,000/Front GAWR 12,000/Rear 1...
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mobeewan wrote:
Some states require a CDL, some states require a Specialty License the rest only a regular DL. All states outside your home state honor your home state License regardless of the type, i.e. if your home state only requires a regular DL and you are driving in or through a state that requires a CDL you are good to drive in that state.
No state requires a CDL for any RV used for personal, noncommercial use. "Commercial motor vehicles" that require a CDL are defined at the federal level, and thus are consistent across all states; and RVs used for personal, noncommercial uses are specifically excluded in the definition of a commercial motor vehicle. If you're driving an RV for hire, that's a different situation, and you'd need a CDL if it's over the weight limits defining commercial motor vehicles.
(A few states do have more lenient licensing requirements for commercial motor vehicles operated in-state, such as looser requirements for certain situations such as farm trucks or intrastate commercial licenses that have lower age limits than federal CDLs. Those exceptions do not apply to interstate travel.)
