westend wrote:
LarryJM wrote:
Bumpyroad wrote:
Tlauden wrote:
I may stand alone here, but I think you should need to take a separate DOT test and be endorsed on your license to pull a trailer of any kind/size. ...
yes you do IMHO. more nonsense govt. regulation, hoops to jump through. just cause the driver can handle the "trailer" which can be a 6 ft. U haul type, doesn't mean they can handle a 40 ft TT.
reminds me of my friend who wanted a CDC to tow fruit back from FLA. borrowed a flat bed to take his test. easy visibility, etc. Of course he towed a box trailer in "real life".
bumpy
Yea, but common things like proper hitch setup, brakes, chains, etc. that are common to all trailers would be a plus. You just have to accept that you can never eliminate or reduce "negligence" to zero.
Larry
Exactly! I hopped into a truck with two guys, both having CDL's, pulling a load of foam panels on a tandem axle flat bed. After we watched the trailer pass us at the first curve, the arguing started, "I thought YOU locked the hitch. No, YOU were supposed to do that..." Luckily, after the trailer snapped the safety chains, the trailer veered right and continued into the right side ditch, stopping after it took out a road sign.
This is something that will never happen to me. I will not let anybody near to me, talk to me or, let alone, help me hookup my trailer. I have a routine, so know I have done it right and covered all of the steps required.
Bruce
