camperpaul wrote:
wny_pat wrote:
That right there makes you exempt from any requirement of the CDL licensing provisions.
I does not exempt you from the requirement for an air brake endorsement when operating a vehicle equipped with air brakes.
Paul, you are quoting from the CDL study guide. You are not required to have a CDL to operate motorhome. Above 16,000 lb GVWR or GCWR, or towing above 10,000 lb, requires non-commercial Class A, B or C.
On pages 3 & 4 of the training manual you linked to it states:
"1.3
Drivers Exempt from Obtaining a CDLUnder state and federal law, certain drivers are not subject to the requirements of the CDL program. The Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration has determined that these exemptions will not diminish the safe operation of
commercial vehicles on the highways.
The following vehicle operators are not required to obtain a CDL:
Farm Equipment Operators — This exemption covers legitimate farm-to-market operations by farmers, not commercial grain haulers. CDLs are not required to operate vehicles:
• Controlled and operated by a farmer, a member of the farmer?s family or an employee;
• Used to transport farm products, equipment or supplies to or from a farm (including nurseries and aquacultures);
• Used within 150 air miles of the farm; and
• Not used in the operations of a common or contract carrier; and
• Used in nursery or agricultural operations.
NOTE: For the drivers of truck-tractor semitrailers, the farmer, his or her spouse and their children, parents on both sides, brothers and sisters on both sides and their spouses operating a truck-tractor semitrailer and meeting the above criteria also are exempted from the CDL Program. These drivers must be at least age 21, and the vehicle must have Farm plates. These drivers are still required to take the appropriate CDL written, skills and road tests to be licensed.
Firefighting Equipment Operators — Because most firefighting organizations have extensive initial training and retraining requirements for their equipment operators, Illinois waives CDL requirements for operators of firefighting equipment owned or operated by or for a government agency, when responding to or returning from an emergency.
Military Vehicle Operators — Operators of military vehicles for military purposes are exempt from obtaining a CDL.
Recreational Vehicle Operators — Recreational vehicle operators, when using the vehicle primarily for personaluse, do not need a CDL."
The only requirement is for a CDL holder to have the air brake training. The quote straight from the Illinois CDL Commercial Driver's License Study Guide clearly states a RV opererator does not need a CDL.
