Question for TEXANS- Class A non CDL
We are looking at a toy hauler that combined with the truck will be over 26001 lbs. Legally this requires the Class A non CDL. I know many horse folks that are towing way over that that use their regu...
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johndeerefarmer wrote:
Class C is correct as I said, which is why you can buy a truck derated from the factory. As far as I know this is the reason that Ford and others started selling derated trucks. You can tow 16k lbs with a 10k truck
https://escapees.com/texas-drivers-license-requirements-for-rvers/
To be "legal" I can also get the toy hauler derated as well if I want.
For example, Big Tex
https://dealerportal.bigtextrailers.com/wpbigtx/wp-content/uploads/form_vin_re-rate.pdf
Then your only worry is if you are stopped and weighed and weigh over the 26k lbs. I have never in 45 years of driving saw a non-commercial rig weighed.
I can't say I have ever seen a non-commercial rig weighed.
But I can say that setting in the county courthouse in Lexington Mo, waiting my turn to argue to get my overweight fine reduced, I watched 3 guys tell the judge they did not know they needed to license their pickups for total weight, truck+trailer+boat. Also the judge announced "warrant" for 1 from Iowa, another from Kansas. I'm fairly certain LEO did not write numbers on that ticket with putting them on his portables.
And like I say, I know nothing about the non-commercial, but real CDL, the rating is where the line is drawn. Around here, a lot of small contractors run into issues getting class A CDL, without the air brake endorsement, to haul Bobcats and such.
