Is PA "warning" Rvers. (license).
OK...I WILL GO THERE. It is early in the year, might as well get it started. I added the color, but the quote is from the PA DOT site. CLASS A (minimum age 18): Required to operate any combination ...
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Pretty much everything required for a basic CDL test would be the same between commercial and non commercial. Rules of the road-check. Air brakes-check. Cargo securement-you don't need to know how to secure steel coil in an RV, but if you have that car in the enclosed hauler it should be secured properly. Axle weight and hitch rules all apply...
Hazmat and tank are endorsements so you wouldn't take those tests. Also, hours of service is not part of a CDL test, so no wasted space there.
Now I have no idea what PA's intention is with this law, and whether or not it is enforced. But, I do think it is a good idea to have non commercial higher weight class licences. Why let Joe Money head down the road in a Prevost pulling a 21,000 GVW car hauler without any proof that he has any clue what he is doing?
Hazmat and tank are endorsements so you wouldn't take those tests. Also, hours of service is not part of a CDL test, so no wasted space there.
Now I have no idea what PA's intention is with this law, and whether or not it is enforced. But, I do think it is a good idea to have non commercial higher weight class licences. Why let Joe Money head down the road in a Prevost pulling a 21,000 GVW car hauler without any proof that he has any clue what he is doing?
