OK maybe I'm asking the wrong question then. Take a rig, with no trailor attached. Does that make it a rig that only a class A driver can drive? I'm talking a rig like the one I drive daily, that the trailor comes off. Can a class B driver get in that truck with no trailor attached and drive it legally?

 

Yes. A tractor with no trailer attached may be driven by someone with a Class B license.

My comment about asking the right question was not really aimed at you or anyone else. It was just a general comment.

Sometimes people who are supposed to be in the know will only hear something like CLASS A or semi truck and then Class B license and think the person is asking about a truck with a trailer attached.

 

Yes thank you. I'm just amazed that the people I'm asking here on the phone, are saying no it can't be done. Not that I take their word for it, but someone said something about the 5th wheel, so wanted to be sure I was asking the right question here, and that it was understood. The wrong question thing threw me off. Sorry. Thanks for taking the time to explain it. I never have to worry about it because I've only ever had a class A. LOL

 

Your teachers or whoever else you are talking to either don't understand what you are asking, or are friggen idiots.

As said many times earlier, a bobtail tractor requires only a class B license with an airbrake endorsement to operate.

The ease of hooking a trailer has no bearing whatsoever.

Most straight dump trucks have a pintle hitch so they can pull a pup or an equipment trailer.

If these 'teachers' still misunderstand, I'd get my money back if that's where I went to school.