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Originally Posted by ceb
car haulers: up here in new england I see this alot. a 1 ton P/U pulling a
3 car trailer .
now here's the bet I say you need a CLASS A to drive this rig he says you don't what's your opinion.
my opinion: 3 cars x 4K lbs each= 12K any trailer over 10K needs a CLASS A
buddy's opinion: it's a P/U
there's 100 bucks on this
I have a son-in-law that had his own rig. A 1-ton with a 45 foot goose-neck trailer. He would fit 3 cars on the trailer on his return trips to FL. And he generally ran the northeast. Not only did he NOT have a CDL, he also only has one eye.
First of all, he owned the rig.
Second, it was registered for 25,999 pounds, gross weight.
Third, he had a DOT WAVER for his eye.
A loophole in the law, if he owns the rig, and it's weight is less then 26,000, he does not need a CDL. He paid overweight fines, and log book fines, but never was told he was not legal otherwise. He hauled hot-tubs out of FL up into CT and beyond, and brought cars back to FL. Did that for more than 10 years before his wife told him he had to stay home with her and the kids.