You are correct. If you get diesel power MAG, this past month had one of the writers get his CDL to do the "king of the hill" LEGALLY. The "tow vehicle" the ANYTHING that is doing the towing(pickup, car, medium duty truck, bug truck, tow truck).
And you DO Not need a CDL unless the "tow vehicle" is registered over 26,000lbs OR the load being towed is registered over 10,000.
In English.
Your pickup weighs 7,000lbs(registerd for 18,000) and you are towing another pickup(7,000) on a 4,ooolb trailer(registered for 12,000). You weigh in at ONLY 18,000. But YOU NEED A CLASS A because the trailer is over the 10,000 mark. Just ask any HOT SHOT car hauler. 90% of them are under 26,000 and they all have class A license
You DO NOT NEED a CLASS B to just drive the truck because it is NOT registered over 26,000.
BUT if you do REGISTER it over 26,000 you DO NEED a CLASS B to just drive the truck.
A truck that is registered for over 26000 you need a Class B license. And you can tow a trailer(under 10,000lbs) with just a B license. If you tow a trailer over 10000, you need an A
interesting.thanks for the info.
a quick google also yields the source of your info;
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/registration-licensing/cdl/cdl.htm
i see what you guys are saying,and it's pretty dang clear;
Class B -- any such vehicle towing a vehicle not in excess of 10,000 pounds GVWR.
i see the point you made earlier.i also have to agree,that surely there are many in violation.
edit.
wait though,this still doesn't seem right.
looking at the whole thing:
Class B -- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing a vehicle not in excess of 10,000 pounds GVWR.
let's brake this down;
"or any such vehicle"
any such vehicle.i read that as "a vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 + lbs" then worded like this,
because otherwise it would say "or any vehicle" rather than "such vehicle"
see what im saying?
i just can't fathom "any" vehicle can't tow 10k lbs and require a CDL.so i re-read that line carefully.
they cannot mandate f350/450 light truck owners (with a legal capacity to tow well over 10k) to require a CDL.it just can't be so.these cant be those "such vehicles" they are speaking of here???????
i dunno why i worry,i never tow any such weight.just interesting/curious.
double edit,
still though.some of these trucks are capable of requiring a CDL though,my god.
look at the combined gross you can be with the things now:
http://www.ford.com/trucks/superduty/specifications/towing/
clearly you would need a CDL if you wanted to max the trucks out now regardless.good god man.33k with a light truck! frig that.id want to be in a medium duty.they're getting carried way these days.
i think the new trucks weigh in right around my trucks weight with the dump bed (a bit over 8k lbs)
that's like 25,000 you can tow.no doubt CDL required when passing 26k of course.that's clearly stated.
how the hell do you hitch 25k lbs to the truck? iv never looked into goosenecks,are they rated for this? must be i guess.
