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Old 11-27-2010, 07:00 PM   #16
ken
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CDL FOR MOTORHOME AND TOW VECH 5TH WHEELS

YOU HEARD RIGHT ABOUT CDLS FOR CAMPERS AND SUCH. THE WAY IT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IS WHAT EVER THE REG OF THE VECH YOU ARE USING TO TOW WITH STATES THE VECH WEIGHT WOULD BE THE CLASS YOU WILL HAVE TO USE. YOU WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO LIC OR TAKE A VECH LIKE A BUS OR A TOW VECH AND DRIVE IT IF IT WAS TO BE REGISTERED AS A CDL LIKE CLASS A B AND SUCH. YOU WILL HAVE TO LIC IT IN THE SAME CLASS AS IT WAS WHEN THE ORGINAL TITLE OR TITLE OF ORIGIN STATED. THEY WANT TO KEEP FOLKS FROM TAKING TRUCKS BUS'S AND SUCH CONVERTING THEM OVER TO VECH THAT ARE OUT OF CLASS. SO IF YOU TAKE A SEMI TRUCK CAB AND JUST WANT TO PULL YOUR 5TH WHEEL BUT IT WAS BUILT AND ID NUMBERED AS 26000 AND OVER YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE THAT WITHOUT A CDL A CDL HAS NOTHING DO DO WITH DRIVING FOR PROFIT IT HAS TO DO WITH WEIGHT CLASS'S. ITS LIKE A UHAUL TRUCK THEY ARE LIC FOR UNDER 26000 BUT THE SAME TRUCK CHASIS CAN ALSO COME FROM THE FACTORY VECH ID FOR OVER 26000 ON OTHER APPLICATIONS. SO IF YOUR TOTERS TITLE WAS ORIGIN TITLED UNDER 26000 THEN THE TOTAL COMBINE CANT BE OVER THAT. SO IF YOUR 5TH WHEEL AND TRUCK ARE OVER YOU COULD GET A TICKET FOR BEING OVER TOTAL WEIGHT. THAT ALSO WOULD PUT YOU IN CLASS A CDL CLASS WHICH WOULD BE COMBO TRUCK TRAILER OVER 26000. THEY WANT TO DO THIS MAINLY TO FINE OR WRITE TICKETS. ALSO TO KEEP FOLKS FROM DRIVING OVER WEIGHT AND OVER LENGTH VECH THAT THEY CANT DRIVE ON A CAR LIC. JUST BECAUSE ITS A MOTORHOME OR 5TH WHEEL COMBO. THIS WILL BE A FEDERAL LAW AS THE CDL PART OF LIC IS FEDERAL CDLS ARE NOT STATE LIC THEY ARE FEDERAL LIC. THE DAYS OF HAVING MORE THAN ONE CDL IN MULTIPLE STATES WAS OVER SEVERAL YEARS AGO. NOTHING SAYS TODAY THAT YOU CANT HAVE A AUTO LIC IN 2 STATES IF YOU LIVE OR HAVE LEGAL ADDRESS IN BOTH BUT YOU CANT IF YOU HAVE A CDL NOT ALLOWED
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