whats CDL

[lawmart]

Looking at Bucket trucks on that other site (dont now if i can say it ) there is a lot of trucks that say under CDL what is is it and, what are the specic number that it falls under , I think it is weight but you never now.
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[DDM]

Weight has to be under 26000 LBS GVWR.

 

[lawmart]

Cdl

Does that vary state to state or is it a constant throught out the country.

Lawmart

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[DDM]

Oops To be under CDL it has to have a GVWR of less than 26000 lbs.Anything over 26K is CDL.

 

[Stihl User]

CDL = Commercial Drivers License, needed for any truck over 26,000lbs GVWR or a truck & trailer with combined GVWR weight of over 26,000lbs.

 

[alloutdoorsboy]

also need cdl if it has air brakes even if it is under 26k

 

[ropensaddle]

also need cdl if it has air brakes even if it is under 26k

No you just need airbrake endorsement. I had air brakes on a pickup!

 

[DDM]

In SC they changed that law in 2004 you do not need a CDL if your truck is less than 26K and it has air brakes.

also need cdl if it has air brakes even if it is under 26k

 

[squad143]

lawmart,

Province of Ontario driver's license requirements:

Class G: Any car, van or small truck or combination of vehicle and towed vehicle up to 11,000 kg provided the towed vehicle is not over 4,600 kg.

Class D: Any truck or motor vehicle combination exceeding 11,000 kg provided the towed vehicle is not over 4,600 kg.

* If the vehicle has air brakes then the driver will require a "Z" endorsement on their license. If the vehicle has hydraulic brakes then no endorsement is required.

For our non-metric friends approx. 2.2 pounds = 1 Kilo (kg).

Hope this helps.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Class G: Any car, van or small truck or combination

I know a number of people who found this out the hard way. Driving a 1 ton with a big chipper. I know a few who had to follow the trooper to a scale to prove that the they were legal.

I got stopped by a sheriff once who was going to write me up for not having a tare weight on the old INT 4700 I was driving. I got out of it showing him the GVWR tags on the door post and chipper. They were both the proverbial hair under the restriction.

 

[alanarbor]

Be careful with that under cdl designation. A chip/bucket combo can sneak in under it, but once the chip box is loaded, you may be overweight

 

[cantcutter]

I have a CDL so it dosen't matter to me, but pretty much any chip truck with a load on is over weight. I used to run a chip truck pulling a leaf vac and when the truck was loaded with leaves we where hitting 48,000 crossing the scales at the landfill......and that is a chip truck without a boom.....if it has a boom it is over weight as soon as you climb in I am not sure about the airbrakes though; you used to beable to get an airbrake endorsment on any licence, but now I don't think there is an endorsment anymore......I am pretty sure if it has true air brakes its over CDL now. the exception being air over hydraulic.
What gets me is all these trailer companies who are selling 20Ton goosenecks and all the people dragging them around with bobcats and backhoes on them........DMV will be burning them up to before too long.