3car wedge Auto Transport Question

Check into the cost of insurance and be sure to set down before you get the quote. You need to check the regulations to get your own answers. Weight will decide the CDL issue. If you haul for hire then you will be required to meet the other parts of the regulations.

 

Your best bet is to buy a single axle tractor and 3-4 car trailer, it's not legal to sleep in a dually and hotels start to get expensive. I wouldn't go with a 2 car, you won't make any money with it.

Be aware, your insurance alone will run $5000-$10,000 a year.

Call Alexander and Alexander Ask for Carey, 270-230-0340

 

Take a look at dually sleeper berths. It's probably better then sleeping on the back seat.

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Well, to determine if you need a CDL, you need to figure out what the Gross Combination Weight Rating is going to be. If it's more than 26,000 lbs., your answer is yes. And bear in mind this is the weight rating of the combination. Whether you're loaded over 26k or not, if it's rated for that weight, you'd need one. So, a pickup pulling a goosneck may not require one, but if you use something like a Class 5 or 6 truck (which by itself doesn't require a CDL), and strap a gooseneck to that, then you've created a commercial use combination with a weight rating of more than 26k.

 

Or if your trainer weight is more then 10,000 lbs. With 3 large cars you will be over and would need one.

 

I know a couple of hotshots and guys who do this, they all have their class B

 

Class B is for straight trucks, not combination vehicles, once you hook at trailer, you need a class A.

 

From the FMCSA website @ http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/registration-licensing/cdl/cdl.htm


Classes of License:

The Federal standard requires States to issue a CDL to drivers according to the following license classifications:

Class A -- Any combination of vehicles with a GCWR of 26,001 or more pounds provided the GVWR of the vehicle(s) being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.

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.

Class C -- Any single vehicle, or combination of vehicles, that does not meet the definition of Class A or Class B, but is either designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver, or is transporting material that has been designated as hazardous under 49 U.S.C. 5103 and is required to be placarded under subpart F of 49 CFR Part 172 or is transporting any quantity of a material listed as a select agent or toxin in 42 CFR Part 73.