Is this illegal or OK?

Your best bet is to check with DOT.

You are a commercial enterprise but you are hauling your own stuff. Assuming the registration is legal you should be alright.

 

You do absolutely need the guidance of an Attorney experienced in trucking. He can keep you legal and keep you out of trouble.

At this point, the real difference between legal and not legal is how you respond to questions from enforcement officials.

Seriously, there are good Legal Eagles on board here- you need their guidance and help. It's every Law Enforcement Officer's job to discover a crime and report it. Even if it means manufacturing one. If you don't know your status, if you're not practiced in responding to truck inspectors and enforcement employees, you're a series of violations waiting to be uncovered.

Don't expect every department's Police Officers to know every detail of the law. If they don't know for sure if you're in violation they'll issue a citation and let you defend it in Court (knowing that almost every driver just pays the fine and pleads "Nolo Contendre" or "Guilty")

So arm and prepare yourself with knowledge before you discover how outrageous those fines can be.

"Don't feed the Bears".

 

If you race for prize money, it is considered commercial. Class B won't work either since you're pulling a trailer.You may need IFTA also since your're running out of state.

 

You need to call Arizona DPS and speak to one of the truck enforcement guys. Don't hold anything out like exactly what you are doing. From the sounds of it, you will need almost everything. Tell the the VIN plate weight of each unit, because licensing deals with VIN plate weights. Also tell them the overall length of the combo. so they can give you accurate info. It may not be a bad idea to go and meet personally, take pictures of the rigs.

What I hate is someone will call in and ask a question. However, they don't exactly tell you everything. They ask the question to hear the answer they want, or they anwser shop a bunch of different folks to hear the answer they want. hen when they get stopped, they cry wolf. "well I called such and such." When dealing with the questions you have, be thorough and ask everything. But more importantly be honest so down the road you don't have any issues on the side of the highway.

 

The logos will make staying 'non commercial' difficult.

Since you are pulling a trailer that could be over 10K GVWR you also need a class A should you be deemed to be a CMV.

Hearing that you sell stuff it will be dificult to remain non commercial, the motorhome registration implys non-commercial but pulling a logo covered trailer is the same as drawing a target on your back...

You can't be a 'little bit commercial' just like you can't be a 'little bit pregnant'

 

I would sit down a read your state specific tagging rules.
If you call most of these affirmative action employees couldn't find their acses with both hands. And public serpent employees are just about always going to to tell you the MOST EXPENSIVE way to go, don't hing you need irp or ifta and may not need a class A cdl depending if your setup is considered private or not. I would have the class A anyway as it is easy to get if you have a class B. I find I have saved myself lots money reading for myself.

 

This was asked on another forum and the one responder had a 'vintage' racecar and he hauled it with a private rig. He was popped in Cali, they considered the small winner's prize for winning a vintage race as being a commercial vehicle...your mileage may vary.