Do you guys believe this?

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by volvo1026, Mar 27, 2012.

  1. volvo1026

    volvo1026 Light Load Member

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    Ok, so today i was at a T/A and i ran into a driver, and we started talking and then somehow or another it came about that he had his truck/trailer registered as a RV. He has a regular truck peterbilt 387 and a car carrier trailer! He had a full load, and he said that since it was registered as a Rv he did NOT have to have a CDL? How could that be registered as an RV? Is it legal? Thanks, I just need to get the facts straight.:biggrin_25525:
     
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  3. NSBGearjammer

    NSBGearjammer Medium Load Member

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    Call the us marshals! <----AUTO editing CHanges THE caPITALization of your posts!!!KEWL!
     
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  4. RedRabbit

    RedRabbit Bobtail Member

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    No its not legal! LOL that breaks just about every regulation out there! Either he was messing with you big time or he is very lucky he has not yet been caught!
     
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  5. SHO-TYME

    SHO-TYME Road Train Member

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    Just hope your vehicle isn't on his trailer when he does get caught.

    I did see someone with a unit similar to this online somewhere advertising.
     
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  6. VisionLogistics

    VisionLogistics Road Train Member

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    Get his plates and call his DMV, find out how to report his butt. If the word filter allowed cussin' my reply would be about 2 more paragraphs.
     
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  7. otherhalftw

    otherhalftw R.I.P.

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    That pile was so deep Montana Hip Boots couldn't keep the ______ (I hate asterisks) out!
     
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  8. Caterpillar Cowboy

    Caterpillar Cowboy Heavy Load Member

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    Personally, driving locally (dump truck) 50-60 miles south of Yellowstone, every summer the tourists invade. People who have little business, if any, in a small civic or geo metro climb behind the wheel of a rental motorhome, and all h**l breaks loose and driving ain't too fun. I personally think that there should be some sort of license or endorsment to drive these RV's over a certain size, even though they, still heavy, but are not AS heavy as a commercial vehicle. They are about 2-4x larger than anything most of these morons have drove before and have their little cars beat a lot by weight as well. Prime example, last summer a old boy from Florida borrowed a friend's big diesel pusher motorhome and come up to see Yellowstone and the Tetons. He ended up overheating on Teton Pass (pretty decent little hill if you're not familiar) and in the process of getting the water filled up, locked himself out. Well in the process of breaking back in he hit the air brake button on the dash, how he wiggled back out before it went over the edge is beyond me, but just a prime example of people 'Oh it's a RV' and have no business in one.
     
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  9. maxwelltie

    maxwelltie Medium Load Member

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    There is a move afoot by the RV industry to support special licensing for drivers of rigs larger than what a normal Class C license would support.
    Some states have already started.
    California, for instance, requires a Class A Non Commercial License if you drive an RV over 42 feet.
    If your RV has air brakes, you must have an Air Brake Endorsement on that license. (yes...it's an air brake endorsement, but only for Class A Non commmercial license)
    North Carolina now enforces the size and weight limits for RV licenses.
    There are more than a dozen states that require special licenses for RVs.
    Not nearly the same as a CDL, but the driver must pass both a written and driving exam to obtain the license.
     
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  10. otherhalftw

    otherhalftw R.I.P.

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    We should open a driving school for octogenarians and Motor Home Operations!!!!

    You do the southern group...I'll do the northern....we could charge 2k, and be "Swift Certified"....would that make us a N-CDL mill?:biggrin_25523:
     
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    abyliks Road Train Member

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    my personal favorite is the one ton dually hauling a ~32 foot gooseneck, with a 20' fishing boat being double towed behind that.:biggrin_2556:
     
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