Calling All Hot Shots

Ca. is a little different about the scales I think the pick ups can go by. You still need a logbook and if truck has airbrakes you need that endorsement.

 

You still running under 26,000? I've thought about it would need a lighter trailer.

 

There is NO airbrakes endorsement . If you test on a truck without airbrakes for a Class A or B you get a no airbrakes restriction

 

For now... the truck has 40k plates on it,(gvwr under 26k) so I guess I'm gonna get another 4 car and have at it...

 

If under 26k you don't need a CDL but do still need to run a log book and go through the scales? Is that correct?

 

For the most part.

If the truck is over 10,001 lbs and used commercially for the transportation of people and product for hire, then yes, if required. The combined in Illinois is actual weight over 16,000 lbs. Ohio is GCVWR in excess of 10,000 lbs. Each state is different.

 

Kind of a gray issue here.

I crossed the border at Yuma and the scale is the next choice. He weighed every axle and ran the numbers.

Definition of a truck is any vehicle with a BOL in it for instance. We are classed as trucks not pickups.

 

Restriction endorsement means the same thing in the end. If you don't test on airbrakes you're not supposed to drive one equipped with them.

 

Where is that I don't remember reading that one?

 

That is from a phone call to California and an officer in Oklahoma.

Then, had dealings with some inspectors when empty.