Bunch of questions

Rookietrucker has nailed the regs, but to stress on two LITTLE problems.

The first is 18 driving interstate commercially. This is illegal and it carries a pretty stiff fine. It would not go back to your boss as much as to yourself.

The second, you are operating a vehicle with air brakes and no endorsement. Again a ticket that would hurt.

In addition to the ticket, the truck will probably be impouned. After all, you cannot legally drive it.

The major problem here is that when you continue to do this, each day you are exposing yourself to liability. You MIGHT be able to continue this until you turn 21. However, what if you are caught. Guess what. You now have 1 or 2 violations that will be recorded on your MVR. These will be well known as you apply to a company to run legally. The insurance company will know of these and you might have problems getting a job.

Now, are we telling the truth? Best way is to contact the DOT in the area without advising where and why. Get their opinion.

 

Well sorry you will have to quit driving accross your state line you must be 21 to leave the state with a cdl.
If you are caught then it will be big trouble for you.

 

You have been given the best advise possible, if you continue on driving without the proper license and endorsement, I hope you have a angle watching over you.. Your at that age, where you think you no whats best, that's fine, but hope you can deal with the penalties if you get into a wreck, or even stopped and have no CDL...

 

Man it is hard to believe that any employer would be stupid enough to take on the liability of having someone driving his rig as illegal as you are. Should you, God forbid, have an accident, you are gonna go down, and so is your employer.

Please, do not run the risk of screwing up many years of your life because you can't wait until you are 21 and legally licensed before driving a big rig. It's only 3 years, and while that seems forever at your age, believe me it isn't very long at all.

 

No truck driving school is not mandatory.
It is very possible you can get a CDL for the state you live in. May not be possible.
http://www.ct.gov/dmv/cwp/view.asp?a=805&Q=244702
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Geneva]Legal Age Requirements:[/FONT]

• [FONT=Verdana,Arial,Geneva]
  [*]Applicant must be at least 18 years of age.
  [*]Applicant must be at least 21 years of age to haul hazardous materials.
  [*]Applicant must be at least 21 years of age to drive interstate.
  [*]Applicant must carry a medical certificate, dated within two years, stating he/she meets the federally mandated minimum physical requirements necessary to operate such motor vehicle.[/FONT]

If your boss is willing to get you your CDL get it. If he ask you to drive out of state find another job. I here it is easy getting a job driving dump trucks. Keep in mind every time you run over that state line you are rolling the dice. Do you think you can win for 3 more years. I know at 18 I sure AssHell would have said it ain't nothing but a thing.

 

That big International pickup has air brakes and the GVWR is 25,999 , no CDL or air brake endorsement required .
But hate to tell you but you must be over 21 to drive a vehicle over 10,000lbs. GVWR interstate . I was following a 20 year old driver in a Ford Super Duty that got stopped by KY DVE . The truck had Ohio registration and 11,000 GVWR . I got the driver out of a ticket because we had just left a job in KY and the driver had a KY driver's license . I convinced the officer the driver was going to take the truck home .