Class-A One Ton Pre Trip ?'s

A Class A with air restriction severely limits you in this industry.

Get you a class A with no restrictions. Then you can drive your 1-ton truck, but also have many more options when you want to change jobs.

 

Hey! Did you take the test? About to do this myself and have the same questions.

 

Hopefully someone can chime in with some info on this for you. The guy in the post you quoted hasn't posted since 2016 so I doubt he's coming back.

 

I’d say beg, steal, or borrow a class 8 tractor/trailer to take your test in. Otherwise you are going to have a air-brake and auto restriction on your license.

If you ever decide you want to move up to a bigger truck later, and you will, you’ll have to take the test all over again.

 

Would you be able to take it in a Class B manual with air brakes to lift those restrictions?

 

That will give you a class B license with no restrictions. Basically a new test is not additive. It's whatever the vehicle that the test is taken in.

 

The old days of getting your class 1, er A, in a 1 ton dually and then driving big trucks are loong gone. Restrictions are now at every level, and getting more restricted every year.

If all you are ever planning on doing is driving a 1 ton GN, then go for it, but if it was me, I'd do like the other guys are trying to tell you, take it only once in a class 8 tandem w/man trans....