Couple of HotShot questions...

Like stated before. Depends on the trailer rating. You can do 36,000 lbs without a CDL . It just needs to be 26,000 for the truck and 10,000 for the trailer. One pound more on either is CDL county.

 

Still cdl, just a class B cdl.

 

Nope.
Well I'm not sure about California, but all other states you don't need a CDL. Here is the OK flowchart which mirrors federal and most states definition.

 

I stand corrected.

 

My Friend is a dot officer in NC and he has told me that if your gvcwr is 26001LB and up (truck & trailer together) you will have to have a CDL

 

Well he's wrong. Look at the flowchart I posted.

 

Well you can try it if you want to but im not. Lol. To risky. Get a broker that lies about the weight of the item and now your over weight and put out of service. Ive seen it happen.

 

Don't non cdl drivers have to have a dot physical?

 

Check out Official NCDMV: Commercial Driver License
It says the same as the flowchart, so if said LEO does try and give me a citation it will be laughed out of court.

Driving a CMV with a rating greater than 10,000 lbs needs a physical yes Only need a drug test once in the CDL range though.