DOT number vs actual weight confusion

this was the weight on my bills the other day

 

I don't know much about CDL B because I'm a CDL A driver. But I know the weight that could determine the answer to your question is the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating GVWR or the Gross Combination Weight Rating GCWR. That's to say the actual and measured weight of any one load on any particular day is irrelevant. What matters is the factory's declaration of the capacity to haul weight that matters. So for semi-trucks, the fact it is certified to haul a combination weight of up to 80,000 pounds (or anything over 26,001 pounds) is the weight that matters. If I happen to be driving my truck empty, or loaded, to some weight well below that maximum weight rating it doesn't change the fact that I need a CDL to drive it on public roads. Look at the GVWR of your truck and the GVWR of any trailer. Frankly, I don't know if having a DOT number displayed triggers the need for a CDL of the appropriate class.

 

What is the cargo weight limit for a Class B license?

 

First, actual weight and what's on the truck.trailer doesn't matter. It's 98% about the weight rating of the vehicles. (The 2% is a made up number to represent that vehicles that are overloaded beyond the weight rating have special requirements.)
Here is a link to Washington's CDL flowchart, so you get it from the horse's mouth...
https://www.dol.wa.gov/driverslicense/cdlrequired.html

Now that all stated, well no one can answer the question because you didn't give any weight ratings... You will need the weight ratings from the vehicles (including trailers) to answer the question.

 

Remember that pickup and tool truck, both under 26000# GVWR are both still commercial vehicles and require a medical certification for a non cdl operator.

Just having a dot number on the door does not require a CDL until you add a trailer over 10K...

 

Bit off topic, but what pickup weighs 13,000 empty.

 

GVWR and gross vehicle weight (GVW) are often thought to be the same, but they are not. A truck’s GVWR is the maximum weight rating from the manufacturer. GVW is the total weight of the truck and payload at a point in time.

Technically GVW does come into play IF you overloaded a truck above the limits, but that is unsafe and a violation in itself.

GVWR is what will typically get you, and yes registered weight being higher than 26,001 will invoke the need for a CDL.

So basically take the largest of the GVW, GVWR and registered weight and see if it crosses the threshold. If the GVW is lower than the GVWR the GVW is basically irrelevant due to the higher GVWR.

For combination vehicles the highest number from those three are added together.

Intrastate can be more complicated and may have higher limits before you need a CDL.

 

Man ya'lls licenses in the US are confusing as hell.