Help with non cdl weight I can haul

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  1. Rbt602az

    Rbt602az Bobtail Member

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    Hey everyone, and thanks in advance for any help.

    I'm just trying to fully understand what I'm allowed to scale here's the numbers. I'm running non cdl hotshot. Truck is ram 3500, trailer big tex 16gn derated to 12 k

    Truck gvrw 12,300
    Trailer gcwr 12,000
    Truck scaled I'm at 15,960 fully loaded wet weight
     
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    truck over 5 ton requires med card. Truck with trailer rated over 5k ton and combined over 26 ton gcwr require class a cdl. Doesnt have to weigh that. Depends on how its registered. But you are clearly at medical card weight
     
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    rbrtwbstr Road Train Member

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    What's the gcwr of the truck? Should be on the same sticker as the gvwr.

    Or Add the gcwr of the truck and trailer. Then subtract the actual weight. Whatever you get is payload capacity.

    Truck gvwr 12300
    Trailer 12000
    Gcwr would be 24300
    Actual weight 15960 with empty trailer
    Max legal payload 8340
     
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    Thank you
     
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    How are you hotshoting that with no CDL you are officially a commercial vehicle, 10K GVW normally means CDL.?
     
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    Nope. Has to 26,001 lbs or more to need a CDL

    Classes of License and Commercial Learner's Permits (CLP)
    Pursuant to Federal standards, States issue CDLs and CLPs to drivers according to the following license classifications:

    Class A: Any combination of vehicles which has a gross combination weight rating or gross combination weight of 11,794 kilograms or more (26,001 pounds or more) whichever is greater, inclusive of a towed unit(s) with a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of more than 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) whichever is greater.

    Class B: Any single vehicle which has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of 11,794 or more kilograms (26,001 pounds or more), or any such vehicle towing a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight that does not exceed 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds).
     
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    Well I stand corrected.
     
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    In Maine a Class C license is allowed to operate a vehile with trailer that does not exceed 27,000 pounds. 27,001+ in weight requires a class B license.
     
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    Might not need a CDL but your Probabaly going to need a medical card and logbooks and pre trip inspection forms and a DOT number on the side .

    someone who knows the exact answers wil hopefully chime in
     
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