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Message:: [QUOTE="MadScientist, post: 11921784, member: 289691"]If the trailer GVWR exceeds 10,000 pounds a tour bus towing a trailer hauling staging/sound equipment, as many musical acts use nowadays, would be considered a Class A combination vehicle and require a Class A license with passenger endorsement to operate when passengers are aboard. I assume the skills test would need to be taken in a tour bus towing a trailer with a >10,000 pounds GVWR. In other words, a Class B bus towing a trailer with a GVWR over 10K pounds is a Class A combination vehicle, just as a Class B straight truck towing a trailer with GVWR >10,000# is a Class A combination vehicle. As has already been pointed out in a comment above, using a passenger vehicle with an automatic transmission to gain a passenger endorsement would not cause a driver already holding a Class A CDL with no transmission restriction to lose the ability to also drive a non-passenger rated combination vehicle with a manual transmission. However, if the driver wanted to drive a passenger vehicle with a manual transmission it is my understanding that the test would need to be taken in a passenger vehicle with a manual transmission. Otherwise there would be a transmission restriction placed on the passenger endorsement ONLY, but not on the overall Class A combination vehicle license.[/QUOTE]