It's the trailer weight that will dictate a CDL with a combination set up. 26k is for box vans.
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You will have to get a truck and trailer combination that allows you to be under 26,000 lbs. Most of the newer trucks have a GVWR to high to allow you to do this with a 14,000 GVWR Trailer which is what is used while staying at this weight. You would need a older 5.9 Cummins or a 7.3 or 6.4 powerstroke. Now hauling cars would be a different story IMO I only know of one guy on this forum that is able to do this. Now I have note seen him post in a while so don’t know if he is still doing this. To stay under 26 you have to have light weight freight that needs to be expedited in order it to make it worth while.
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We’ve were running a Owner op set up under 26k for a little bit here. The under cdl set up came to us as a father and son package deal, father ran under 26k and the son had a cdl. He was actually doing very well.he had a new ram 3500 dually, and pulled a two axle 32’ Lowboy that was derated from the manufacturer. It was harder finding the right pieces of freight for it but the money he was earning, I thought it was wry decent. The loads we were getting him were paying $2.00 to just over $3.00 per mile.Lite bug Thanks this.
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