What type of semi is this referred to as?

Twin screws = air brakes = CDL B / air brake endorsement.

 

In my part of the country all the beverage hauler use a single axle tractor and a single axle trailer with roll door on each side of the trailer. That makes a CDL A necessary. Yes they work their buts off.

 

Yeah, or often a furniture type store gets a deal on a used 3-axle truck and they register it for 26,000 -- no cdl required (although drivers still need a dmv green card).

As far as air brakes, many straight trucks have "air assist" brakes -- no knobs to pull out, no air gauge, but they're still more touchy than hydraulic & make the air sound. These do not require a cdl.

 

"Appointed officials", and how it's enforced is screwy, too.... in NC, the C&D company I worked for got hammered because they pulled a Bobcat on a trailer with an F750 with drivers who didn't have a CDL, yet Joe Four Wheeler can rent a 26k truck, attach a trailer to it which brings the GCWR past 26k, and they don't need anything other than their standard drivers license, even though a U-Haul is a commercial vehicle.

You're talking about air over hydraulic, and a CDL holder can be restricted from those if they don't pass the written air brake test and complete the road test in a vehicle so equipped.
Air brakes by themselves don't require a CDL.

 

See the comment below, I'd put that truck any-######-where I please.

Say the bit about the back, twice. The depth of how hard those jobs are on your back, doesn't really set in until you start having problems with your back.

 

Also, I think some of these delivery people get to setup displays in places like convenience stores whenever there is a holiday coming up.

 

Coke distributers normally have class A and class B trucks. So your class A will be an asset to Coke.

 

Friend of mine drove one for Pepsi. They trained him. Didn't have to goto school, but he did on own time to upgrade to A.

 

How its registered makes no difference, that only changes the fees for reg, still have to have a class b.

They have vacuum assisted brakes, air over juice was made illegal years ago. If you lose your vacuum your brakes do not engage

 

As with any type of lifting, you always want to take care and lift with your legs not your back