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CDL requirements?

02-17-2005, 05:45 PM

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CDL requirements?

I'm trying to figure out what the law really is, as I get a different story from the DOT everytime.

To need a CDL for weight, do you have to be over 26,000lbs or does your vehicle just need to have a GVWR that exceeds this? I was on my way back from california and was running private with my truck, trailer, and a bucket truck and my total weight was 25,550. The gentleman from the Texas DPS gave me a ticket for not having a CDL because my gross combined of the truck and trailer was 36,499.

Which is a completely different story than what we've heard.

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