Weight limits and licensing requirements

Weight limits and licensing requirements

02-14-2009, 05:46 AM

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JCasper

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Weight limits and licensing requirements

I have some questions here and was hoping to get some straight up answers.

My company has a new 08 5500 with a 14' Flatbed. The truck has a 19,500GVW. Say we have that truck at that limit and hook a trailer to it. The trailer weighs another 12,000 or so loaded.

With that I am now at 30,000lbs or a bit more.

The truck doesn't have any company names on it and sees the freeway very little, but there are rare circumstances when we may have to run down the freeway to California and don't want to get in trouble.

Being that I am over 26K I have to stop at scales, right? Am I also required to have a CDL? What about logbooks?

Now if this is a big hassle, what if I were to just hook a 12,000lb trailer to my pickup and do the same thing. How is that different?

TIA for all your help

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