Having discussed the M35-Trailer-CDL situation with my local DOT
supervisor. I was told that as long as the truck had Historic plates, the
DOT boys would not look at it twice, and had no interest in it. But if used
for commercial use, you better have your Class 1 CDL and the truck should
be up to snuff.
I am towing a 20K # capacity float with a M35. The float carries one of my
M114s, a total towed weight of 17,500 pounds. The truck has historic motor
plates. As you can see, the total combined weight would require a Class 1
CDL for commercial use.
Jon
At 11:17 PM 8/24/00 -0700, you wrote:
>To all,
>
>If you read my earlier posting you might have noticed that I made reference
>to misinformation provided by police officers.....in fact, I did that
>twice.....the first time for those of us who never read the WHOLE message
>and the second time for those of us with SHORT memories.
>
>By way of explaination I would like to say that for most policemen, anything
>having anything to do with commercial CLASS vehicles (notice I said "class")
>is a complete mystery. As I am one of only a few CMV inspectors within my
>traffic division I can report that to you as the utter truth with full
>authority! Still, most of my fellow police officers who don't know too much
>about that sort of thing will, if cornered, try their damned best to provide
>SOME kind of an answer and unfortunately it's a coin toss wether or not that
>answer will be right because these laws are complex....to say the LEAST,
>baby.
>
>So if you have a question that needs and answer, don't ask the first boy in
>blue that you see at the Dunkin Donut stand......find the RIGHT source of
>information first, then double check the information you've received.
>
>G'nite all!
>Dream GREEN!
>TJ
>
>
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