[AT] Trailers

[Ronald L. Cook]

Well, that is news to me.  I still think the DOT suspected you were 
hauling for hire or he would not have been looking for a DOT number 
which is another thing you need if you are for hire.  When you cross 
state lines, all sorts of things can crop up and you were too far from 
home to be operating on a farm exemption.  At least you did get to 
continue on your way.  So I guess all will need a CDL except the fellows 
hauling the %@!^% cubs.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA

Louis wrote:
> I have to disagree.  I had an F-450 (GVW 15,000lbs) and a Kiefer gooseneck
> trailer (GVW 16,000).  In Ohio I was running under farm exemption,  I was
> allowed to go within 150 miles of the farm without a CDL.  I cheated a
> little and went to Iowa to pick up a John Deere R that I bought out there.
> I got pulled over at the scales by Des Moines.  They red lighted me because
> I didn't have a DOT number on the truck.  Then they discovered that I didn't
> have a CDL.  I thought that I was going to jail that night.  The officer
> kept me there for about in hour.  He called the Ohio State Highway Patrol,
> to find out about CDL and farm tag regulations in Ohio.  I was ok with the
> farm tags, but not with the CDL.  Anyways, the officer told me to get in my
> truck and not to come back to Iowa till I have a CDL.  I thanked him and
> left.  
> 
> When I got back to Ohio, I got my CDL.  I grandfathered out of the driving
> part of the test, because I was using the farm exemption previously.
> 
> This is what I copied from Ohio revised code.  It makes no difference if the
> vehicle is commercial or private.  I think this applies pretty much across
> the USA, since the states base their CDL law on federal regulation.
> 
> Class A - any combination of vehicles with a combined gross vehicle weight
> rating of twenty-six thousand one pounds or more, if the gross vehicle
> weight rating of the vehicle or vehicles being towed is in excess of ten
> thousand pounds.
> 
> Class B - any single vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of
> twenty-six thousand one pounds or more or any such vehicle towing a vehicle
> having a gross vehicle weight rating that is not in excess of ten thousand
> pounds.
> 
> Lou