Picking up anthracite with a pickup truck.

gaw wrote: ↑

Wed. Dec. 25, 2019 9:41 pm

The Feds with their CDL requirements muddied the waters because the language is vague and could be open to interpretation. Pennsylvania has it pretty easy to understand on their website. Any combination under the magic 26,000 pound mark is good. Going over that requires a class A.

Ehhh that’s not correct either...


You can have a truck that is 26,000 GVWR and a trailer that is 10,000 GVWR, total gcvwr is 36,000 pounds. Class D.

I'm not going to "weigh in" on the CDL controversy but If I planned to tow an RV that heavy I'd want a diesel not a gasser.

hotblast1357 wrote: ↑

Thu. Dec. 26, 2019 6:42 am

Ehhh that’s not correct either...


You can have a truck that is 26,000 GVWR and a trailer that is 10,000 GVWR, total gcvwr is 36,000 pounds. Class D.

No class D in PA. A,B, or C non commercial. If you are legal in your state you're legal in all states.

To be clear, in PA a class A or B license is not automatically a CDL. The Feds mucked it up with the CDL regulations. When I started driving licenses were numbered. Class 1, Class 2, etc. I think it went up to 5 or 6 including buses and motorcycles.

Anyhow this is way too far in the weeds. Be legal at home and your good to go anywhere. Also a little rabbit whispered in my ear that non commercial enforcement tends to be lacking in PA.

Alright gaw well he lives in NY so any of your above information does not apply to him if he is licensed in NY.

Or enforcement is not lacking here in NY lol we have a big unit that covers almost every part of NYS.

Pa State Police have this handy license class flow chart. Keep in mind that the weights are the manufacturer's GVWR, and GCWR. What you have it registered at, or what it actually weighs does not matter.
https://www.psp.pa.gov/law-enforcement-services/D ... .29.14.pdf