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Thanks guys (except for you Shawn) :stickpokeI'm going to add brakes to my utility trailer when I re do the wood in the floor and I wanted to make sure
Started framing this week on a 9000 sqr shop Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Sorry for the loss, copy on the offices. Was wondering if it wasn’t someone’s home you were building in that shop. Wife and I would love to do that some day.
Dave, the newer DOT rules are a bit fuzzy to me and I’m sure someone who deals with it often will clear it up. I do know that our 1 ton dually trucks hooked to a 25k GN we’re viewed as a semi and required a cdl (again fuzzy as I cannot recall the class if it was A or B etc). I’m guessing the 22k is combined, probably makes a difference on 3/4 ton versus 1 ton too. The other thing is your truck is personally owned and their are rules that go along with that as well. For instance my personal 1 ton could pull my personal enclosed GN but the company owned truck could not pull that same GN without the required CDL even by owner of company of said truck. And part of the reason this is fuzzy is that when the new DOT rules came thru & after getting pinched a couple times we hired and outside consulting firm who specialized in such matters to help fight the fines and get us in compliance. So her and my secretary / records keeper worked on this a lot more than I.
It will vary state to state also. But as Sean said, personal vs commercial towing is looked at diff in many states. POV with a company trailer on the clock would be commercial.GVW is truck and trailer with the proper hitch and tires. I do not think the stock hitch/bumper on our trucks will handle what the truck can pull.
Nate, for the Record it wasn’t jacka** truck drivers as much as it is owners who were pushing the boundaries to make extra money. Regardless of what we did or were instructed to do my salary and our drivers never made more. & I realize what you were saying, just a clarification. Like was stated, best bet is not to pull company equipment with personal truck. Again I understand been there done that too.
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Lunch at the Cabela's? lol yeah, noticed it when i crossed the border a couple weeks back.