Ignoramus15653 wrote:
On 2012-02-17, Steve W. wrote:
Glenn Lyford wrote:
On Feb 14, 6:10 pm, Ignoramus10095 ignoramus10...@NOSPAM.
10095.invalid wrote:
I have a Chevy Kodiak dump truck that I am trying to fix.
As an aside, how many commercial vehicles do you have to own before
the State and/or Feds consider you a Motor Carrier (it does not need
to be the primary purpose of your business for you to fall under that
designation)? What legal resposibilities up to and including Homeland
Security do you need to follow once they decide that is one of your
hats?

Keep an eye on that stuff or it will bite you.
--Glenn Lyford

One. Especially if the vehicle requires a CDL to drive it. (both of the
latest vehicles Iggy has posted fall into that area.)


Actually, I can register the dump truck to not require a CDL. I will
sell it for sure, because I do not need it. I will wait until April,
though, because this is when everyone needs dump trucks.

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CDL requirement is NOT based on the registration, it is based on the
factory GVW / CGVW and intended use of the vehicle.

If the data plate shows a GVW or a CGVW over CDL requirements you had
better have a CDL when you drive it. The only way around that is if you
fall under one of the CDL exemptions (Farm Plates, RV use, Fire Vehicle
(in some states) This catches a LOT of people because they assume that
the registration is the document that the DOT will go by. They don't,
they go by the ID plate on the vehicle.


--
Steve W.