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Originally Posted by factorystock
This is definitely the trend I 've seen. Many medium duty trucks today are bought right up to the 26,000 GVW cut off, and these trucks are equipped with air brakes too boot. 20-30 years ago, these type of medium duty trucks would be in the 21-25,000 gvw range with juice brakes.
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and in lots of states now even if your under CDL requirement for weight if i has air brakes you need a air brake specific endorsement on your license .
when i was towing for a living we had a guy loose a trailer off his HUGE rv diesel pusher motor home . cops showed up and d.o.t cop also . he got a ticket for driving out of class as he had no RV air brake endorsement on his license . the guy said the dealer ship never asked or told him he needed it . cop said thats not there job sucks o be you . funny thing was the guy just sold off his construction biss and wanted to travel the usa . he of all people should have known to have air brake endorsement with all the trucks and equipment he had in the company .
also lots of these guys with pickups and huge trailers hey need a CDL for the combined weight class they now fall in to . when the natural gas drilling boom hit a few years ago here in the north east they were slamming them hot shot haulers left and right for non correct license .