If you are over 12000 gvw then you are commercial vehicle and require a US DOT number on your truck. A chuaffeur license if you are driving it privately and a DOT card if you are driving it commercially. Those are the laws here anyway. If it is over 26001 then you need a CDL to drive it and in order to get a CDL you need a DOT medical card.

 

maybe this will help if you know the weight of the trailer

http://www.trailerlife.com/images/do...owingguide.pdf

 

That must varry greatly from state to state. In PA a class C license (regular drivers license) is good for up to 26,000lbs. http://www.dmv.state.pa.us/driverLic..._classes.shtml

I wonder if there is any restrictions as to how long a trailer can be before requiring a CDL. If my foggy memory serves me correctly from working my way through college on a loading dock, a semi trailer is 54ft. Some were smaller but 99% of the trailers I ever loaded and unloaded were 54's.

 

Are you sure that we are talking about the same thing here... Screw you state "12000 gvw", while gcvw would be the issue... Combined vehicle weight between the trailer and the truck, I don't think his f150 is going to weigh over 12000lbs...

 

^^Yea that is what I meant. The weight of the truck and trailer together.

 

Ok then we are talking the same apples... Still curious about that, what vehicle code requires an upgraded license at 12k??? I can see a motorhome getting above that on its own muchless the car being pulled behind it...

 

I wouldnt be pulling a trailer for $11 an hour. Assuming thats what the 11.00 is.

I wouldnt pull a trailer that big with a 1/2 truck. Also thats probably a 5th wheel set up and I wouldnt put a fifth wheel in a 1/2 ton.

 

Is this 42ft trailer a flat bed or what? Is it a goose neck or just a really long bumper pull travel trailer or cargo trailer? I wouldnt do it either way. For one thing, i wouldnt want to max out my F150 pulling something like that for a job and for another, i would want more truck than a 1/2 ton to pull something like that. Its not that a trailer that long is hard to manuver while driving, it would just be hard on your truck.

 

42' w/ a Half Ton? No way no how! I just got done pulling my 72 c10 chevy, no motor, no trans, no front C-clip, using a 20' car hauler. This was a load in itself. I truly understand why tow rigs have turbo's. You need that extra UUumph when you have a load on your rear.

Secondly, its got to be a gooseneck. I have never seen (not that they dont make em) a bumper trailer that long. Now, if the 42' trailer is a rolling adverstisement billboard deal, maybe. If its loads, not my truck! JMHO

 

Yea you can very easily get over 12k with a truck and motor home but the state cops around here really only look for the guys with commercial trucks mostly leave the weekend warriors alone. I knwo it sounds strange but when I worked for a moving company they paid me to get a chauffeurs license for driving a 16 ft box truck wich max gvwr was 13k. Then to get a cdl when driving a 26ft straight truck with air brakes.