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My factory tow pkg also included the following items: HD shocks/springs, heavy duty battery (more amps), 3.73 LS diff and had an auxillary wiring adapter to mount under the dash for the electric brake controller. I mounted my controller down by my right knee-works good.
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An endorsement for towing??? That would require time$, training$$, more bureaucracy$$$, and more superfluous jobs with the likely adoption of harsher premiums on insurance.
This is a bad idea for state sponsorship. Period..
However, it's a good idea if you would like to start a business by offering an elective training course and adopt your own reputation based accreditation. You can help mitigate the problem by creating awareness and offering a solution while doing what Americans used to do best. They used to use the free market to create solutions, make profits, and in some cases make a very successful business.
Always remember this: A law is just a way to DEAL with a problem that nobody has solved.....yet.
This is a bad idea for state sponsorship. Period..
However, it's a good idea if you would like to start a business by offering an elective training course and adopt your own reputation based accreditation. You can help mitigate the problem by creating awareness and offering a solution while doing what Americans used to do best. They used to use the free market to create solutions, make profits, and in some cases make a very successful business.
Always remember this: A law is just a way to DEAL with a problem that nobody has solved.....yet.
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Well I guess that's where CDL license came from a chauffeu license and non existent t
Chauffeur's license was a joke, no training .
In fact drivers licences were created due to so many accidents .
My friend was killed by a runaway trailer. My wife was just hit by a trailer tire and rim coming at her on the road as her sister was driving rental car in michigan , Luckily it was witnessed by michigan State trooper . It was not a commercial trailer . .
But my wife used her credit card for second driver authorisation ,rental was paid for with sisters flyer miles . So they keep coming after my wifes credit card
for the damage no matter how many times we tell them she wasn't driving and credit card co will not pay .
This is not 1910 and a trailer may be 200 pounds at 20 mph . These people are towing 5 tons at 70 mph and have no idea how to handle it . I don't want them to kill my kids or yours . I saw how CDL made trucking safer at these loads and speeds , it works . I see how DOT policies overloads , bad brakes etc ,tired drivers . You and me better be thankful it's not like foreign countries out there.
Most of the people who are injured/disabled are from car accidents-- bar none . . I was one of them even tho I'm a conservative , I know some things are necessary . I have my MC endorsement and yes I would buy an endorsement to pull heavy trailers / training /test . I didn't get to 72 without experiencing a few things . I drove these roads before super highways . Yes ,even on work horses, in fact mostly mules . .
In fact drivers licences were created due to so many accidents .
My friend was killed by a runaway trailer. My wife was just hit by a trailer tire and rim coming at her on the road as her sister was driving rental car in michigan , Luckily it was witnessed by michigan State trooper . It was not a commercial trailer . .
But my wife used her credit card for second driver authorisation ,rental was paid for with sisters flyer miles . So they keep coming after my wifes credit card
for the damage no matter how many times we tell them she wasn't driving and credit card co will not pay .
This is not 1910 and a trailer may be 200 pounds at 20 mph . These people are towing 5 tons at 70 mph and have no idea how to handle it . I don't want them to kill my kids or yours . I saw how CDL made trucking safer at these loads and speeds , it works . I see how DOT policies overloads , bad brakes etc ,tired drivers . You and me better be thankful it's not like foreign countries out there.
Most of the people who are injured/disabled are from car accidents-- bar none . . I was one of them even tho I'm a conservative , I know some things are necessary . I have my MC endorsement and yes I would buy an endorsement to pull heavy trailers / training /test . I didn't get to 72 without experiencing a few things . I drove these roads before super highways . Yes ,even on work horses, in fact mostly mules . .