CDL Anyone?
#1
10-09-2020, 02:16 AM
CDL Anyone?
Just curious how many other people on here have a CDL, what class they have, endorsements, ect... I have a class A with no endorsements currently. I am thinking about getting my Tanker and Doubles/Triples endorsement but haven't done it yet lol, been studying on and off the last several years... I have no interest in getting my HazMat, this job is dangerous enough without worrying about sitting on a stick of dynamite or spontaneous (if I spelled that right lol) combustion LOL.....
#3
10-09-2020, 10:16 AM
I've had my CDL since I was 20. b class Passenger, School Bus, air brakes. I've been some sort of a bus driver for 20 years. school buses charter buses and handicap vans. in Michigan the tanker and Hazmat are written test only. I've been thinking of studying for my x so that I can drive fuel truck or compressed commercial gases. also if I were to get into tow truck driving if I can drive it I can tow it.
#4
10-09-2020, 07:47 PM
I've had mine for a while also. I had a Class A with Tankers, Hazmat and air brakes, the normal stuff. Got mine when I lived out in Colorado. Now that I don't use it anymore and haven't for some time it's been reduced to a K. I won't give it up completely, they're nice insurance if you ever them.
#5
10-10-2020, 01:13 AM
Originally Posted by Tom A
I have had an unrestricted Class A with doubles/triples and tankers for 35 years. I used to have a HazMat endorsement, but let it lapse years ago.
#6
10-10-2020, 01:19 AM
Originally Posted by bravo99
I've had my CDL since I was 20. b class Passenger, School Bus, air brakes. I've been some sort of a bus driver for 20 years. school buses charter buses and handicap vans. in Michigan the tanker and Hazmat are written test only. I've been thinking of studying for my x so that I can drive fuel truck or compressed commercial gases. also if I were to get into tow truck driving if I can drive it I can tow it.
#7
10-10-2020, 01:21 AM
Originally Posted by eshaw
I've had mine for a while also. I had a Class A with Tankers, Hazmat and air brakes, the normal stuff. Got mine when I lived out in Colorado. Now that I don't use it anymore and haven't for some time it's been reduced to a K. I won't give it up completely, they're nice insurance if you ever them.
#9
10-11-2020, 08:13 PM
Originally Posted by eshaw
Nope, intrastate it isn't required, only interstate.
#10
10-12-2020, 01:24 AM
I think the confusion comes in the reporting and the documentation. the federal g dot medical card is required in order to maintain the license. but intrastate as in in your own state only does not require you to give your secretary of state a copy of your certificate. interstate commerce requires that the state Licensing Bureau maintain a copy of your medical card. so whether you have a secretary of state or a DMV or whatever fancy name they call it, the state level licensing agency must maintain a copy of your card on file for you to cross state lines with product or equipment. so you are both kind of right. that is why about 5 years ago they forced all of us to self declare which category intra or inter -state. if you declare in-state only and get caught commercially out of state that's it's own fine whether you actually gave your state licensing agency a copy of your card or not. either way you must also always have your card on you and current. and I don't know what a k is unless it's dormancy. so similar to mandating proof of insurance, interstate commerce will mandate a copy of the medical card. states can mandate it otherwise as well.
Last edited by bravo99; 10-12-2020 at 01:30 AM.
