Hauling 2 Tractors

Checked our regs last night on the internet, but didn't find all the answers. For example, found no mention of license requirements for air brakes. When our CDL licenses first began, you couldn't drive an air brake-equipped commerical vehicle without at least a Class B CDL.

As for farmers, knew one ol' buzzard who hauled mulch hay for years, with no CDL license. He finally got pulled over and cited for assorted safety violations, plus a citation for not having a CDL license.

He was hauling that hay from northcentral PA, down to the mushroom-growing farms near Philadelphia. Hauled it on a ten wheeler stake body, usually with a "pup" trailer hooked behind it. At least he had the proper plates on both rigs...I think?

Don't think his "I'm a farmer and don't need no license" excuse worked too well with the state trooper, given the rig he was driving half way across the state. ;o)

between the trucks 8000 lbs and the trailer 14000, you are way under 26000,

The Federal standard requires states to issue CDL to drivers according to the following license classifications.

Class A--Any combination of vehicles with a GVWR of 26001 or more pounds provide the GVWR of the vehicle(s) being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.

Class B--Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds or ant such vehicle towing a vehicle not in excess of 10,000 pounds.

sounds like a decent deal with the trailer your looking at hope it works out,

as far as cdl, I already have one but with this setup and probably yours , the GVW is WAY under 26000 lbs,

You'll likely need more trailer than I've got. A bare-bones M is about 5k before adding in common attachments like wheel weights and the like that can add up quickly. You'd likely want a longer deck, too, unless both tractors are NFs, in which case you *might* be able to angle them both on, nose by nose, but I'd think that extra 5' of flat deck would be useful. But by then you're over my 14k limit and the next step up is two 10k tandem axles. That would give you plenty of capacity, if you figure a 5' longer trailer (at, say 5500#), and still have capacity for 14k or better of tractor, more than enough for a couple of Ms.

I'd take the tandems over a triple-axle, fer sure.

This is my rig with Fawteen's F-14 on ahead of my SuperC getting ready to leave Les's show over near Woodstock, NH last July.

He pulls them with an E350 Ford van gasser. Told him once that he's got more money tied up in chains, ramps and binders, than I have tied up in tractors.

Personally, think he'd been farther ahead to have just gotten a HD deck-over equipment trailer, but he likes the lower trailer on long trips.