Posted by John_PA on December 15, 2011 at 00:24:32 from (96.236.159.9):
Well, I have a decent sized dump and I bought a trailer for it. To give specifics:
1995 IH 4900 dump. DT 466. GVWR 25,500
2001 eager beaver 10 ton trailer, electric brakes, deack over
Now, if you read the letter of the law, it says:
any combination of vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of 26,001 or more, adn the towed vehicle has a GWVR of more than 10,000, you need a Class A CDL license.
I checked online for a few states. All of them say the same thing. basically...
So, I have a truck with a GVWR of less than 26,001. Alone, I can drive it legally without a CDL license. When I put a 20,000 trailer behind it, the Gross Combination Weight Rating is 45,500. That now becomes a truck which requires a CDL Class A license.
So, I go to PennDOTs website and it makes no mention of your test vehicle. I go to teh testing facility and they say, because the truck alone weighs less than 26,001, I can't use it to take my test. With the trailer attached, it has a GCWR of 45,500. However, with the trailer attached, they wont let me taket he test, because the truck it's self weighs less than 26,001. So, if I have teh trailer attached, I need to have a CDL license. If I were to take a CDL class A test, I would need to have a tractor weighing more than 26,001(gvwr) and a trailer weighing more than 10,000. That's the only way to take the test. If you have a dump that weighs 33,000 and a 14,000 trailer, you can take the test. However if you show up in a truck that has a GVWR of 25,500 adn a trailer that has a 20,000 GVWR, you can't take the test because the truck weighs less than 26,001. However, if I go out on the road I need a CDL class A to operate the same vehicle.
So, it is not a legal test vehicle, but, if I get pulled over, I am legally obligated to bend over while they ram $5000 in fines up an uncomfortable location.
So...
I am VERY mad. I wish I could sue the state for being a bunch of dense morons. more-so, I wish I could bend them over and ram something into their uncomfortable location(I'm talking about Harrisburg, it's a very uncomfortable location... err yeah...)
This is why I need to be locked up. I see this stupidity and I just want to scream. I want to make the 6 o'clock news and have people talk about me. I wish I could get into politics. I'd make the world a better place for everyone who works for a living. Instead, it is the opposite.
Where did I go wrong? Did my parents mistreat me as a child? Apparently I have issues and am hot headed. Why? because I don't see the logic in this current logic. I want to scream and flail my arms wildly in official's direction.
Am I wrong in getting so heated about this? The more I think about it, the more upset I get.
I should move to the city, go on welfare and let the state take care of me. I'm obviously mentally ill for thinking they are wrong. They will be the first to tell you this.
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