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What is the cargo weight limit for a Class B license?

Discussion in 'Trucking Schools and CDL Training Forum' started by Newtotrucking2020, Jan 16, 2020.

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  1. Jan 16, 2020 #1
    Newtotrucking2020

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    This makes it sound like you can not transport more than 10, 000 pounds with a class B.

    "A Class B CDL allows you to drive a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) with a loaded weight of 26,001lbs (11,793kg) or more, or any such vehicle towing a vehicle with a maximum weight of 10,000lbs"

    Does "towing a vehicle" on a straight truck mean the box/trailer?

    We have straight trucks that are 33,000 pounds (12k front axle and 21k rear axle). With a Class B license am I only allowed to transport 10k pounds of product?
     
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  3. Jan 16, 2020 #2
    dibstr

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    Oh good grief!
     
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  4. Jan 16, 2020 #3
    okiedokie

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    Google!

    What is a Class B weight limit?
    Class B: Any single vehicle which has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of 11,794 or more kilograms (26,001 pounds or more), or any such vehicle towing a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight that does not exceed 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds)
     
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  6. Jan 16, 2020 #5
    Newtotrucking2020

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    I'm with you. I said same thing. It really is confusing.
     
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  7. Jan 16, 2020 #6
    Newtotrucking2020

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    Can you explain what they mean by "towing a vehicle... that does not exceed 10,000"?
     
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  8. Jan 16, 2020 #6
    Doealex

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    Your trailer (that thing that is hooked behind your truck) weight can not exceed 10K :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:. Trailer is a thing that you can unhook from your truck:D:):D:)!
     
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  9. Jan 16, 2020 #8
    Newtotrucking2020

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    This is for a straight truck. So the actual attached box/frame can not weigh more than 10,000? Plus it says towing a vehicle, a trailer is not a vehicle. It should say towing a trailer.
     
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  10. Jan 16, 2020 #8
    Doealex

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    33K. Doesn’t have to be a trailer- could be dolly with a car on it or just a car/truck etc;).

    Definition of vehicle. 1 : a means of carrying or transporting something planes, trains, and other vehicles : such as. a : motor vehicle. b : a piece of mechanized equipment.(Merian-Webster)
     
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  11. Jan 16, 2020 #10
    Newtotrucking2020

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    So a Class B weight limit of what I can transport is dependent upon what the Class b truck indicates on door panel? The 10,000 pound towing capacity of a straight truck is the trailer itself and nothing to do with cargo weight?
     
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  12. Jan 16, 2020 #10
    ZVar

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    Correct. Heck, I've seen 100K class B vehicles (cranes iiirc) .
    How can you pass a CDL test and not know this?
     
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