toedtoes
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You know what the law is regarding the license. It really doesn't matter if anyone else has been stopped or ticketed.
All that matters is if YOU are willing to accept the repercussions if YOU get stopped, ticketed, and/or in an accident.
Personally, getting the correct license to start with would be less worrisome than driving illegally and hoping nothing ever happens. YMMV.
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JRscooby
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A question, because many owners of RVs are known to travel;
It is a given that if your Drivers License is good for what you are driving in home state, it is good for all states.
Does it follow that if your DL is NOT good in your home state, it would not be good in any state?
I know that in my state, if don't have a good license you vehicle can be impounded. That would sure mess up a vacation.
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Grit dog
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Second Chance wrote:PA12DRVR wrote:Drove a F350 / 5th wheel combo that was well past the 26,000 mark for about 7 years based in Ewe-stun. Blissfully ignorant for the first 6 years, planning for coming back to AK in year 7, so never got the Class A Non-Commercial, but that was what was required. Never stopped nor ticketed nor in a wreck.
Not necessarily true in the US.
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scottandgaye
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toedtoes wrote:You know what the law is regarding the license. It really doesn't matter if anyone else has been stopped or ticketed.
All that matters is if YOU are willing to accept the repercussions if YOU get stopped, ticketed, and/or in an accident.
Personally, getting the correct license to start with would be less worrisome than driving illegally and hoping nothing ever happens. YMMV.
I completely agree. We pull a 39' fifth wheel that is usually pretty close to the GVWR when loaded (although that is irrelevant with regard to the current conversation). What IS important is what the truck / trailer combined GVWR is. In Texas, if it is over 26,001#, then you are required by law to have a non-CDL Class A license. I studied for and took the written test, then I had a CDL driver take my truck / trailer down to the DMV (I forget which one in the Dallas area) for me to take the driving test portion. I have too much invested in my home and personal life to take even the remotest of chances that I could be sued, and possibly lose, were I to be in an accident, even if it wasn't my fault. But, to each his own. I'm a rule follower.
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free radical
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jdgreen42 wrote:Contact the Texas DPS and get the correct and official answer.
BEST answer yet.
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johndeerefarmer
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IB853347201 wrote:Driving with out the correct license will void your insurance coverage. You could lose your truck and fifth wheel in an accident for failure to obey the law.
I have saw others post this but no one has ever posted that it actually happened.
Also saw posts where supposedly someone was pulling a trailer and got stopped in another state. Because they had the wrong license they weren't allowed to drive with that trailer and had to get someone with the correct license to come and take over. This makes no sense?? How would a cop in Virginia for example even know what license was required for a Texan? He wouldn't..
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johndeerefarmer
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JRscooby wrote:A question, because many owners of RVs are known to travel;
It is a given that if your Drivers License is good for what you are driving in home state, it is good for all states.
Does it follow that if your DL is NOT good in your home state, it would not be good in any state?
I know that in my state, if don't have a good license you vehicle can be impounded. That would sure mess up a vacation.
If half of the TX DPS officers don't know which license is required how do you expect cops in other states too?
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Cummins12V98
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IB853347201 wrote:Driving with out the correct license will void your insurance coverage. You could lose your truck and fifth wheel in an accident for failure to obey the law.
Sorry I have to call "Barbra Streisand" on that claim!!!!!
As a friend would always say "prove it".
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way2roll
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I would research the requirements in your state. It's binary, either you need a different license or you don't. If you need it, get it. It's pretty simple. Anything worth doing is worth doing right. The question about whether you get pulled over and the consequences is just noise. If you have the proper license it's no longer a question.
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LouLawrence
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I have the right TX license to drive my 40000# coach and it shows B...
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