toedtoes
California
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First, you always trust the actual statute above any document/pamphlet that refers to the statute because the author of the document/pamphlet can make mistakes.
Second, Here is that statute per the Texas.gov website. It shows revisions on other sections eff 2022. Yet it doesn't show any revision to section 545.083.
Third, it would not make sense to revise the section to "not more than 10,000lbs" because that would create the problem you indicated, whereas the original "not more than 20,000lbs" does NOT create that problem.
So for those three reasons, I would say it is safe to say that the 2022 driver license book is incorrect and likely a typo error.
1975 American Clipper RV with Dodge 360 (photo in profile)
1998 American Clipper Fold n Roll Folding Trailer
Both born in Morgan Hill, CA to Irv Perch (Daddy of the Aristocrat trailers)
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PA12DRVR
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The introduction to the Texas Drivers Handbook for 2023, just like the 2010 version that I eventually got around to reading, contains a very clear disclaimer that nothing in the handbook is meant to reflect the actual laws.
In my case, back in the 2010 era, when I spent a couple hours with a DPS examiner, she and I both got comfortable with the idea that I needed a Class A non-commercial to use my fully rated F350 towing the 16,000 GVWR KZ Escalade...which I promptly ignored for the remaining few months before I sold the truck and trailer.
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Dtank
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free radical wrote:jdgreen42 wrote:Contact the Texas DPS and get the correct and official answer.
BEST answer yet.
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BTW - ask on the Escapees Forum. Many/most licensed in TX, towing
5ths, etc. HQ'd in Livingston, TX - again many/most use the TX DMV there - and know the "ropes" !!
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