Arkjarhead has the best idea, we all buy protection that stimulates the economy and when they break in our trucks we serve justice in our cab!!! That will also save tax dollars on trials and free up jail space, sound like a home run to me. One other thing doesent VA have a 2 hour limit at rest...
I started in september last year with fdcc did great till november. I really like fdcc's system they know what they are doing and if you have a question about anything you can speak to a live person anytime, but in these down times if you are not a large fleet owner or in white glove its REAL...
Make some phone calls to some equipment finance companies, at a time like this they have a LOOOOOOONG list of repo's I am checking into a couple of them for myself.
I agree, if it has air brakes you should be required to take the test. "RV" does not make a difference you should still have the education for the larger vehicle.
exactly, my father in law drag races and uses a frieghtliner columbia rv conversion with a 40 foot fifth wheel trailer at about 70000 LBS loaded up with 4 cars and he drives it with a regular licence, No scales, no logs and he doesent even no what a CDL is!!!
then you can register it anyway you want and do anything you want with it until you go FOR HIRE then its all different MC, DOT, BOC-3, Insurance, permits, driver drug testing program and on and on.
Like cheri said if it has air brakes and it is not registered as an rv even under 25999 you will need an air brake endorsement. The RV registration will get you around that. Some states will let you register the truck as an rv if you tell them you are towing a travel trailer with it, I know that...
If it has living quarters (including a FULL bathroom) you can register it as an rv and drive it with NO CDL, just like all these elderly people with the class 8 truck rv's and bus conversions.
2003 was the last year for the 7.3. It was an option for people between the 6.0 and 7.3, most people went with the 6.0 because they were thinking it was going to be the next best thing.
I own a 96 F-350 used it to pull cars 25,000 LBS of trailer for 280,000 miles. Got a Bully Dog chip, banks turbo and exhaust NEVER a single problem with the motor. The auto transmission is the weak link, pulling heavy expect 75,000 out of them.