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Dyane Smith wrote:

> Great, Abigail, I will take your good advice.  Should I take it to the 
> local office or to a weigh station?
>  
> Dyane

Unfortunately if you ask 10 people that "should know," you will probably 
get 10 different answers. I went thought this process some time back. In 
FL if you drive a vehicle wider than 80 inches you need a class D 
license. The normal license for a car is a class E. A F350 dual real 
wheel truck is over 80 inches wide so it requires a class D. However, 
although it has the same GVWR, a SRW F350 is less than 80 inches so it 
only requires a class E license.

If you pull a RV travel trailer (or LQ horse trailer certified as an RV) 
you can pull it with damn near anything with a class E license including 
a GVWR Freightliner. So if you have a DRW F350 you are fine pulling it 
with a class E license but as soon as you unhook you have to have a 
class D license. The FL DOT agent I was talking to about it told me "not 
to worry since 99% of the people out there dirve dullies without a class 
E and the only time it is ever enforced is if the turk is used in 
association with someone's business, i.e. commerical." He went on to say 
that he doubted if 1% of the FHP knew the difference. He smiled and said 
"as long as you don't put the name of your farm on the side of your 
truck - you are fine."  I went away from this experience scratching my 
head - needless to say.

Truman

--

"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite 
of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."    Niels Bohr 
-- Nobel Laureate, Physics




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