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I guess my explanation wasn't clear. According to the county, licensing this truck on a farm tag for 48000 lbs is legal. I have the tag. According to the state DL regs, and the HP inspector at the DMV, it is legal to drive a farm vehicle at this weight with a regular DL.
My only "victory" was...
Update for anyone in KS who might be interested.
If you keep asking questions, you may get the answer you want. Don't actually know how the law reads, but the county registered this truck for me as a 48K lb farm vehicle.
As a farm vehicle, I can drive it on a standard KS driver's license...
Well, the DMV opened today, and they confirmed what I've been told by the HP. In Kansas, it is the GVWR that matters.
On an M51A2, that is 42K lbs. You need either a non-cmmercial or commercial class B license.
Antique is not valid for that high a usage.
Looks like I'll need to go take a...
I don't think that will work in Kansas. Everything I read says gross vehicle weight, not curb. In that case, we're talking 42000 lbs for an M51A2.
I've talked with a couple of HP officers today. While it appears I do not need a CDL, I will need a class "B" endorsement on my regular license...
From this site:
http://www.ksrevenue.org/pdf/cdlsec1.pdf
"You must have a CDL to operate:
Any single vehicle with a gross vehicle weight
rating (GVWR) of 26,001 pounds or more.
A trailer with a GVWR of more than 10,000 pounds
if the gross combination weight rating (GCWR) is
26,001 pounds...
So it looks like I may have outsmarted myself. I may have not done enough research prior to purchasing an M51A2 recently.
From what I saw here, it looked like I did not need a CDL in KS. However, I think I was seeing threads for M35s. KS appears to require a CDL for anything with a GVWR over...