Freightliner or other commercial chassis road tractor?

[CanonNinja]

I've seen quite a few of these in the past, smaller trucks than the M916, but cant for the life of me remember what the **** they were.

Pretty sure this is one of them, but again I cant find diddly squat after searching for an hour now.

 

[Evil Dr. Porkchop]

M915 series? The m915a2 was the first freightliner design.

 

[Floridianson]

 

[CanonNinja]

M915 series? The m915a2 was the first freightliner design.

Way smaller than the 915. I cant remember if it was a Freightliner or not, just that it was essentially a commercial chassis in CARC, I believe they were mostly 5spd Allison autos, no front drive axle.

Edit: Maybe I'm just an idiot and my Google-fu failed me

 

[CanonNinja]

mmm... maybe? What truck is that exactly?

 

[Floridianson]

Mine is a 1992 Freightliner M915A2 Allison four speed Detroit 60 series 400 hp.

 

[CanonNinja]

1992 Freightliner M915A2 Allison four speed Detroit 60 series 400 hp.

Gracias. M915 looked all wrong, add the A2 and yeap, that's the truck I was thinking of. Trying to figure out if I need a class B Except w/air brake endorsement, or a full-on Class A CDL to drive thing.

 

[Derrickl112]

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[fasttruck]

If it\ is registered as a commercial vehicle you will need a CDL, class "A" if you pull a trailer rated over 10,000 pounds.

 

[CanonNinja]

M915a2/a3/a4/a5 are freightliners.

Gotcha. Out of curiosity, what is that little slice of heaven in your avatar?

 

[M813rc]

Trying to figure out if I need a class B Except w/air brake endorsement, or a full-on Class A CDL to drive thing.

In Texas you'll need a Class A license because of the vehicle weight rating in excess of 26k pounds
If you are driving it for personal use only, as in never for compensation of any kind (like even someone buying you lunch if you haul something for them), you can get a non-commercial Class A. This relieves you of the medical/logbook/etc. requirements.

The above doesn't mean y'all can't go have lunch together and he pays because he wants to, it means he can't be paying for lunch because you hauled for him.

There is a whole thread on licensing requirements on the site.

Cheers