# CDL License help
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043
**Category:** Shift518 Off Topic
**Created:** [February 22, 2011, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043 "2011-02-22T07:12:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2011, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043/1 "2011-02-22T07:12:31Z")
What class of license do I need to drive a class 8 (25000 - 45000) GVW truck. It’s not a tractor but a flatbed style truck. I already looked into ins and what not, need to figure out what license i need.
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### Author:  [@car\_ramrod](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/car_ramrod)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2011, 7:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043/2 "2011-02-22T07:23:25Z")
I believe it is a class B license? Class B is anything over 26000 lbs gvw
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### Author:  [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2011, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043/3 "2011-02-22T07:30:34Z")
awesome. is there a road test involved in that??
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### Author:  [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2011, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043/4 "2011-02-22T07:31:24Z")
air brakes?
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### Author:  [@Sketchy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sketchy)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2011, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043/5 "2011-02-22T07:39:28Z")
And if its a tow truck you need that endorsment also
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### Author:  [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2011, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043/6 "2011-02-22T07:43:03Z")
yea air brakes … it’s a rollback.
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### Author:  [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2011, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043/7 "2011-02-22T07:52:04Z")
Class B you’d take all appropriate written tests get your permit then road test in a vehicle meeting those requirements of the written tests you took, you also need a dot physical and all that mumbo jumbo.
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### Author:  [@Sketchy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sketchy)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2011, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043/8 "2011-02-22T08:19:43Z")
> [@Wayne64SS"](#):
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> yea air brakes … it’s a rollback.
still considered a tow truck even tho it is a flat bed. need endorsment.
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### Author:  [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2011, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043/9 "2011-02-22T08:25:02Z")
Yup you’re gonna go to the office and take the core, air, and tow written tests get your permit then schedule a road test and take it in a b vehicle with air brakes.
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### Author:  [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2011, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043/10 "2011-02-22T08:29:21Z")
n/p there. … what am i looking at cost wise?
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### Author:  [@car\_ramrod](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/car_ramrod)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2011, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043/11 "2011-02-22T08:46:47Z")
> [@Happy BDay Oroc!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/happy-bday-oroc/39823/26):
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> still considered a tow truck even tho it is a flat bed. need endorsment.
are you sure about this?
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### Author:  [@Sketchy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sketchy)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2011, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043/12 "2011-02-22T08:56:14Z")
Anything thing that is used to TOW a vehicle needs an tow endorsement. We just had a guy i work with go through all this.
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### Author:  [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2011, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043/13 "2011-02-22T09:01:06Z")
what does the tow endorsement require? im having trouble finding it in the book.
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### Author:  [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2011, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043/14 "2011-02-22T09:05:03Z")
the word TOW… does that mean:
Another vehicle being transported on the bed of the tow-ER, ie tires, wheels, brakes, steering, etc is still carried out by the truck?
or
Another vehicle being transported by a trailer or partially attached to the truck through a pivot point where its not 100% the truck doing all the work?
because in my eyes another car, ATV, couch, TV stand, moose, or what ever, properly fastened to the truck, its not towing anything. Its no different than some jamoke strapping the same shit to a pickup truck; only this one is much bigger and COULD fit another vehicle on the back of it. You dont need a tow truck license to strap an ATV on the back of a truck, so I assume its a weight thing that defines what the truck is doing.
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### Author:  [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2011, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043/15 "2011-02-22T09:24:12Z")
> [@car ramrod"](#):
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> are you sure about this?
:ohnoes
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### Author:  [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2011, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043/16 "2011-02-22T09:35:02Z")
> [@Bush and his theories...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bush-and-his-theories/39713/109):
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> what does the tow endorsement require? im having trouble finding it in the book.
Its just a written test you can get a tow endorsement without road testing if you already have a d lic and the vehicle you’re towing with has a gvwr less than 26k lbs and the vehicle in tow has a gvwr of less than 10k lbs.
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### Author:  [@Sketchy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sketchy)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2011, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043/17 "2011-02-22T09:35:38Z")
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### Author:  [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2011, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043/18 "2011-02-22T09:39:15Z")
FML i need a class A for this thing
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### Author:  [@h0twh3els](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/h0twh3els)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2011, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043/19 "2011-02-22T09:51:06Z")
> [@Wayne64SS"](#):
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> FML i need a class A for this thing
Which means you need a DQ file as well… Air brake endorsement, tow endorsement… Have fun with that hero, DQ files are ghey as phuck.
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### Author:  [@Sketchy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sketchy)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2011, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cdl-license-help/257043/20 "2011-02-22T09:54:47Z")
AND ZERO TOLERANCE LAW FOR YOU MY FRIEND
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