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10-25-2013, 03:56 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Southeast Ohio
Posts: 34
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Engine: 466
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Skoolie's and CDL license
I've been pretty entertained reading the site, and since im a newer owner of a skoolie i couldnt help but join the fun.
The topic im bringing up is buses and more along the lines of obtaining my cdl rather than whether i need one or not.. Since my bus is titled as an RV it is to my understanding that it doesnt require a cdl.
What i would like to do is use my bus as a means for obtaining my cdl. Even though the titling has changed, Im wondering if it is possible to go and get my permit, and then take my bus to a testing site and try to pass the test.
Has anyone ever done this or know if it is possible? I know school bus drivers require a CDL here in Ohio and i would really just like to get mine.
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10-28-2013, 11:00 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Re: Skoolie's and CDL license
In California you must use a vehicle in the class you are trying to obtain.
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10-28-2013, 03:03 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Re: Skoolie's and CDL license
I have kinda been thinking along the same line here in TN
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10-29-2013, 01:26 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Southeast Ohio
Posts: 34
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Engine: 466
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Re: Skoolie's and CDL license
I haven't dug into it yet but I'm guessing it will be like you've said, vehicle has to be in the same class, even though it would have been at one time.
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10-29-2013, 04:15 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 10
Year: 1997
Coachwork: bluebird
Chassis: international
Engine: 7.3
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Re: Skoolie's and CDL license
RVs do NOT REQUIRE A CDL. No matter what the weight no matter what state. Just make sure your registration indicates RV!!!
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10-29-2013, 04:27 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Re: Skoolie's and CDL license
When ever we are in the bus going through towns that have buses, I always think "if I had a CDL and needed a job, I could be a bus driver"
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that's my reason for it...
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Our build La Tortuga
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
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11-09-2013, 11:14 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Re: Skoolie's and CDL license
Quote:
Originally Posted by lifeintheslowlane
RVs do NOT REQUIRE A CDL. No matter what the weight no matter what state. Just make sure your registration indicates RV!!!
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Why the yelling, we know that.
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11-09-2013, 11:18 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Re: Skoolie's and CDL license
Quote:
Originally Posted by bansil
When ever we are in the bus going through towns that have buses, I always think "if I had a CDL and needed a job, I could be a bus driver"
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that's my reason for it...
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No way, not me. A large percentage of the youth today make me ill. A 16 year old just lit another on fire because he had a skirt on. On the radio, his family said he wasn't a bad kid and was a jokester. My ass. Punk kid is being tried as an adult.
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11-10-2013, 03:05 AM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Southeast raleigh
Posts: 221
Year: 1974
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: Supercoach
Engine: Detroit Diesel 6-71
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Re: Skoolie's and CDL license
Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycal
Quote:
Originally Posted by bansil
When ever we are in the bus going through towns that have buses, I always think "if I had a CDL and needed a job, I could be a bus driver"
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that's my reason for it...
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No way, not me. A large percentage of the youth today make me ill. A 16 year old just lit another on fire because he had a skirt on. On the radio, his family said he wasn't a bad kid and was a jokester. My ass. Punk kid is being tried as an adult.
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That's really sad. He should be tried and punished as an adult, and put in therapy. Hopefully the other kid is okay.
To the OP: Best bet would be to use a same class vehicle (a bus titled as an rv would not be) and call your local DMV to make sure.
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11-10-2013, 09:22 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Salt Lake City Utah
Posts: 1,635
Year: 2000
Chassis: Blue Bird
Engine: ISC 8.3
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Re: Skoolie's and CDL license
While probably technically true that you need a vehicle registered in the class that you're testing for, I bet there's a good chance the examiner won't actually check. In my own case, for example, I upgrade from class B CDL to class A two years ago (to lose the 10,000 pound trailer limit) by borrowing a friend's Peterbilt tractor and horse trailer for my road test. It was clearly marked "RV NOT FOR HIRE" on the side where the DOT/MC numbers would have been, but this didn't bother the examiner any. Looked and smelled like a semi and that was good enough for her.
An alternate many people don't realize is that you could get a class A CDL with a pick-up truck. You have to find a truck and trailer with combined weight rating over 26,000; that's class B unless the trailer is over 10,000 which pushes it into class A. Guys around here get busted for that regularly when hauling trailers of concrete forms (for example).
Anyway, my bet would be that you probably could use the bus for a class B road test even if it is titled as an RV.
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10-21-2015, 07:34 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Western North Carolina
Posts: 100
Year: 1993
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: TC2000
Engine: Cummins 5.9; MT643
Rated Cap: (was) 44; (now) 2
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If you bus doesn't have seats, it cannot be used for the CDL inspection/driving test as the test requires a "complete bus"...without all the seats and finished interior it isn't complete (ask my how I know this <eye roll>)
Your local school system, however, has many many complete buses and likely offers a class and machine for practice driving and testing if you are willing/able to pass the medical exam (your dime) and drive the crumb snatchers to and from school for at least a little while...some systems even seem to have drivers who exclusively drive activity buses.
If you just want a standard (non-cdl) class B to drive a behemoth of a conversion (like mine) then your converted rig will be perfect provided that its title does not say "bus"!
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10-21-2015, 07:52 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: central texas
Posts: 173
Year: 1990
Coachwork: Thomas/International
Chassis: 3700
Engine: 7.3
Rated Cap: 72
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In texas I tried to take a class b non cdl test in a bus that was currently registered as a school bus and they would not let me test, as was said before it needs to be the same class or cdl type,
just to reiterate,
the class of a vehicle is all about the weight, specifically the gvwr listed on the vin plate.
the cdl issue is about what you do with the vehicle according to how it is titled,
and both these vary state by state
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10-22-2015, 10:32 AM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 217
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freightliner HDX
Engine: CAT 3126B250
Rated Cap: 84
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RV Driver's License Requirements
The short version is that you're pretty much in the clear with a regular driver's license if your rig is NOT:
> 40 feet long
> 26,000 GVWR
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