ovlo

my dad and I are thinking about buying a mack semi truck for a project. going to lower it a little play with the motor and put a flat bed on the rear.

anyone have any idea how we could get this thing on the road. do we need a cdl to drive it. we have a big farm and were going to use it for farm use. if we get it it will never pull a semi trailer. anyone on here ever done anything like this before? any help would be great

it is selling at an auction sunday.

catmandoo

i believe if you stay under 26,000 lbs you don't need a cdl??

Russ Roth

You don't say where you are located. It used to be here in the NW if you were driving a farm licensed rig you could nearly get away with murder. Some of that has changed but I don't know how much. I think you can drive almost anything with a farm license and not have a CDL but I am not totally sure any more. BTW, what type/kind/model of Mack are you looking at? I have driven a whole lot of them from the 60's on up to the latest models. Generally an all round really good piece of equipment.

ftltmp

I think you will need a cdl to drive on the highway, considering the weight and air brakes . If you fix it up with a bathroom and sleeping quarters I think you can get by without cdl's because they see it as an RV. just my.02

cheapskate

thats my brother and my dad that are buying that truck. they didn't tell me what model it was, but it is a 1985 single axle day cab, with a 300 hp mack motor. and a huge bosch inline injection pump. i haven't seen it, but am going there tommorow.

cheapskate

oh, i have a CDL, so if they can't drive it, i can. too bad for them . i thought that you could drive basically any vehicle with just an operators license, so long as you are not engaged in any sort of commecial buisness with it. although there may be something about how the truck is titled? i don't know the legalites, after all, i am just a truck driver.

ovlo

it is a 85 mack ecnodyne day cab single axle 9sp rockwell trans e-6 300 hp eng

went and looked at it yesturday looks pretty good for am old truck. would be a fun project. the auction starts in 2 hrs we will see how high it goes.

Dieseldude4x4

Better check on insurance before you buy it. I was going to buy an old Dodge D500 road tractor from Luke a while back just to play with and they wanted $3000 a year plus a one time $3500 fee for whatever reason. I guess just because they can. I scratched the idea right there. I even said I would take off the 5'th wheel and put a pickup bed on it. Said the truck size is what gets you.

logskidder

Mmmmmm....E6

wannadiesel

Like the other guys said, farm tags make everything a lot easier, but you will have to check your state laws to be sure.

ovlo

sold sold sold

looks like we got a new toy. going to pick it up on monday. I cant wait to play with this thing.

blake2500

Let's see some pictures.

ovlo

maybe monday I dont have any pics yet I have only seen the truck 2 times myself

mr T

with a farm vehicle licence u can't step foot on a local road...check your local state laws..but I would think if u ever intend to take it on the road you may be required a full AZ license...makes great revenue for these guys

Dinner

Just curious...what is the difference between a CDL and your AZ License? I know your A if for towing a larger weight, and Z is for air brakes...so what's the difference with a Commercial License?