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<blockquote data-quote="fl-krawler" data-source="post: 310950" data-attributes="member: 884"><p>Here in Florida, any trailer "rated" to haul over 10,000lbs (unless an RV) is required to have a CDL. If you have a trailer rated to 14k, you can have it derated to 10, BUT that 10k is the combined weight of the trailer and the load on it.</p><p></p><p>There is one small loophole in the law that can get you around the weight rating. If you are towing a registered vehicle, as long as the trailer doesn't have a tag on it, the registered vehicle and trailer are considered a solid entity as long as they are together. At that point the trailer falls under the same laws as a "tow dolly". Keep in mind every state may be different on this, but I have been dragging around a 30ft tag trailer with 2 rigs on it for well over 10yrs, and I have never put a tag on it. Been stopped a few times pulling it for speeding, but never had anything said about the lack of a tag on the trailer. Then again showing my badge probably got me out of anything that was coming my way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fl-krawler, post: 310950, member: 884"] Here in Florida, any trailer "rated" to haul over 10,000lbs (unless an RV) is required to have a CDL. If you have a trailer rated to 14k, you can have it derated to 10, BUT that 10k is the combined weight of the trailer and the load on it. There is one small loophole in the law that can get you around the weight rating. If you are towing a registered vehicle, as long as the trailer doesn't have a tag on it, the registered vehicle and trailer are considered a solid entity as long as they are together. At that point the trailer falls under the same laws as a "tow dolly". Keep in mind every state may be different on this, but I have been dragging around a 30ft tag trailer with 2 rigs on it for well over 10yrs, and I have never put a tag on it. Been stopped a few times pulling it for speeding, but never had anything said about the lack of a tag on the trailer. Then again showing my badge probably got me out of anything that was coming my way. [/QUOTE]
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