Only if it's carrying hazardous materials in an amount requiring it to be placarded, or if it's designed to transport more than 15 persons (including the driver).
26000 lbs of cargo? A tandem straight truck, such as a flatbed or a dump, could haul that amount of weight legally.
Only if it's a: transporting hazardous materials or b: a bus designed to transport more than 15 persons (including the driver).
This is a tricky one. The GVWR doesn't call for anything but a Class C driver's license--the cutoff for that is 26,001 pounds--but this truck has air brakes and you're driving it as part of your job--maybe your whole job. If I was driving this truck I'd want a Class B CDL and I'd take the air brakes test.
Only if it's transporting 16 or more persons (including the driver) or sufficient quantities of hazardous material to require placarding with HAZMAT warning signs.
Yes. A Class 7 single axle straight truck exceeds the 26000 lb. GVWR. A semi truck is a Class 8 truck.
Only if it's hauling hazmat or is a bus designed to transport more than 15 passengers (including the driver). Air brakes have absolutely nothing to do with whether or not a vehicle requires a CDL.
The "gross" weight of the truck and its cargo cannot weigh more than 26,000 pounds. This includes the weight of the fuel, driver, and any equipment on tne vehicle.
In some instances, yes.
Not unless it's a bus designed to transport more than 15 passengers (including the driver).
That would depend on the weight rating of the trailer and bridge law. For a straight truck, five to seven tons.
There is no such thing as an air brake endorsement on a US license - only a restriction for CDL holders who do not pass the written air brakes test and perform their pretrip and road tests in a CMV which is equipped with air brakes.
No.