You would take the General Knowledge and Combination Vehicles written tests, and conduct your road test in a combination with a Gross Combination Weight Rating of more than 26,000 lbs., in which the trailer has a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of more than 10,000 lbs. A Ford F650 pulling an eight ton equipment trailer would be one example of such a combination.
You would have to be at least 18, in which case, on top of the "no air brakes" and "no tractor-trailers" restrictions, you'd also have an "intrastate only" restriction until you turned 21.
Take the written air brakes test, and perform a road test in a combination requiring a Class A CDL which is equipped with air brakes.
Whether a vehicle has air, hydraulic, or air-over-hydraulic brakes has zero determination on the class of license required to operate it.
read your cdl manual and study for air brakes, General knowledge, passenger.for written test. For class BPYou also need to take your road test in a vehicle equipped with air brakes. By the way, there is no air brake endorsement - if you don't complete the requirements for air brakes, you get an air brake restriction.
There is no air brake endorsement. If you do not pass the written air brakes test AND complete your road test in a vehicle equipped with air brakes, then you get a restriction which prohibits you from operating an commercial vehicle which is equipped with air brakes. It is possible to have a Class A CDL with an air brake restriction.
As long as it takes. You didn't specify a model (remember, Kenworth makes Class 5 through Class 8 trucks), you didn't specify a brake system (S-cam air brakes, hydraulic brakes, hydraulic disc brakes, air disc brakes, air wedge brakes, or air piston brakes), and we don't know your level of technical experience.
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.
You can get a Class A CDL without air brakes - you'll just have a "no air brakes" restriction which prohibits you from operating a CMV equipped with air brakes. The vehicles you road test have to be commercial vehicles subject to FHWA regulations - recreational vehicles are exempt, so you cannot get a CDL with one.
If you already have a CDL, you take the written air brakes test, then do a road test in a vehicle of the appropriate class which is equipped with air brakes.
You need a valid drivers license. Air brakes don't affect what type of license you need.
No. Air brakes don't determine whether or not a CDL is required for a vehicle, and CDLs are for road vehicles - a trolley is a rail vehicle.
There is no air brake endorsement. A CDL driver who does not complete and pass the written air brakes test AND complete and pass the road test in a vehicle equipped with air brakes gets a restriction prohibiting them from operating a commercial vehicle equipped with air brakes.
Depends on what class you're going for. If you're going for Class A, you'll need to be towing a trailer with a GVWR in excess of 10,000 lbs.... if it's hooked by pintle and clevice, you'll get a "no tractor-trailers" restriction. For Class B, it has to have a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of 26,001 lbs. or higher. For Class C, yes... if you don't want a "no air brakes" restriction on your CDL, you will need to do the written air brakes test and perform your road test in a vehicle equipped with air brakes.