driver license

how many people had two license back in the 70's for driving a semi? I had ohio and ky, had to be carefull
witch one to use in witch state and how many points were on each one. most of mine were speed and over load

Didn't have 2 licenses but sure did have a couple log books at any given time. Helped me make a living LOL. Keith

I just had 1. My regular license and a chauffer endorsement which back them let you drive anything.

I had a ten year license once. It was due to a typo when it was printed. It saved me two renewals though. I got pulled over once while I had it, I had a nice little chat with the officer about people that we both knew, and he sent me on the way with a verbal. A mile down the road the blues came on again. When he walked up I asked "what is it now?" He told me that the computer inquiry had come back expired, and he asked for another look. I knew that it was not really valid but how could he tell? So he examined it and apologized and let me go again.

I only needed one (Kentucky) . Ky. Had a very lenient point system: especially on out of state tickets sent in. Back then: drivers could also do the plea bargain or defensive driving class to defer the ticket. (Not anymore) .

Never thought it was legal to have 2.

LOL, I remember those days . You get on the CB Radio and ask or hear if the scales are checking log books. If so you grab the spare and start writing as quick as you can before you get on the scale LMAO . Loved those days

I had a chauffeur's license at the age of 16 due to what I did for a job. I grand fathered into a CDL and still carry the CDL I was legal to ride a motorcycle at the age of 14. Plus in all those years I have never had one taken away and even had a military license. When I was on the sub the USSBN 633 I was to only person on board with a military license so I had the fun of driving for them in Scotland.

Back in the early 60's when I got my license in high school, you could drive a standard tranny vehicle or an automatic for your test. If you got your license with an automatic, you were restricted to drive an automatic. Not sure what happened if they caught you driving a standard. I drove my dad's '61 Pontiac standard (column shift of course). If you got your license with a standard, you were good to go driving either type. That was discontinued at some point in time, not sure when, nowadays anything works with no restrictions as long as you pass the test.

In the early 80's when I bought a motorcycle, for some reason my license already included the bike license, I think it was called Class VI up here. Not sure if that had to do with me getting my first license with a standard tranny or not, I never asked. So I never had to take a test on a motorcycle. Other guys I know who got their license at the same time as me on standards never had the bike classification. Maybe there was a "check here if you want to incude a motorcycle" box, too long ago to remember.

I'd like to know how many times I have tossed the Logs in the Bunk and said "Lazy Bones...tell me WHO is driving"..!!!

Too many tales could be told and not one would be believed. ( But are probably True)..like the ritual of crossing the East St Louis Scales on I-70....you could Cross those scales with ANYTHING..So Long as it was LEGAL when it crossed the scales. You could switch to a lighter tractor, off-load past the scales and pull around a second time, cross the scales and re-load..!!
The Scale Operator would point to his Patch on his shoulder and say " Now, this patch is too small to cover my A??...so DON't you cross that next set of scales..",,..!!!!!

BTDT...Had the "T" shirt but tossed it away..!!

Only ever had one License at a time.....however, It's Endorsed Class 5,Class 1 with AIR, Class 6 Motorcycle, Corrective Lenses required:

I spent a Month in Europe in 1974. I required an International license to rent and Insure a Vehicle starting in France and then touring Spain, Switzerland, and returning back to France:

Another interesting thing about the CDL is that now they have one with an Automatic endorsement. It is good for auto trans trucks only for those who cannot learn to drive standard.

I only carried one license but use to get into some warehouses in Chicago,Ill. and seen some road drivers that had 20 or more driver licenses. They knew how many points they had for speeding in every state and if stopped they used the license with least number of points. This was back in the 70's.

showcrop didnt know that, dont think I have hasmat, but have tanker and school bus

ditchwitch, back in the 70's the fine for no log book was 50.00, for a log book not current was 75.00, well crap that was a no brainer

Might have gone into the 80's, but I remember this being common earlier,drivers with multi-state drivers licenses. I had my Class 1 in NY before the CDL came out in '92, aced the written test, which was not a take home or open book. I've kept it all these years, current medical card, no endorsements, but no restrictions with a clean abstract and no tickets in 25 years. Never a DUI either.

The motto then for the new CDL was only the best will drive, no more multi-state licenses etc. They were also cracking down on vehicles in poor repair, seems thats when the DOT check points ramped up heavily around here.

When I got my CDL in '72 no test, just had to have someone with one say you could drive and sign for ya, ditto on the no log book.

Back then that was big money lol ..It was the 80s when i started driving. My Dad drove a truck all his life. Soon has i turned 21 i got my back then there were called chauffeur licence . Man i use to have some great times driving. One of my older brothers drives also. Gets to go all over the United States and get paid for it. Pretty good deal.

SCALES you went into scales ??? i suffered and allergy to SCALES and did not CROSS ANY UNLESS IT WAS BY ACCIDENT , And if i did they were really unhappy with me , Roanoke Va. did not like that 129and change i put over his scales and when he found out what i had on he could not get me out of there fast enough to suit him , The old Scale on US Rt. 6 in In. did not like the 98700lbs of V W radiators i was carrying and ran me over there scales five times tryen to find it . The old scales on U S 422 In Pa. went out of his mind about the BULK load of sail boat fuel i was carrying and the old scale house on U S 24 at the Il and In state line did not like me when i crossed his scales at 3 in the morning doing 45 MPH and woke him out of a dead sleep. Today they call us old guys OUTLAW truckers Run heavy and run fast . And maybe this year i will get all my logs caught up .Been retired off the road now going on 8 years now.

Oh yea the storys We could write a never ending novel . The stuff we did and got away with was unreal . My one good friend and i both bought two brand new 1977 I H 4300 eagles , we kept them simple but nice looking LITTLE trucks with just one five inch stack , we kept the mufflers inplace BUT what we did under the hood was nothing the likes ever seen before and those two trucks would flat up and get it and nothing we ever came across would get much of a chance to even sniff the tailgate . He and i hauled extremely as we were always way over 120k and even on the longest pulls we may have to just flip the red button . We passed everybody on the hills . And the cops and portable scales never even looked at us because Buckeye Coal buckets could NOT go up over hills like that LOADED and would be hard pressed to do it empty .

Yea thats a little heavy. I was hauling heavy equipment on low-boy trailer and drop deck trailers. Every year i would get the permit for over weight and width I want to recall it was like 110.00 at the time. The weight went to 110000 and cant remember the width. To get this permit i had to give them 10 roads and highways i would be on. All starting from our shop to different places in north and south Carolina. Why they wanted that i don't know but that's what i had to do. The 110 dollars a year was well worth not getting a over weight ticket because most of the time i was.

tractor vet, where you from??

Propane or nitrous oxide?

(quoted from post at 12:27:49 03/21/17) Oh yea the storys We could write a never ending novel . The stuff we did and got away with was unreal . My one good friend and i both bought two brand new 1977 I H 4300 eagles , we kept them simple but nice looking LITTLE trucks with just one five inch stack , we kept the mufflers inplace BUT what we did under the hood was nothing the likes ever seen before and those two trucks would flat up and get it and nothing we ever came across would get much of a chance to even sniff the tailgate . He and i hauled extremely as we were always way over 120k and even on the longest pulls we may have to just flip the red button . We passed everybody on the hills . And the cops and portable scales never even looked at us because Buckeye Coal buckets could NOT go up over hills like that LOADED and would be hard pressed to do it empty .

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How many cars did you run over going down the other side?

N/E ohio.

When i first started driving that is what i started out WAY back at the ripe old age of 17 on a B60 Mack and a 50 ton Rodger T-1 lowboy and back then the man i worked for would tell the state that hey we are moving this or that today and off we went . did that till i got drafted . Then when i came out i stayed out of the truck for a couple years then went back to it hauling anything that would fit in a dump trailer . If you wanted a pay raise then you put on taller side boards . the one guy i drove for would tell ya that he never wanted to see any bills coming across his desk less the 75000 NET After i got comfortable he came tpo me and asked if i would lighten up just a bit them 150000 lbs nets were a little much so i did as he said and lighten up a shade and kept it between 130 and 140000 . Was pulling a City Welding 32 foot box 72 inches deep , You could really get a charged on it if ya had a good loader that would reach up over it . Loading coal with a Hough 90 took a bit of creative thinking to get a nice round load and for get it when we would load where they had a W18 case . Portables could not weigh me and i stayed away from the permanent ones . Then i bought my own and did a lot of thinking on my new trailer and instead of going a tri axle i went with a heavy duty tandem built to my spec. Took a lot of the way the tri axle i was pulling and used some that in mine like the mountain brakes the big scope the neway suspension the extra heavy alum. frame extra cross members under the box added in a 2 way tail gate and only 68 inch sides . First load was 45 ton in the wagon and it did great and we will not go into the biggest load ever put in that trailer as we will just say that Chem haulers had never ever seen a load that heavy moved . Lets just say that if four trucks divided they all would have been over .

Its not that wanted to haul that much ,it was just that some equipment was heavy so i found a way to haul the heavy load and not have to worry about a ticket. Ive always hated having to look over my back to see whos behind me. So with the yearly permit i didn't have to worry about nothing but getting there safely.