Class B CDL

A Class B CDL is required to operate any single vehicle that isn’t hitched to a trailer (commercial trucks that have an attached cab and cargo area with a combined weight greater than 26,000 pounds, as well as trucks with a detached towed cargo vehicle that weighs less than 10,000 pounds).

This is required to drive:

  • Straight trucks
  • Large buses (city buses, tourist buses, and school buses)
  • Segmented buses
  • Box trucks (including delivery trucks and furniture trucks), and
  • Dump trucks with small trailers
CDL Class A Class B Class C Requirements