COE semi converted to camper - photo

[Crusty]

A heavy tractor like that with no load to speak of on the tires will tend to do horizontal cartwheels when hard braking on wet pavement. Wet road bobtailing was always white knuckle driving for me and I'd much rather have been hauling a load.

CDL requirement depends on Gross Vehicle Weight, even for non-commercial vehicles. If I remember correctly the cutoff is 26,000#.