If you don't get farm plates you will need a class A CDL. If you can quality for farm plates you can get by on a Class B. Do you qualify for a Texas AG/Timber number. If so you qualify you can register it as a farm truck. But keep in mind that if you are hauling anything for hire you will have to have a Class A CDL and register the vehicle with TXDoT. And if you drive a vehicle without a CDL when you are required to have a CDL, it is like driving with no license at all. The drag axle was probably added. The actual gross weight would be 34,000 for the tandem plus what you get on the steer. If you can't qualify for farm tags, I would be hesitant to buy it. I got my commercial license in Texas in 1959 and some time between the passage of the CDL requirement in 1986 and the implementation in 1992 I took a simple written test and my commercial license became an unrestricted CDL And I still have a CDL. But now applicants are required to go to driving school and I don't think you would consider it worth your while. Here are Texas farm vehicle requirements with links to answers to other questions you might have

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