Heavy-duty vocational vehicles are vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) above 8,500 pounds excluding:
(a) Heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans defined in Sec. 523.7;
(b) Medium duty passenger vehicles; and
(c) Truck tractors, except vocational tractors, with a GVWR above 26,000 pounds; [76 FR 57491, Sept. 15, 2011]