Max trailer dimension ?
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Yes and no. That is for what is called a full trailer, such as a travel trailer, not a semi trailer or 5th wheel, and only once you get off the Federal Highway System. Some states also exempt recreational trailers.
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I would take that list with a grain of salt. What it has listed for Wyoming is correct, but Wyoming is one of the most generous states for trailer/rig lengths. However, what it has for Arizona is incorrect. I found this on the Arizona Stage Legislature website:
28-1095. Vehicle length; exceptions; permits; rules; definitions
A. A vehicle, including any load on the vehicle, shall not exceed a length of forty feet extreme overall dimension, including front and rear bumpers. This subsection does not apply to any of the following:
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5. A recreational vehicle, a power unit, a farm vehicle, a horse trailer or wheeled equipment as defined in section 28-2153 if used in combination with two units and if the combination does not exceed sixty-five feet in length.
6. A recreational vehicle as defined in section 41-4001, paragraph 33, subdivision (b) that does not exceed a length of forty-five feet.
A. A vehicle, including any load on the vehicle, shall not exceed a length of forty feet extreme overall dimension, including front and rear bumpers. This subsection does not apply to any of the following:
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5. A recreational vehicle, a power unit, a farm vehicle, a horse trailer or wheeled equipment as defined in section 28-2153 if used in combination with two units and if the combination does not exceed sixty-five feet in length.
6. A recreational vehicle as defined in section 41-4001, paragraph 33, subdivision (b) that does not exceed a length of forty-five feet.
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And, for a little clarification here. Because probably 999,999 people out of a million don’t know the difference in definitions. A “TRAILER” and a “SEMI-TRAILER” are NOT the same thing, and RV’s and trailers pulled by pickups/cars are an altogether different category.
A “TRAILER” is a load carrying vehicle that carries 100% of the cargo weight on itself. In other words, there are axles at each end and is merely towed by a power unit that carries none of the load.
A “SEMI-TRAILER” is a trailer hat has axles at only oone end, so the tow vehicle then has to carry approximately half of the load.....hence the term “SEMI” meaning “half”.
Most “trtailers” are pulled by a truck that has a cargo carrying body of some sort ( Box, tank, ir whatever) on it, then the trailer is hooked by a pintle hook, or pulled behind a “semi-trailer” being pulled by a road tractor that has a fifth wheel hitch. When you see a truck pullinng double trailers or triples, the lead is just about always a semi-trailer, and the second and third trailers are the load carrying type. Hope I made all this as clear as mud for you guys.
It appered to mme like the article by AAA had a mix of commercial regs in with RV stuff to totally confuse everyone.!!! LOL
I won’t get into the “B” train configuration to make the mud any muddier!!!!
A “TRAILER” is a load carrying vehicle that carries 100% of the cargo weight on itself. In other words, there are axles at each end and is merely towed by a power unit that carries none of the load.
A “SEMI-TRAILER” is a trailer hat has axles at only oone end, so the tow vehicle then has to carry approximately half of the load.....hence the term “SEMI” meaning “half”.
Most “trtailers” are pulled by a truck that has a cargo carrying body of some sort ( Box, tank, ir whatever) on it, then the trailer is hooked by a pintle hook, or pulled behind a “semi-trailer” being pulled by a road tractor that has a fifth wheel hitch. When you see a truck pullinng double trailers or triples, the lead is just about always a semi-trailer, and the second and third trailers are the load carrying type. Hope I made all this as clear as mud for you guys.
It appered to mme like the article by AAA had a mix of commercial regs in with RV stuff to totally confuse everyone.!!! LOL
I won’t get into the “B” train configuration to make the mud any muddier!!!!
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And, for a little clarification here. Because probably 999,999 people out of a million don’t know the difference in definitions. A “TRAILER” and a “SEMI-TRAILER” are NOT the same thing, and RV’s and trailers pulled by pickups/cars are an altogether different category.
A “TRAILER” is a load carrying vehicle that carries 100% of the cargo weight on itself. In other words, there are axles at each end and is merely towed by a power unit that carries none of the load.
A “SEMI-TRAILER” is a trailer hat has axles at only oone end, so the tow vehicle then has to carry approximately half of the load.....hence the term “SEMI” meaning “half”.
Most “trtailers” are pulled by a truck that has a cargo carrying body of some sort ( Box, tank, ir whatever) on it, then the trailer is hooked by a pintle hook, or pulled behind a “semi-trailer” being pulled by a road tractor that has a fifth wheel hitch. When you see a truck pullinng double trailers or triples, the lead is just about always a semi-trailer, and the second and third trailers are the load carrying type. Hope I made all this as clear as mud for you guys.
It appered to mme like the article by AAA had a mix of commercial regs in with RV stuff to totally confuse everyone.!!! LOL
I won’t get into the “B” train configuration to make the mud any muddier!!!!
A “TRAILER” is a load carrying vehicle that carries 100% of the cargo weight on itself. In other words, there are axles at each end and is merely towed by a power unit that carries none of the load.
A “SEMI-TRAILER” is a trailer hat has axles at only oone end, so the tow vehicle then has to carry approximately half of the load.....hence the term “SEMI” meaning “half”.
Most “trtailers” are pulled by a truck that has a cargo carrying body of some sort ( Box, tank, ir whatever) on it, then the trailer is hooked by a pintle hook, or pulled behind a “semi-trailer” being pulled by a road tractor that has a fifth wheel hitch. When you see a truck pullinng double trailers or triples, the lead is just about always a semi-trailer, and the second and third trailers are the load carrying type. Hope I made all this as clear as mud for you guys.
It appered to mme like the article by AAA had a mix of commercial regs in with RV stuff to totally confuse everyone.!!! LOL
I won’t get into the “B” train configuration to make the mud any muddier!!!!
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If you think that's bad? Ca. DMV booklet states that a class C license is good for fifth wheels up to 15,000 lbs. Five or six pages later it states that between 10,000 and 15,000 lbs. the class C license needs a non-commercial class A endorsement called restriction 54 if I remember correctly. When I renewed my license the DMV knew nothing about this endorsement, I had to show them. Bet if you got into a wreck the CHP would know about it.
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