Rookie RVer here :C I want to know what the rules / law is regarding maximum driving length, and if specific driver's license required. After years, and years of begging I finally got permission to upgrade from the family's financial adviser. One idea is to get a toy hauler. The other idea is to get a Class A and a 16ft trailer (hold two ATVs). Do you know if there's a special driver's license requirement for......let's say.......a 30ft Class A towing a 16ft trailer?Where would I start to research this?

rookie_rv wrote:Rookie RVer here :C I want to know what the rules / law is regarding maximum driving length, and if specific driver's license required. After years, and years of begging I finally got permission to upgrade from the family's financial adviser. One idea is to get a toy hauler. The other idea is to get a Class A and a 16ft trailer (hold two ATVs). Do you know if there's a special driver's license requirement for......let's say.......a 30ft Class A towing a 16ft trailer?Where would I start to research this?check your home state's licensing regulations. my belief is if you're legal in your home state you'll be legal in the other 49 due to reciprocity.

In Texas, under 26,000 pound GVWR RV or I believe 10,000 pound trailer, no special license is needed. Above that you need a Class B exempt.And, yes, licenses have reciprocity-- legal in your home state, legal in all 50. NOT true of speeds, lengths, etc. where each state determines the rules for that state.

Make sure the Class A you are considering is capable of pulling the 16' trailer with two ATV's inside. Plus whatever gear you carry in the trailer.

gbopp wrote:Make sure the Class A you are considering is capable of pulling the 16' trailer with two ATV's inside. Plus whatever gear you carry in the trailer.excellent point. the amount of weight you can safely tow will be the lesser of the following:- the gross combination weight rating of the MH minus the actual weight of the MH (based on individual axle weights) as it is loaded and configured for travel- the weight rating of your hitch- the weight rating of your tow bar

65' is the most common max combined length in many states. Some are longer and a few shorter.

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gbopp
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Sep 10, 2017
Make sure the Class A you are considering is capable of pulling the 16' trailer with two ATV's inside. Plus whatever gear you carry in the trailer.
wolfe10
Explorer
Sep 10, 2017
In Texas, under 26,000 pound GVWR RV or I believe 10,000 pound trailer, no special license is needed. Above that you need a Class B exempt.

And, yes, licenses have reciprocity-- legal in your home state, legal in all 50. NOT true of speeds, lengths, etc. where each state determines the rules for that state.
rk911
Explorer
Sep 10, 2017
rookie_rv wrote:
Rookie RVer here :C I want to know what the rules / law is regarding maximum driving length, and if specific driver's license required.

After years, and years of begging I finally got permission to upgrade from the family's financial adviser. One idea is to get a toy hauler. The other idea is to get a Class A and a 16ft trailer (hold two ATVs). Do you know if there's a special driver's license requirement for......let's say.......a 30ft Class A towing a 16ft trailer?

Where would I start to research this?

check your home state's licensing regulations. my belief is if you're legal in your home state you'll be legal in the other 49 due to reciprocity.

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