Motorhome towing length laws
Buying our first MH,upgrading from a bumper pull toyhauler. My question is.... We are purchasing a 42 foot diesel and wanting to pull a 24 ft trailer hauling 3 harleys and a 06 jeep wrangler. Im aware...
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SolidAxleDurango wrote:discovery4us wrote:
We were stoped over night on our way to Glamis at the Trump 29 Casino years ago and the DOT CHP rolled through the parking lot and stopped to talk to us because we had two rigs pulling doubles (FW & toy trailer combo). After measuring both setups (both under 65') and confirming proper licenses (both correct) and turn signals, tire tread depth, and on and on and on he stated we were good to go.
He then next looked at the three MH's that were with us and said "as long as I'm here I might as well measure those." Two of the three were over 65', one at 67' and the other 71'. He allowed them to unhook and no ticket as long as we didn't leave in the morning with the trailers attached to the MH's. After much discussion we decided to just make extra trips to get the trailers to Glamis and good thing because his buddy was sitting at the casino exit watching everyone leave in the morning..
Let me get this straight.... You were stopped at a Casino and a DOT guy saw you (already stopped) ... and THEN he decided to check all of our your particulars?
He didn't pull one of you over (moving on the highway)... Where you used the Casino parking lot as a convenient place to stop?
Its just like the DOT inspection and scale guys who work highway construction jobs and write every one of the construction dump contractors tickets for overweight without ever weighting them. Easier to give them out in the parking lot and they are sure to be overweight sometime during the week, and no manhandling of the portable scales!! Happens every day!!!
