RV and trailer lenght.
I have a 40 ft RV and will be pulling a 32 ft trailer. 80 ft total lenght. Is that legal?
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Okay, I did some more research and seem to have found the truth. California has a 53 foot trailer length limit as does many other states. This is also the Federal standard. Anything over 53' requires a permit to operate. Apparently all these NHRA people knew this good and well yet they decided they were going to use 56' trailers anyway as they figured they were above the laws and nobody would check.
Well CHP did check and had apparently warned them in advance that the over length trailers would not be allowed and if anybody was caught brining them in they would have to take them out on a low boy trailer. Why is the low boy legal? Because you can only get a permit for an over length trailer to haul over length items. You can't simply get a permit for a 56' trailer simply because you want 3' of extra space. If you need 56' of space you have to use two trailers. So the reason the low boy is legal is because the low boy is hauling oversized cargo and that being the 56 foot trailer. So since the trailer is the cargo they can get a permit for that.
This is sort of like the Toterhome question that comes up on here. People are driving these giant motorhomes that are well over 45' in length and just hoping the law doesn't get enforced even though they know good and well they are breaking the law. And when some agency decides to enforce that law on them you can bet they'll be whining just like the NHRA who knew good and well they were also breaking the law.
Well CHP did check and had apparently warned them in advance that the over length trailers would not be allowed and if anybody was caught brining them in they would have to take them out on a low boy trailer. Why is the low boy legal? Because you can only get a permit for an over length trailer to haul over length items. You can't simply get a permit for a 56' trailer simply because you want 3' of extra space. If you need 56' of space you have to use two trailers. So the reason the low boy is legal is because the low boy is hauling oversized cargo and that being the 56 foot trailer. So since the trailer is the cargo they can get a permit for that.
This is sort of like the Toterhome question that comes up on here. People are driving these giant motorhomes that are well over 45' in length and just hoping the law doesn't get enforced even though they know good and well they are breaking the law. And when some agency decides to enforce that law on them you can bet they'll be whining just like the NHRA who knew good and well they were also breaking the law.
