Unbelieveable guess what I saw
Hi I know there's a lot of talk on double towing and such tonight I saw a truck pulling a good size 5th wheel and behind the 5th wheel was a tow dolly and a small car!!!!! Sorry no time for a picture ...
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Wadcutter wrote:Passin Thru wrote:
You must never have been on I 80 because they tow triples, 3 28 ft + tractor and dollies = over 70 ft from NYC to Chicago except for a 40 mile stretch in PA. If he was only 60 ft he' legal. .
You must have never read statutes. You're talking commercial vehicles. A completely different statute covers commercial vehicle combinations. What I provided was the IL statute which covers RVs. 60 ft is the max length for a RV, the first towed vehicle has to be a 5th wheel, and the 2nd towed vehicle can only be ATV, boat, PWC, or motorcycle. What the OP described does not meet IL law.
And yeah I have been on I-80. I was one of the first motor carrier certified Troopers in the state. Worked a bit on I-80 and also taught traffic and vehicle law.
Don't mix commercial vehicle statutes with statutes specifically directed towards RVs.
That kind of sucks the a 40+' Class A pulling a full size truck as a toad has to go around your wonderful State. Kind of silly IMO. My boat tracks perfect behind my 5'er.
