How Wide is Too Wide

Mine front outer edge jack to outer edge front jack (extended for my dually) is
8 1/2 feet. Is there a width maximum that a camper can be?

Are you asking about (going down the road width) or how wide are you when you extend the jacks to load up???

Sorry, I'm asking about going down the road with it and of any specific type places to avoid.

Federal Highway rules state that the maximum non special permit load width that any vehicle can be is 102 inches which is 8.6 feet.

Make sure you have swung your front jacks back into the road position from the wide spread, load / off load from a dually, position.

Buzzcut1 wrote:
Federal Highway rules state that the maximum non special permit load width that any vehicle can be is 102 inches which is 8.6 feet.

Make sure you have swung your front jacks back into the road position from the wide spread, load / off load from a dually, position.

On the Happijacs, that's push up on the spring bolt at the bottom of the bracket and fold the jack in. JUST REMEMBER to swing it back out when you go to off load!!!

Thanks guys, I'm amazed after all the reading I've done hear I never read about swinging the front jacks back in nor did my dealer explain that. Glad I posted this.

I have never had a problem with my dually.

If there was some place that width would be a concern with the camper on, I wouldn't put myself in that predicament to begin with, camper on or off.

I always swing the jacks back in. If I left them out, I couldn't see down the side of the camper in my mirrors.

Mike, you have so much to learn. :) The dealer never tells you everything, because sometimes they don't know.

The only dumb question is the unasked question. We have learned SO much from this forum.
We learned that we didn't have the right jack extensions on our TC. What a difference the matching extensions make.

We'll measure ours tomorrow and let you know what we're at. They should be the same.

The jacks may or may not count in the 8.5 foot width regulations. I know I have seen some class A rigs that have awnings and such make the width well past 8.5 feet. If we end up adding an awning it will make us slightly over 8.5 feet width.

Awnings or jacks DO count towards overall width. Enforcement may be another matter.