Why no over 40-foot trailers?
Please pardon the basic question but I've noticed that even the most expensive travel trailers are almost never over 40 feet in length. Are there some regulations or laws that preclude manufacturers ...
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Passin Thru wrote:
Really funny but you people quote laws that don't exist. I pull 53 ft trailers, 3ft of the trailer is fwd of my rear frame on a 22 ft tractor. Do the math . You are allowed 75 ft even in CA the strictest state. I can pull a 57 ft 4 in trailer in Wy. There are no length limits for the tractor. Some of my friends have 330 inch long tractors. Some are 350. Get your rules right before you quote them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzP7ZFEkKxk
https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/FREIGHT/publications/size_regs_final_rpt/index.htm
Commercial and personal fall under different rules, see this link for RV length limits. They vary from 50-75' for two vehicles but the most common is 65'. The only obviously wrong entry I see on that list is NC where the trailer length limit should be 45' and not 35'.
