Lenght of RV and trailer
Thinking about buying a stacker trailer. Would make my RV with trailer 75 ft long. Anyone have troubles when it comes to the law?
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GTMADNS wrote:
I have a 38' class a and 32' trailer with a 5' tongue. In most states I have been told by DOT police at a trade show in Indy the legal length is measured by wheel base not overall length.
I can't speak for other states, but in California length is measured bumper to bumper and there are actually a couple of variations of that. The 65' max length limit is bumper to bumper and would not include things like a ladder on the back or mirrors on the front. But when a road is restricted to a certain length of vehicle, then mirrors and ladders do count. They try and make it as difficult as possible in California.
On the commercial side, there are laws that do pertain to wheel base and things like distance from the kingpin to rear axle. I never worked a lot of commercial enforcement so I didn't pay too much attention to those laws. CHP is the one that handles most of that.
