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65ft, then you may want to get a permit. We were leaving the house early this am, and got pulled by state trooper/tx dot for over length. He advised us that they are educating the troopers and they are starting to look for this more often. We were in huntsville so y'all coming in from the north side down 45 be aware. He did just issue us a warning and say he was only educating us, so they may just be looking right now. Just thought i would give y'all a heads up. Be safe, and see everyone in a few days.
David buckner CC/SA 47722 |
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Pretty soon we will need a CDL to drive a pick-up with a trailer!!
David thanks for the info. PB 4312 SS & STK |
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Truck and trailer together nedd DOT number Then you need CDL and all the trimings
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Texas trooper just told me the permits are also expensive. Might need to just run Div 5.
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over lenght permits for texas are 120.00 for 30 days,180.00 for 60 days and 240 for 90 days, 90 days is the longest you can get. can you say money grab.
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Whats the cost if your caught in violation?
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chlngr73, David what law are they using for the 65ft. rule? most semi are over 65 feet and car hauler are 75ft long with 3 foot over hang in front and 4ft. over hang in rear, total 82ft. Tom
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Tom, Ed Carpenter (Texas State Trooper) checked for me, RV with a trailer limit is 65'.
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so a 40ft MH and a 28ft tag trailer is ILLEGAL by how much 3 ft or 8ft??thats with a 3 or 4 ft drawbar and a 28 ft box---so if ya have a 40 MH ya better have a trailler that is no more than 25 ft long measuring from the ball mount to the back of the box right??? looks like a 20 foot box might just make it the way I figure
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Straight out of the State of Texas Transportation Code 621.205. Every race I get asked by someone look at that rig how in the hell does he get away with that! I always say I hope he has a permit.
(a) Except as provided by this section, a combination of not more than three vehicles, including a truck and semitrailer, truck and trailer, truck-tractor and semitrailer and trailer, or a truck-tractor and two trailers, may be coupled together if the combination of vehicles, other than a truck-tractor combination, is not longer than 65 feet. |
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RV. 65ft limit texas, over length permits phone # 800-299-1700. Class A license under 26,000, Class B license over 26,000 towing trailer under 10,000, Class A license over 26,000 towing trailer over 10,000. Tom
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Div 5 is looking better all the time. My 40' mh and 24' trailer is 3' over.
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Like most my 40 ft motorhome and 28 ft trailer is over the 65 ft limit but we have never been stopped. I do have the class B license for it but I always worry about the extra few feet in length. I also like most on here see the rigs at the races that are 80 plus feet in length and there are lots of them these days and wonder how they get by being that long on the road. Thanks Rick Cates |
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Most states have the 65 ft limit for all rigs tagged RV. If it is a Commercial tag you can get by with the longer lengths. It seems the troopers target the toter homes and let the motor homes slide. All those friends that were ticketed had toters. It is starting to take the fun out of getting to the races for sure. My 2 Cents Rick Cates |
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In florida the overlength permit is $20.00 for the whole year
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just talked to Tony Zizzo-- told me that Schumacher just spent $20M per trailer to have them SHORTENED 3 feet so that he would not get into overlength trouble!!!! A racer going to the Winters got stopped by Ca. Hwy patrol cost him $30M to have the trailer flatbedded outa state cuz it was too long----yes they are looking at ALL motorhomes towing trailers for over length violations and Toterhomes for overweight and air brake endorsements and license violations--- So be warned they are coming after us
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http://www.txdmv.gov/motor_carrier/o...ght_limits.htm
Had wondered about this for years, why Texas (among other states) had not actively enforced this rule .. its been in place for a long time. |
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To add to this conversation if you have your truck,rv,trailer etc registered in the following states Alaska,Colo,Idaho,Minn,Miss,Montana,Nevada,ND,SD,O K,Wash or Wyoming your states length laws exceed Texas 65'. Texas is a reciprocity state so that means you are covered under YOUR states laws. Ed
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Should have kept my 36' gasoline motor home. With my 24' trailer, I would have been OK. Looking more like time to quit all the time. But, Ed tells me since mine is registered in OK, I'm OK in Texas. Guess Div 4 is stuck with me this year. I'll probably be gone after this one. Not getting any younger. |
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My info from Rules Of The Road book shows the length limit in Minn to be 60 ft and Oklahoma to be 65 ft. It is a couple of years old so the laws may have been updated. It also shows Louisiana as 70 ft. I do have a friend who lives in Minn and his rig was close to 80 ft and he has received several over length tickets with one costing well over $1000. The same patrolman wrote him up two weekends in a row and the cost of the ticket went up the second weekend. He now has a shorter rig. It would be nice if the Feds would give a standard length across the country. I have been told it is a standard 75 ft as long as you are on an Interstate highway but I can not find that in writing. All this just makes getting to the races more stressful day by day. My 2 Cents Rick Cates |
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