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Old 03-01-2012, 10:06 AM   #23
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Default Re: If your coming to houston this weekend and your rig is o

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Originally Posted by deuces wild View Post
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
I did not know about the reciprocity rule so I may need to move.
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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