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02-29-2012, 02:56 PM
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Re: If your coming to houston this weekend and your rig is o
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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02-29-2012, 03:51 PM
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Re: If your coming to houston this weekend and your rig is o
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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02-29-2012, 10:28 PM
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Re: If your coming to houston this weekend and your rig is o
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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03-01-2012, 10:06 AM
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Re: If your coming to houston this weekend and your rig is o
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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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