Jump to content

Looks like there is room for a smart car!


Jmorris

Recommended Posts

Bet he's over the 65' length!

That is why he has no bed and no smart or other car. He is still a "truck tractor" and not a "truck". A truck tractor has no length max and can haul a 59 ft trailer (in Texas and commercial vehicles on the Federal Interstate system) but a truck and trailer combo can only be 65ft (again, in Texas). Once you put a load carrying bed on a truck tractor it becomes a truck.

 

Vehicle Type Length Limit

Single Motor Vehicle 45 feet

Truck-tractor Unlimited

Semitrailer, of two-vehicle combination 59 feet

Two- or Three-Vehicle combination other than truck-tractor & semitrailer 65 feet

Each trailer or semitrailer of a twin-trailer combination 28.5 feet

Traditional boat/auto transporter combination 65 feet

Commercial truck & stinger-steered semitrailer transporting autos/boats 75 feet

Front overhang 3 feet

Rear overhang 4 feet

 

Downloadable brochure with pictures

Link to comment
Share on other sites

That is why he has no bed and no smart or other car. He is still a "truck tractor" and not a "truck". A truck tractor has no length max and can haul a 59 ft trailer (in Texas and commercial vehicles on the Federal Interstate system) but a truck and trailer combo can only be 65ft (again, in Texas). Once you put a load carrying bed on a truck tractor it becomes a truck.

 

Vehicle Type Length Limit

Single Motor Vehicle 45 feet

Truck-tractor Unlimited

Semitrailer, of two-vehicle combination 59 feet

Two- or Three-Vehicle combination other than truck-tractor & semitrailer 65 feet

Each trailer or semitrailer of a twin-trailer combination 28.5 feet

Traditional boat/auto transporter combination 65 feet

Commercial truck & stinger-steered semitrailer transporting autos/boats 75 feet

Front overhang 3 feet

Rear overhang 4 feet

 

Downloadable brochure with pictures

Is the 59 foot trailer length a recent modification? I thought it was 53 ft, that is the lomgest i have seen printed on a trailer, and what i rembered from the cdl book a few years ago.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
×
×
  • Create New...