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Ron in SD (24.220.60.23)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 3:16 pm: | |
This past week has been Sturgus Rally in the Black Hills of South Dakota. I have seen a number of bus conversions with the Harleys on trailers towed behind. I have seen pickups pulling 5th wheels with a second trailer behind with Harleys on it.
But the one that almost put me into the ditch was the 45' Prevost pulling a 30 foot two car stacker trailer and a small car four wheels down (towd) behind it. It was on the other side of the interstate going south on I-29. I guess some of us are just a little more nuts then the rest. |
Peter Broadribb (Madbrit) (170.215.39.85)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 8:19 pm: | |
Ron,
I am glad you mentioned these travelling monsters. I saw one in the local Flying J here in Kingman AZ, matching graffics, 3 axle trailer, and a Saturn on behind. He then pulled into the K-mart parking lot to overnight along with his buddy who ONLY had a 45' MCI and a 30+ ft enclosed car hauler, he looked postively tiny in comparison.
We stopped in Tulsa OK to attend a nostalgic drag racing event and there was another with a jet dragster in the trailer with a tow car on the back.
And I am worried about a 40ft MCI and a 26ft bodied car hauler and being over length at about 70/71ft. I thought there was a maximum overall length no matter how you made it up.
What rules do these guys follow? My buddy saw another further East and asked him if he ever had problems being so long, and he replied, "Never, why should I. They leave me alone" !!!!
So if anyone out there knows how they can do this legally, please let me know as I might buy a longer trailer if I can legally.
Peter. |
bob m (198.81.17.171)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 8:26 pm: | |
How bad can it get. today I saw a prevost conversion pulling a jeep and attached to the jeep was a trailer with two jet skis. Not ten mile further was a dodge diesel dually with a monster fifth wheel and attached to the fifth wheel was 20' boat on a trailer. Heading back from the lake. What would a panic stop look like??? |
jmaxwell (66.42.92.2)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 12, 2002 - 2:18 am: | |
Word has it that it was one of these clowns that started all the crap for a special endorsement for 45' in CA about 5 yrs. ago. Supposedly it was a Prevo H3-45 towing a 32' shop/car hauler, easily 5' over the legal 75' limit, considering the tongue on the hauler. Same goes for some of these 5th wheel arrangements IMHO. Saw one the other day that was 4 axle behind a chevy dually. Just think of the drag trying to force those 4 axles into a turn! |
DON5050 (207.224.148.85)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 12, 2002 - 3:56 am: | |
I think they are calling themselves combiations this allows them to pull 2 trailers with a length of 105' neet I know I can do this in NM anyway |
Don KS/TX (63.15.244.176)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 12, 2002 - 6:06 am: | |
Semi's have different rules. A couple years ago when I checked, LEGALLY my 40 foot BUS could only carry a 20 foot trailer everywhere. I notice the same lengthy things, arriving in the Rio Grande Valley daily are definitely illegal rigs, nobody ever seems to bother them though. |
Peter Broadribb (Madbrit) (170.215.39.85)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 12, 2002 - 6:28 am: | |
Each State seems to have different over all length allowances. AZ has 65ft others have upto 75ft. Maybe the Interstates have a longer length allowance (Federal) and provided you only drive to and from the Interstate, you are legal on regular highways. Same as the 102" width rule that everyone ignores as well.
Peter. |
Buswarrior (Buswarrior) (64.229.209.158)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 12, 2002 - 8:50 pm: | |
Hello
I'd pay attention to the rules, and never mind what people get away with.
And just because there's some little technicality for house cars, recreational vehicles, motorhomes, or that they are mentioned as exempt by exception, one should wonder why, in the age of pennies on the dollar, do they still legislate maximum length?
Folks, our entire economy runs on trucking. Anything that will reduce the cost of trucking will improve the economy. The government knows that. Why haven't they increased the maximum lengths by more than the little bits of the last few years? Got to be a safety thing here, or they'd have done it.
It's these clowns having an accident that will trigger a knee jerk reaction to get us all captured by the commercial rules, and then we'll be up the creek without the toilet paper.
I can see the headlines now:
"Renegade Rver's greater hazard than trucks"
"Won't Winnie wanna stop?"
"Laws don't apply to us: Rv'er"
Only takes a few to wreck it for the many.
Democracy in reverse?
hmmph!
buswarrior |