There's another discussion going on about this on another board i visit, but it doesn't have near as much traffic, so I'm hoping I can get an answer here a bit faster.
I'm buying a 38' Diesel pusher motorhome that I am supposed to go pick up this week. Someone else mentioned on the thread over there that the law in most states is a 65' maximum length. It kinda freaked me out, because I had never even considered that until it was brought up. I got to thinking about it, and with my 24' trailer, I was thinking I'm safe, but then when I measured the tongue length as well it would put me at 66'. Add a Trailer Toad to it, and I'm at 68'.
I'm in Texas, and I looked up online, and it does indeed say 65' maximum length for vehicle and trailer combined, infact that's what it says for all but about 6 states, some are even less. Does anyone know if that is just for commercial vehicles, or do motorhomes apply too? I will call them tomorrow morning, but just wanted to know if anyone else has run into any problems with being stopped for being overlength. I definitely don't want to get pulled over somewhere and have to leave my trailer and come back to get it with my truck.
Just curious what experiences others may have had with this. There seems to be a lot of big motorhomes out there at most races pulling 28' and 32' trailers, and I doubt most of those motorhomes are much less than 36'. I know the law is the law, but I was just wondering if anyone here has been pulled over for being overlength. I didn't see anywhere on the Texas DOT site about getting an overlength permit, like you have to in Florida. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'd also be interested in knowing how long some of the combinations are that some of you are pulling. After i thought about it, I was wondering if I would be too long for the pit spots at most of the big tracks as well. LOL
I'm buying a 38' Diesel pusher motorhome that I am supposed to go pick up this week. Someone else mentioned on the thread over there that the law in most states is a 65' maximum length. It kinda freaked me out, because I had never even considered that until it was brought up. I got to thinking about it, and with my 24' trailer, I was thinking I'm safe, but then when I measured the tongue length as well it would put me at 66'. Add a Trailer Toad to it, and I'm at 68'.
I'm in Texas, and I looked up online, and it does indeed say 65' maximum length for vehicle and trailer combined, infact that's what it says for all but about 6 states, some are even less. Does anyone know if that is just for commercial vehicles, or do motorhomes apply too? I will call them tomorrow morning, but just wanted to know if anyone else has run into any problems with being stopped for being overlength. I definitely don't want to get pulled over somewhere and have to leave my trailer and come back to get it with my truck.
Just curious what experiences others may have had with this. There seems to be a lot of big motorhomes out there at most races pulling 28' and 32' trailers, and I doubt most of those motorhomes are much less than 36'. I know the law is the law, but I was just wondering if anyone here has been pulled over for being overlength. I didn't see anywhere on the Texas DOT site about getting an overlength permit, like you have to in Florida. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'd also be interested in knowing how long some of the combinations are that some of you are pulling. After i thought about it, I was wondering if I would be too long for the pit spots at most of the big tracks as well. LOL