Hauling has been great up until this...lol.

The officer told me that as long as you can haul something in the bed or on the back of the truck it is not a tractor, it is a strait truck. All that is allowed is a fuel tank on the frame rails and a hitch. Which I don't think that sound to safe myself with the fuel tank being right there wide open with all the fuel lines on top very easily accessable to anyone whom would want to come and mess with them. I think they should allow some kind of cover for that purpose.

The truck is commercially inspected...

I have since talked to 2 local guys that I have ran into (up here in Dallas, Tx) and one has recieved the same ticket in New Mexico and the other got one in Utah.

 

I think the problem stems from the bigger trucks. Mainly the four doors. The trailers were originally built and designed for regular cab and extra cb trucks. When the crew cabs came out they didnt shorten up the trailers. With my 50 ft trailer Im at 64'9", and I was very aware of the rule when I bought it.

 

Is yours a single cab truck?

Is the trailer a 50ft load deck or a 50ft trailer total?

Thanks

 

98 quad cab (extra cab) its a 50 ft enclosed, 42 ft load deck, 50 total.
It would not be legal to pull with crew cab.

 

So then if you have a bed on the truck that can't haul anything you would be good then right? Or one better just do like the guys around here do and take off the bed and just run homemade fenders over the back tires! It is safe with just the frame rails! A good friend of mine in okla city has done that and he is coming up on 500K on the truck and no problem running with no bed! Well other than being very very light when you have no trailer!!

 

I just love the way the laws are written. They make them so confusing to benefit them!!! Heaven forbid the average joe be able to understand it. I just re-read some of the Texas book and it is kinda goofy in its writing. Well It looks like I will just go with no bed and a side tool box when I get my larger trailer!

I give the states plenty of money without fines!!!

 

When I was doing some homework the other night on license plates it talks about what truck can carry different plated trailers. Such as approtianed, combo, trailer and token trailer.

Here is what the Texas DOT site says about length: Commercial truck and semitrailer combination transporting automobiles or boats overall unlimited, trailer limited to 59’

now just a regular truck and trailer is limited to 65' but if we register our truck commercially, have combo plates and commercially inspected then we still have to take off our bed?

 

I saw that law also...They contradict theirselves since they try to apply our trucks into both categories. Although even if they did allow beds in texas as long as the truck was commercially registered you'd have to pull the bed off if you ever wanted to cross state lines. I don't understand how each states definitions of things and laws can be that different from each other just so that they have an excuse to write out fines.

 

Well just like they do in ohio and california! Whatever it takes for the state to make a buck!!! Death to the truckers and haulers but they sure do love our money!!

I like what an old timer owner operator told me. He said he would love to challenge the federal government to open the scale houses 2 times a week and run all the 4-wheelers in and check them out. You know correct wear on tires, insurance, current inspection, current license, and everything properly working on the car. He said after a month of writing tickets they would have more money than they would know what to do. I guess we are just to easy a target!!

 

My Truck Is Registered In Ny ,,and I Commute To Nj Every Day. I Have A 53ft Applachian 3/4 Hauler. I Had To Get Apportioned Plates For My Truck Bc I Was Goin Interstate. I Got Pulled Ova By New Jersey Dot And They Never Gave Me A Problem And Actually Gave Me A Sticker For My Truck Saying It Passed All Inspections

 

What kind of working are you doing - auctions? How is that treating you...

 

i keep seeing in this post where if your taged as a commercial vehicle your ok not true as stated in fl it doesent matter if the truck has a bed on it i have apportion tags for 42,000 and cdl's my hotshotter is 65' 6" and to stay leagel in the bikini state i have to buy a permit every year i belive it cost me 18 bucks but thats cheaper than a tikiet for 6 inchs about a year ago i was in a scale in fl and the scalemaster told me that the fine was a grand dont no if he was pulling my leg just glad the company im leased 2 gets the permits for fl for all of us with 40ft flats but as for other states we havent had any issuses yet anyway

 

Yeah I know what you mean. So many states have their own rules above the FMCSA it is very hard to know everything for every state. This is one of the reasons I don't and wont run florida. Even when I had my short trailer it was always something with those guys down that way.

 

Hi,

I pull a 35 ft Travel Trailer with a 4 dr Dodge LWB Dually. Is there a length restiction with a truck like this? Totsl length would be around 55ft.

 

Yeah! You are considered at truck pulling a trailer. Most states have things for travel trailers and others just say trailers but with it being pulled by a regular truck you can be no longer than 65'.