florida with a 53 foot spread axle

The Daytona 500 brings in a lot of money so they made sure to make an exemption for trucks associated with motorsports


Not just Daytona, but Sebring, Homestead, Miami, Gainesville. All those trucks with the big teams run DOT numbers and such, but are listed as "Not For Hire." Same as when I drove for a Movie company, we were private carriers.

 

That makes sense. I imagine even if they ran as commercial carriers they would still get the exemption. I run locally now hauling shipping containers and at times the longer ones run about 1 ft over length. We have an annual permit in the truck like fortycalglock said its only $20. A lot cheaper than the fine.

 

I'm reading it as 'CENTER of rear axle GROUP' ... So even with a spread axle as long as the center of those two axles are 41' he should've been legal; anyone else see it this way?

 

"center of the rear axle or rear group of axles does not exceed 41 feet"

To me that means either or.

 

No that means if you only have one rear axle it has to be at 41

 

I agree.... In Florida you can slide ure tandems all the way forward no problem since they allow 44k there, but in TN they also have that 41' law and they only allow up to 34k so juggling the weight here can be a B-word and a few holes can make a world of difference.... But seeing plenty of dry vans up and down I40 in TN with the 41' line in the middle of both rear axles I think the majority understands it the same way as I do

 

you mean "he" as the DOT officer right? I would fight it cause "he" can be wrong.

 

though I don't know too much about spread axles so "I" can be wrong too