California Regulations??

I'm just tired of feeling like the outcast because I like to show off my legs.

 

I didnt need to know that lol

 

Remember, you can gouge out your eyes with a soldering iron and your brain will still have that mental pic!

 

Yes it will... Might need to see if I can erase that file somehow... Maybe a hard reset...

 

SHC drop me a PM when you hit Vegas....RW

 

I got the same #### happen to me in CA! It put a point on my license too!

 

It doesnt matter what your trailer length is. It's a maximum of 40' kingpin to center of rear axle in CA!

 

http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/trucks/routes/truck-routes.htm

TRUCK SIZES
Height: Maximum 14 feet from the pavement. (See CVC Section 35250.)
Width: Maximum 102 inches, with certain exceptions. (See CVC Sections 35100-35111.)
Length: Single vehicle -- maximum 40 feet, with certain exceptions. Vehicle combination -- maximum 65 feet. STAA trucks and certain doubles may be longer than 65 feet as follows:
STAA Truck with Single Trailer: STAA Truck with Double Trailer: Semi-trailer = 48 feet maximum
KPRA = no limit
Combination length = no limit
-OR-
Semi-trailer = over 48 feet, but 53 feet maximum
KPRA = 40 feet max (if 2+ axles in rear)
KPRA = 38 feet max (if 1 axle in rear)
Combination length = no limit
Semi-trailer = 28 feet 6 inches maximum
Trailer = 28 feet 6 inches maximum
KPRA = no limit
Combination length = no limit

California Legal Truck with Single Trailer: California Legal Truck with Double Trailer: Semi-trailer = no limit
KPRA = 40 feet max (if 2+ axles in rear)br/ KPRA = 38 feet max (if 1 axle in rear)
Combination length = 65 feet max
Semi-trailer = 28 feet 6 inches max
Trailer = 28 feet 6 inches max
KPRA = no limit
Combination length = 75 feet max
-OR-
Either trailer or semi-trailer = 28 feet, 6 inches max; the other trailer has no limit
KPRA = no limit
Combination length = 65 feet max
For a graphic illustration of length dimensions of California Legal (black truck) and STAA (green truck) vehicles, see this web page: Truck Map Legend. (See also the CVC "Length" Section 35401.5.)

 

I wouldn't say I like it, well not after my $300 ticket for idling precisely 8 minutes, but if it pays I go!
That was just a $300 pot of coffee I was idling to make that morning....

Kinda like a cup from Starbucks ouch!