Virginia Legal Length

However, the length of a tractor truck semitrailer combination may exceed 65 feet in length, provided the semitrailer does not exceed 53 feet in length and the distance between the kingpin of the semitrailer and the rearmost axle or a point midway between the rear tandem axles does not exceed 41 feet.

I'm sure your fine, if your rear axle is 46' as it states midway ( spot between the axles) meets the 41' requirement.

 

If your trailer meets the their requirement of 41ft from king pin to center of the rear axles you can be over 65ft. Honestly I don’t think they pay much attention. I ran out there a lot with a 280” wheelbase and a 52ft spread axle cow trailer and never got looked at.

 

My only question is , Is the middle between your spreads 41' or less. If it is say 42' then I would say yes it needs a permit, but if its 41' or less it clearly is allowed. But your call, as in not my ticket if Im wrong. Goodluck

 

The 65 foot deal is off of STAA routes.

 

I run Virginia every week..... most of my IFTA miles every quarter are Virginia and NC. Im 83ft long with a W9 and a 3 axle RGN. I only permit if my annual doesnt cover the dimensions. When I pull on the scales on I-77/95/81/64, none of my trailer axles are even on the scale. Sometimes the woman at the scale on I-77 yells for me to pull up so she can weigh the rear but, its not often. I believe my KP length is roughly 56ft. VA has never bothered me..... of course I stay on the main roads. And like @ElmerFudpucker says, thats only on state routes.

Edit to add: I guess I should have stated that when im hauling legal dimensions they never bother me...... cause if im permitted obviously I have "permission" to run under the dimensions.

 

Yea, Cali is like that or used to enforce it, here they have-not bothered me ( at least) when off truck routes, which is fairly frequent. But they used to back in the 80's and 90's.

 

Virginia really only enforces it if you are try to dodge the scale. Other than that you really don’t want to be on state routes. They are skinny and crooked