Originally Posted By: Chris142
That may be true in your state but most states do have a maximum limit if 65-70 ft
Nice try Skippy. Spend a couple minutes on Google and you'll find out that there is no maximum limit of the tractor. There is a maximum limit of the trailer.
From the Department of Transportation:
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A State may not impose an overall length limit on a truck tractor pulling a single semitrailer or a limit on the distance between the axles of such a truck tractor. A truck tractor is defined as a non-cargo-carrying power unit used in combination with a semitrailer.
In simple terms, there is no federally mandated limit on the length of a tractor, and the states may not impose a limit. The tractor can be any length-just Google "the red giant truck". Its total length is 93', the trailer is 53', and it can operate in any of the lower 48 states-the tractor alone is almost 36 feet. Of course the weight makes it impractical for anything other than a rolling billboard.
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The STAA also regulated the length of CMVs. In 1982, Congress established minimum length standards for most commercial truck tractor-semitrailers and for twin trailers pulled behind a truck tractor. (See discussion beginning on page 2.) Congressional involvement in vehicle length reflected the desire to standardize the enforcement of length along the NN and to thereby eliminate any administrative and operating confusion caused by varying State provisions governing commercial vehicle length along that element of U.S. highways.
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Length limits and other provisions have been adopted for six types of specialized equipment: automobile and boat transporter combinations, B-train combinations, beverage semitrailers, maxi-cube vehicles, saddlemount combinations, and dromedaries.
If you need help using Google feel free to ask. It's really simple.