Commercial Truck and Stinger-Steered Semi-trailer Combination Transporting Automobiles (or Boats) No overall length limit Length Limits for Vehicles Unlimited 59 feet max. 3-foot overhang 4-foot overhang Stinger-steered automobile transporters are those with the fifth wheel located on a drop frame located behind and below the rear-most axle of the truck-tractor. & To qualify as an automobile and boat transporter, the vehicle must be capable of carrying cargo on the power unit. Traditional Boat or Automobile Transporter Combination Vehicle No overall length limit Traditional (conventional) auto- mobile transporters are those with the fifth Combinations wheel hitch located on the tractor frame over the drive axle or axles.
Unlimited 59 feet max. 3-foot overhang 4-foot overhang Truck camper units, designed to be loaded onto and unloaded from the bed of a pickup truck, can be hauled by automobile transporters Recreational 65 feet max. 2-Vehicle Combinations Motor Carrier
Motor home combinations, whether combined with a trailer, boat, or car, are limited to Division 65 feet overall length. Recreational 65 feet max. 3-Vehicle Combinations Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Combinations of three vehicles, whether truck-trailer-boat, or motor home-boat-car, November 2019 are limited to 65 feet overall length. Vehicle Length Limit Diagrams Truck Truck Tractor and Semitrailer Combination Tractor No length limit n oversize permit from State law does not on tractor 59 feet max. limit the length of Athe Texas Department of a truck tractor. Motor Vehicles may allow a vehicle or vehicle combination to exceed legal limits provided that the excessive length is not caused by hauling or No overall length limit towing multiple items. For Truck Tractor, Semitrailer, Trailer A semitrailer operated in a truck tractor and semitrailer combination is limited to 59 feet. information, call the Motor Axle Converter and 28.5 feet max. 28.5 feet max. Carrier Division at 1-800-299- Semitrailer 1700, press options 2,3,1. Combination For more information on vehicle length limitations: • Refer to these legal references: • Texas Transportation No length limit Code, Chapter 621 on tractor Trailer axle converter • Code of Federal A semitrailer and trailer operated in a truck tractor, semitrailer, and trailer combination is limited to 28-1/2 feet for each Regulations, Title 23, trailer or semitrailer. Truck and Trailer Combination Section 658.13. Truck • Visit the TxDMV website 65 feet max. 45 feet max. at www.txdmv.gov, under “Motor Carrier.” The length of a single vehicle, other than a • Visit the Federal Highway Administration at www. truck tractor, may not tail lift exceed 45 feet. load fhwa.dot.gov, search “length limits.”
4-foot A truck and trailer combination may not exceed 65 feet in overall length. overhang Truck and Semitrailer Combination Truck and Pole Combination 65 feet max. 65 feet max.
4-foot A truck and pole trailer combination may not exceed 65 feet in overall length. overhang A truck and semitrailer combination may not exceed 65 feet in overall length.