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	Federal Size Regulations for Commercial Motor Vehicles - FHWA
		Semitrailers up to the maximum length that were actually and lawfully operating in a truck tractor-semitrailer combination in a State on December 1, 1982, may continue to operate after that date.
		Semitrailers that are covered by 23 CFR 658.13 (g) may operate without a permit, provided the distance from the kingpin to the center of the rear axle is 46 feet or less.
		Semitrailers that are covered by 23 CFR 658.13 (g) may operate without a permit, pro-vided the distance from the kingpin to the center of the rear axle is 46 feet or less.
	ops.fhwa.dot.gov /freight/publications/size_regs_final_rpt (3100 words)

	TWNA - Glossary - Trucking Terms
		Anchor pin at the center of a semitrailer's upper coupler which is captured by the locking jaws of a tractor's fifth wheel to attach the tractor to the semitrailer.
		Semitrailer built with reinforcements to withstand transport by a railroad flatcar.
		Mechanism that allows a tandem axle suspension to be moved back and forth at the rear of a semitrailer, for the purpose of adjusting the distribution of weight between the axles and fifth wheel.
	www.twna.org /trucking_terms.htm (2808 words)

	DMV - V.C. Section 35401.5 - Combination of Vehicles: Additional Exceptions
		A semitrailer not more than 53 feet in length shall satisfy this requirement when configured with two or more rear axles, the rearmost of which is located 40 feet or less from the kingpin or when configured with a single axle which is located 38 feet or less from the kingpin.
		For purposes of this paragraph, a motortruck used in combination with a semitrailer, when that combination of vehicles is engaged solely in the transportation of motor vehicles, camper units, or boats, is considered to be a truck tractor.
		It is also the intent of the Legislature that this action not be a precedent for future increases in the distance from the kingpin to the rearmost axle of semitrailers that would adversely affect the turning maneuverability of vehicle combinations.
	www.dmv.ca.gov /pubs/vctop/d15/vc35401_5.htm (565 words)

	Iowa Code 2001: Section 321.457
		A trailer or semitrailer, laden or unladen, shall not have an overall length in excess of fifty-three feet when operating in a truck tractor-semitrailer combination exclusive of retractable extensions used to support the load.
		A lowboy semitrailer, laden or unladen, which is designed and exclusively used for the transportation of construction equipment shall not have an overall length in excess of fifty-seven feet when used in a truck tractor-semitrailer combination.
		When the semitrailers in a truck tractor- semitrailer-semitrailer combination are connected by a rigid frame extension including a fifth-wheel connection point attached to the rear frame of the first semitrailer, the length of the frame extension shall not be included when determining the overall length of the first semitrailer.
	www.legis.state.ia.us /IACODE/2001/321/457.html (665 words)

	CHAPTER 10
		When semitrailers are stacked and shipped as cargo or moved as a matter of convenience, be sure to coordinate with the receiving authority to ensure that the shipment can be unloaded.
		When the transporting semitrailer is not hooked up to a tractor during loading operations, ensure that the surface on which the landing gear rests is firm.
		Shift the recovery vehicle to the rear of the transported semitrailer and, using the rear lifting shackles, lift it free of the transporting semitrailer.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/policy/army/fm/55-30/ch10.htm (4916 words)

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		A motor vehicle with a trailer or semitrailer shall be operated, with regard to the length of the vehicle, pursuant to this section.
		If the overall length of a vehicle with a trailer or semitrailer is longer than 68 feet but not longer than 72 feet, and if the distance between the steering axle to the rearmost tractor axle is 23 feet or less, a permit may be issued pursuant to subdivision 1402(b)(1) of this title.
		If the overall length of a vehicle with a trailer or semitrailer is longer than 68 feet but not longer than 72 feet, and if the distance between the steering axle to the rearmost tractor axle is greater than 23 feet in length, a permit may be issued pursuant to subdivision 1402(b)(2) of this title.
	www.leg.state.vt.us /docs/2000/calendar/hc000513.doc (4828 words)

	The Reporter - Driver killed when semitrailer hits barn
		A truck pulled out of a driveway across the highway from the barn, and a semitrailer traveling south on Highway 26 switched lanes to avoid the truck, he said.
		Tire marks from the northbound semitrailer began between 35 and 50 feet before the barn.
		The impact of the semitrailer crashing into the barn knocked the wall off the opposite side of the barn.
	www.wisinfo.com /thereporter/news/archive/local_22135403.shtml (548 words)

	Legislative Statute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Sections 60-102 to 60-117 shall apply to motor vehicles, commercial trailers, and semitrailers required to be registered under sections 60-301 to 60-306 and all cabin trailers defined in section 60-614 whether or not any such cabin trailer is required to be registered under sections 60-301 to 60-306.
		It shall be the duty of the owner or owners of such a motor vehicle, commercial trailer, semitrailer, or cabin trailer to which such number is assigned, to have such number affixed to such vehicle in a manner prescribed by the department.
		If he or she is satisfied that the applicant is the owner of such motor vehicle and that the application is in the proper form, the county clerk shall issue a certificate of title over his or her signature and sealed with his or her seal.
	statutes.unicam.state.ne.us /corpus/chapall/chap60.html (12103 words)

	FHWA - FAPG 23 CFR 658, Truck Size and Weight, Route Designations - Length, Width and Weight Limitations
		For purposes of this regulation all appurtenances at the front or rear of a commercial motor vehicle semitrailer, or trailer, whose function is related to the safe and efficient operation of the semitrailer or trailer.
		The trailing unit is a trailer or semitrailer with a cargo box so designed that the power unit may be loaded and unloaded through the trailing unit.
		The noncargo carrying power unit that operates in combination with a semitrailer or trailer, except that a truck tractor and semitrailer engaged in the transportation of automobiles may transport motor vehicles on part of the power unit.
	www.fhwa.dot.gov /legsregs/directives/fapg/cfr0658b.htm (6374 words)

	Official Code 32-6-24
		(3) "Extendable semitrailer" means a semitrailer that has been manufactured for the purpose of extending the frame to increase the overall length for the purpose of transporting single-piece loads.
		(4) "Semitrailer" means a detachable load-carrying unit designed to be attached to a coupling on the rear of a truck tractor by which it is partly supported.
		Empty extendable semitrailers or extendable semitrailers transporting a single-piece load of 53 feet or less shall be required to maintain a semitrailer length of 53 feet or less.
	www.state.ga.us /cgi-bin/pub/ocode/ocgsearch?docname=OCode/G/32/6/24 (340 words)

	Chapter 0052 - 451R - H Ver of HB2486
		A combination of vehicles, excluding a vehicle transporter and the semitrailer it draws, that is coupled together shall not consist of more than two units, except that a truck or truck tractor and semitrailer may draw either one trailer or a forklift.
		The length of a semitrailer operating in a truck tractor-semitrailer combination or a truck tractor-semitrailer-forklift combination shall not exceed fifty-seven feet six inches.
		The length of a semitrailer or trailer operating in a truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination shall not exceed twenty-eight feet six inches.
	www.azleg.state.az.us /legtext/45leg/1r/laws/0052.htm (819 words)

	Section 304-170 Regulations as to width, height and len
		All length provisions regarding automobile or boat transporters, truck-trailer boat transporter combinations and stinger-steered combinations shall include a semitrailer length not to exceed fifty-three feet and are exclusive of front and rear overhang, which shall be no greater than a three-foot front overhang and no greater than a four-foot rear overhang.
		No truck-tractor semitrailer-semitrailer combination vehicles operated upon the interstate and designated primary highway system of this state shall have a semitrailer length in excess of twenty-eight feet or twenty-eight and one-half feet if the semitrailer was in actual and lawful operation in any state on December 1, 1982, operating in a truck-tractor semitrailer-semitrailer combination.
		The B-train assembly is excluded from the measurement of semitrailer length when used between the first and second semitrailer of a truck-tractor semitrailer-semitrailer combination, except that when there is no semitrailer mounted to the B-train assembly, it shall be included in the length measurement of the semitrailer.
	www.moga.state.mo.us /statutes/C300-399/3040000170.HTM (758 words)

	SB 496 - Vehicle Lengths, Loads - change provisions - Fulltext
		1-24 (2) 'Combination of vehicles' means a semitrailer pulled 1-25 by a truck tractor or a semitrailer and trailer pulled 1-26 by a truck tractor operating in a truck 1-27 tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination.
		means the 2-10 noncargo-carrying power unit that operates in 2-11 combination with a semitrailer or trailer, except that a 2-12 truck tractor and semitrailer engaged in the 2-13 transportation of automobiles may transport motor 2-14 vehicles on part of the power unit.
		Empty extendable 3- 8 semitrailers or extendable semitrailers transporting a 3- 9 single-piece load of 53 feet or less shall be required 3-10 to maintain a semitrailer length of 53 feet or less.
	www.legis.state.ga.us /legis/1999_00/fulltext/lc251708.htm (832 words)

	The Reporter - Driver of semitrailer that struck barn near Rosendale identified (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The semitrailer then dropped through the main level of the barn and landed on the lower level, according to Sheriff’s Department authorities.
		The semitrailer was completely covered with hay bales inside the barn, making it difficult for rescue personnel to reach the driver.
		The driver of the southbound semitrailer remained at the scene until authorities arrived.
	www.wisinfo.com /thereporter/news/archive/local_22147864.shtml (564 words)

	SB 272 - Vehicle Length Limitations - change provisions
		1-24 (B) 'Combination of vehicles' means a semitrailer 1-25 pulled by a truck tractor or a semitrailer and trailer 1-26 pulled by a truck tractor operating in a truck 1-27 tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination.
		1-28 (C) 'Semitrailer' shall be defined as a detachable 1-29 load-carrying unit designed to be attached to a 1-30 coupling on the rear of a truck tractor by which it is 1-31 partly supported.
		A semitrailer which 3-31 exceeds 48 feet but does not exceed a maximum 57 feet 3-32 6 inches in length shall not have a kingpin distance 3-33 greater than 41 feet.
	www.legis.state.ga.us /legis/1997_98/fulltext/sb272.htm (1833 words)

	DMV - V.C. Section 4003.5 - Other Vehicles: One-Trip Permit
		Each permit shall be completed prior to operation of the trailer or semitrailer or auxiliary dolly on a highway.
		The permit shall be carried on the trailer, semitrailer, or auxiliary dolly to which it applies in an appropriate receptacle inaccessible from the inside of the cab and shall be readily available for inspection by a peace officer.
		Each permit is valid at the time of inspection by a peace officer only if it has been completed as required by the department and has been placed in the appropriate receptacle as required by this section.
	www.dmv.ca.gov /pubs/vctop/d03/vc4003_5.htm (231 words)

	FMCSA - Regulation: 658.13
		, State length limitations on a semitrailer were described in terms of the distance from the kingpin to rearmost axle, or end of semitrailer, the operation of any semitrailer that complies with that limitation must be allowed.
		However, when there is no semitrailer mounted to the B—train assembly, it will be included in the length measurement of the semitrailer, the length limitation in this case being 48 feet, or longer if grandfathered.
		(e)(5)(iii) Truck tractor—beverage semitrailer combinations shall have the same access to points of loading and unloading as 28—foot semitrailers (28.5—foot where allowed by §658.13) in 23 CFR 658.19.
	www.fmcsa.dot.gov /rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/658.13.htm (1124 words)

	Welcome to RCOC Online--Permits
		The total length of 50 feet shall have a wheelbase of 40.5 feet plus or minus 0.5 feet, measured from the kingpin coupling to the center of the rear axles or to the center of the tandem axle assembly if equipped with 2 axles.
		A truck tractor and semitrailer combination a with a semitrailer length longer than 50 feet shall not be allowed to operate with more that 2 axles on the semitrailer.
		All truck tractor and semitrailer combination with a semitrailer length longer than 50 feet shall travel exclusively on highways designated by the appropriate road authority.
	www.rcocweb.org /permits/weigh_tables.asp (476 words)

	Indiana Code 9-20-13 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		(1) The maximum length of the semitrailer unit operating in a truck-tractor-semitrailer combination is fifty-three (53) feet, including the vehicle and the load.
		(2) The maximum length of the semitrailer unit or trailer operating in a truck-tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination is twenty-eight (28) feet, six (6) inches.
		Notwithstanding section 2 of this chapter, a semitrailer longer than forty-eight (48) feet, six (6) inches, may be operated on a highway designated as part of the state highway system under IC 8-23-4 only if the distance between the kingpin and the rearmost axle of the semitrailer is not more than forty-three (43) feet.
	www.in.gov /legislative/ic/code/title9/ar20/ch13.html (333 words)

	FMCSA - Regulation: 658.5
		Semitrailer has the same meaning as in 49 CFR 390.5.
		A truck tractor semitrailer wherein the fifth wheel is located on a drop frame located behind and below the rear—most axle of the power unit.
		The B—train assembly is a rigid frame extension attached to the rear frame of a first semitrailer which allows for a fifth wheel connection point for the second semitrailer.
	www.fmcsa.dot.gov /rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/658.5.htm (1225 words)

	Highway Division - May Bulletin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		(5) "Automobile transporter towing stinger-steered semitrailer" means an automobile transporter having the fifth-wheel assembly mounted on a stinger or extension to the framework of the truck.
		The semitrailer may not be longer than 53 feet, and overall length must be 105 feet or less.
		(b) Truck-tractor and semitrailer combinations, which may include an auxiliary axle, shall not exceed the length limits as shown on the reverse of Group Map 1 or Route Map 7, whichever is greater, and the semitrailer shall not exceed 53 feet in length including the auxiliary axle.
	arcweb.sos.state.or.us /rules/0505_Bulletin/0505_ch734_bulletin.html (5199 words)

	Minnesota Statutes 2005, 169.81
		However, statewide, a single semitrailer may exceed 48 feet, but not 53 feet, if the distance from the kingpin to the centerline of the rear axle group of the semitrailer does not exceed 43 feet.
		(d) For determining compliance with this subdivision, the length of the semitrailer or trailer must be determined separately from the overall length of the combination of vehicles.
		These combinations of vehicles must be equipped with sufficient clearance markers, or lamps for night transportation, on both sides and upon the extreme ends of a projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
	www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us /stats/169/81.html (1433 words)

	Transportation Operations_734_073
		(2) "Automobile transporter towing stinger-steered semitrailer" means an automobile transporter having the fifth-wheel assembly mounted on a stinger or extension to the framework of the truck.
		(4) "Boat transporter towing stinger-steer semitrailer" means a boat transporter having the fifth-wheel assembly mounted on a stinger or extension to the framework of the truck.
		The saddle is a mechanism that connects the front axle of the towed vehicle to the frame or fifth wheel of the vehicle in front and functions like a fifth wheel kingpin connection.
	arcweb.sos.state.or.us /rules/OARS_700/OAR_734/734_073.html (3051 words)

	HOUSE CALENDAR
		No motor vehicle, with or without trailer or semi-trailer attached, which is longer than 65 feet overall shall be operated upon any highway except as otherwise provided herein or under special permission from the commissioner of motor vehicles.
		]* semitrailer is equipped with a rear-end protective device of substantial construction consisting of a continuous lateral beam extending to within four inches of the lateral extremities of the *[
		]* semitrailers when being used to support the ends of poles, timbers, pipes, or structural members capable, generally, of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections, the overall length of which may exceed 60 feet under special permission from the commissioner of motor vehicles.
	www.leg.state.vt.us /docs/2000/calendar/hc000513.htm (6084 words)

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