lion_singh
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Please help me with a newbie question. I have no heavy haul experience. The question I am asking is certainly dumb but surely has a good logical answer which I hope some of you will shed light on.
I am preparing a future heavy haul business plan for which I am evaluating purchase of 55 ton RGB like the Fontaine Magnitude 55H or the XL Specialized 110 HDG or something similar. These trailers have about 13 to 15 foot of bogie (the fixed tri axle at the back), about 25 to 29 feet of deck well, and then about 8 to 9 more feet to the kingpin. I am based out of California and I plan to run all 48 states. I researched California trailer length rules and I see that California requires kingpin to rear axle be no more than 40 feet. Other states probably have similar rules. So from the trailer dimensions I mentioned, there is no way these kind of 55ton RGB trailers would qualify to run in California and possibly many other states. So how come these trailers are able to run all over the country including California? I believe purchasing permit when loaded lets them run on the roads but what about the case of running when empty? Do they require permits to run empty? Surely the thousands of these trailers out there cannot be all running illegal when empty. So what is the legal basis for these trailers to be on the road when not carrying any load?
Regards,
Singh
I am preparing a future heavy haul business plan for which I am evaluating purchase of 55 ton RGB like the Fontaine Magnitude 55H or the XL Specialized 110 HDG or something similar. These trailers have about 13 to 15 foot of bogie (the fixed tri axle at the back), about 25 to 29 feet of deck well, and then about 8 to 9 more feet to the kingpin. I am based out of California and I plan to run all 48 states. I researched California trailer length rules and I see that California requires kingpin to rear axle be no more than 40 feet. Other states probably have similar rules. So from the trailer dimensions I mentioned, there is no way these kind of 55ton RGB trailers would qualify to run in California and possibly many other states. So how come these trailers are able to run all over the country including California? I believe purchasing permit when loaded lets them run on the roads but what about the case of running when empty? Do they require permits to run empty? Surely the thousands of these trailers out there cannot be all running illegal when empty. So what is the legal basis for these trailers to be on the road when not carrying any load?
Regards,
Singh