Trailer and Total Length

[Stephen Birtles]

try this on for size

http://www.wecamp2.com/size.html

Stephen 77fc35





--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "jwasnewski"
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> Thanks to all for the input. As usual, a deal to good to be true is
> just that. I am also concerned about insurance in the event of a
> catastrophic event. I knew you Western folks would have the info.
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> Leroy Eckert
> 1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
> Niceville, FL
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> > Leroy,
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> > I pull a 24' (box length) enclosed trailer, with a dune buggy and
> quads
> > inside. I have a 38' PT, and my total overall length is 68' 6",
> and I am
> > overlength by 3 1/2 feet. I've been doing it since 2001.
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> > I've never been stopped, but I know someone who has (he was 75'
> > overall....and he looked like a freight train). His ticket cost
> him $700, he was
> > deadlined at the side of the road on the California/Airzona border,
> and he had to
> > call someone with a dually pickup to take the trailer.
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> > My dune buggy group all have 40 footer+ motorhomes, and pull 24'
> trailers,
> > and one even has a 42 footer and pulls his 24 foot box trailer.
> None have
> > been stopped.
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> > I think if you stick to the freeways and other similar roadways,
> stay off
> > the city streets, most cops and highway patrol types will leave you
> alone. If
> > you are ever involved in a collision, and you are at fault, you can
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> > assured that the oversize issue will play a huge part in the civil
> litigation which
> > will surely follow.
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> > I'm considering downsizing to a smaller trailer, to keep me
> legal. FWIW....
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> > Kevin McKeown
> > Yorba Linda, CA
> > 1986 38' PT
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