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TRAILER REGULATIONS
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section
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TRAILER SIZE LIMITS |
TRAILER BRAKES |
RIDING
PERMITTED |
CAMPING
PERMITTED |
| State/Province |
Length |
Combined
Trailer/
Towing Vehicle |
Width |
Height |
Independent
Brake System (A) |
In Towed Trailer |
In Pickup Camper |
In State
Rest Areas |
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United States: |
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Alabama |
40' |
60' |
8' |
13 1/2' |
3,000 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Alaska |
40' |
75' |
8 1/2' |
14' |
5,000 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
As posted |
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Arizona |
Varies |
65' |
8' |
13 1/2' |
3,000 lbs. |
Yes (C) |
Yes |
No tents |
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Arkansas |
- |
- |
8 1/2' |
13 1/2' |
3,000 lbs. |
No |
- |
No |
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California |
40' |
65' |
8 1/2' |
14' |
1,500 lbs. |
No (F) |
Yes (F) |
No |
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Colorado |
45 |
70' |
8' 1/2" |
13' |
3,000 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Connecticut |
45' |
60' |
8 1/2' |
13 1/2' |
3,000 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Delaware |
40' |
70' |
8' 1/2" |
13' 1/2" |
4,000 lbs. |
No |
NR (B) |
No |
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D.C. |
40' |
55' |
8' |
13' |
3,000 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
- |
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Florida |
48' |
65' |
8 1/2' |
13 1/2' |
3,000 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
As posted |
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Georgia |
- |
55' |
8' |
13 1/2' |
3,000 lbs. |
No |
NR (B) |
No |
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Hawaii |
40' |
65' |
9' |
13 1/2' |
3,000 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
- |
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Idaho |
48' |
75' |
8 1/2' |
14' |
1,500 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Illinois |
42' |
60' |
8' |
13 1/2' |
3,000 lbs. |
No |
NR (B) |
No |
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Indiana |
- |
60' |
8' 1/2" |
13' 1/2" |
3,000 lbs. |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Iowa |
- |
65' |
8 1/2' |
13 1/2' |
3,000 lbs. |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Kansas |
45' |
Varies |
8' 1/2" |
14' |
Yes |
No |
Yes (J) |
Yes |
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Kentucky |
- |
65' |
8' |
13' 1/2" |
Not required |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Louisiana |
30' |
70' |
8' |
13' 1/2" |
3,000 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Maine |
45' |
65' |
8' 1/2" |
13' 1/2" |
3,000 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
As posted |
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Maryland |
- |
55' |
8' 1/2" |
13' 1/2" |
3,000 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Massachusetts |
33' |
- |
8' 1/2" |
13' 1/2" |
10,000 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Michigan |
- |
60' (M) |
8' |
13' 1/2" |
3,000 lbs. |
Yes |
Yes |
As posted |
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Minnesota |
40' |
60' |
8' 1/2" |
13' 1/2" |
3,000 lbs. |
NR (B) |
NR (B) |
As posted |
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Mississippi |
- |
50' |
8' 1/2" |
13' 1/2" |
2,000 lbs. |
No |
No |
- |
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Missouri |
- |
60' |
8' |
13' 1/2" |
Not required |
Yes |
Yes |
As posted |
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Montana |
- |
65' |
8' 1/2" |
13' 1/2" |
3,000 lbs. |
No (N) |
Yes |
As posted |
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Nebraska |
40' |
65' |
8' 1/2" |
14' 1/2" |
3,000 lbs. |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Nevada |
- |
70' |
8' 1/2" |
14' |
3,000 lbs. (G) |
No |
Yes |
As posted |
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New Hampshire |
- |
48' |
8' |
13' 1/2" |
1,500 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
No |
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New Jersey |
40' |
48' |
8' |
13' 1/2" |
3,000 lbs. |
NR (B) |
NR (B) |
Yes |
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New Mexico |
40' |
65' |
8' |
14' |
3,000 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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New York |
- |
60' (E) |
8' |
13' 1/2" |
3,000 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
As posted |
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North Carolina |
48' |
60' |
8' 1/2" |
13' 1/2" |
1,000 lbs. |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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North Dakota |
60' |
75' |
8' 1/2" |
14' |
Required |
No (M) |
Yes |
NR (B) |
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Ohio |
- |
65' |
8' 1/2" |
13' 1/2" |
2,000 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Oklahoma |
- |
65' |
8' |
13' |
3,000 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Oregon |
35' |
(F) |
8' 1/2" |
14' |
None (F) |
No (M) |
Yes |
No |
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Pennsylvania |
40' |
60' |
8 1/2' |
13' 1/2" |
3,000 lbs. |
No (F) |
Yes |
No |
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Rhode Island |
48 1/2' |
60' |
8 1/2' |
13 1/2' |
4,000 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
As posted |
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South Carolina |
53' |
- |
8 1/2' |
13 1/2' |
3,000 lbs. |
No |
Yes (J) |
No |
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South Dakota |
- |
70' (J) |
8 1/2' |
14' |
3,000 lbs. |
No (M) |
Yes |
No |
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Tennessee |
48' |
65' |
8' |
13 1/2' |
3,000 lbs. |
Yes (J) |
Yes (J) |
No |
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Texas |
- |
65' |
8 1/2' |
14' |
4,500 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Utah |
48' |
65' |
8 1/2' |
14' |
2,000 lbs. |
No |
- |
As posted |
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Vermont |
48' |
65' |
8 1/2' |
13 1/2' |
3,000 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Virginia |
- |
65' |
8 1/2' |
13 1/2' |
3,000 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Washington |
48' |
75' |
8 1/2' |
14' |
3,000 lbs. (F) |
No |
Yes |
No |
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West Virginia |
40 |
65' |
8' |
13 1/2' |
3,000 lbs. |
NR (B) |
NR (B) |
No |
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Wisconsin |
40' |
65' |
8 1/2' |
13 1/2' |
3,000 lbs. |
No (L) |
Yes |
No |
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Wyoming |
60' |
85' |
8 1/2' |
14' |
3,000 lbs. |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Canada |
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Alberta |
- |
20 m |
2.6 m |
3.85 m |
909 kg |
No |
Yes (I) |
No |
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British Columbia |
12.5 m |
20 m |
2.6 m |
4.15 m |
1,400 kg |
No |
NR |
No |
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Manitoba |
12.5 m |
21.5 m |
2.6 m |
4.15 m |
910 kg |
No |
Yes |
As posted |
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New Brunswick |
16.2 m |
23 m |
2.6 m |
4.15 m |
1.5 tons |
No |
No |
As posted |
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New Foundland |
- |
23 m |
2.6 m |
4.1 m |
Not required (F) |
NR (B) |
NR (B) |
As posted |
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NWT Nunavit |
- |
25 m |
- |
- |
1,360 kg |
No |
Yes (I) |
- |
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Nova Scotia |
14.65 m |
23 m |
2.6 m |
4.15 m |
1.800 kg |
No |
Yes (J) |
Yes |
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Ontario |
12.5 m |
23 m |
2.6 m |
4.15 m |
1,360 kg |
No |
- |
NR (B) |
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Prince Edward Is. |
16.2 m |
23 m |
2.6 m |
4.5 m |
1,500 kg |
Yes |
Yes |
As posted |
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Quebec |
12.5 m |
23 m |
2.6 m |
4.15 m |
1,300 tons |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Saskatchewan |
16.2 m |
23 m |
2.6 m |
4.15 m |
1,360 |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Yukon Territory |
- |
22 m |
2.5 m |
4.2 m |
910 kg |
No |
Yes |
No |
SPECIAL
NOTES
(A) Required if gross weight
exceeds amount shown
(B) No regulations
(C) Permitted but not
recommended (D) Maximum width 8 ft. on Interstate
(E) Total 55 ft. if
trailer exceeds 45 ft.
(F) Check with state/province for exceptions and
restrictions
(G) If trailer was manufactured after July 1, 1975,
independent braking system is required when gross weight is 1,500 lbs. or
more
(H) Person must be seated in a regular passenger seat or in a seat
permanently mounted to camper
(I) Owner's family only
(J) Special
provisions apply
(K) Required on second towed vehicle
(L) Permitted
in fifth-wheelers only
(M) Special provisions apply to
fifth-wheelers
RV RESTRICTIONS
ALABAMA-House trailers more than 40
ft. long or 8 ft. wide excluded without state
permit.
CALIFORNIA-Maximum of one boat or general utility
trailer may be towed behind passenger of pleasure
vehicles.
COLORADO-No trailers permitted on Broadmoor-Chyenne
Mountain Highway Or Pikes Peak Auto
Highway.
CONNECTICUT-Recreational Vehicles whose limits exceed 7
1/2 ft. wide, 8 ft. high, 24 ft long and 7,500 lbs. are prohibited on
Merritt and Wilbur Parkways.
ILLINOIS-No trailers on bridge
between Fulton, Illinois, and Clinton, Iowa.
IOWA-Travel
trailers, house trailers and mobile homes over 3,000 lbs. are required to
have brakes, equalizing hitches and sway control.
MARYLAND-No
vehicles with bottled gas permitted in Baltimore Harbor Tunnel and Fort
McHenry Tunnel.
MINNESOTA-Breakaway brakes are required for
trailers weighing 6,000 lbs. gross and
over.
MISSISSIPPI-Trailers longer than 32 ft. prohibited on
Natchez Trace.
MONTANA-See Glacier National Park for RV
restrictions on the Going-to-the-Sun Road.
NEVADA-More than one
boat or general utility trailer ma be towed behind passenger or pleasure
vehicles; check with state restrictions.
NEW YORK-Use on most
parkways prohibited; check with state for restrictions.
NORTH
CAROLINA-Independent brake system required on house trailers weighing
more than 1,000 lbs. and manufactured after December 31,
1974.
UTAH-Breakaway braking system required if over 3,000
lbs.
VIRGINIA-No camping vehicles carrying more than two
non-permanently mounted 45 lbs. bottled gas tanks with valves closed:
Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and
Norfolk-Portsmouth Tunnel.
WISCONSIN-Riding in fifth-wheel
trailers permitted under certain conditions. |
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LAWS , 71st Edition, Copyright AAA, 2005 . While reasonable efforts were made to
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warrant the accuracy of the information and disclaim all liability or any claims
and damages of any nature that may arise from errors or omissions. If you have
any questions regarding State/Province or local laws, please consult with the
appropriate government agency.
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