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75 feet on Federal freeways

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Hell I thought it would have been gone a couple pages ago.

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I hated towing my 42 when I bought the 50 i got my new house on the water now all I do is walk 600 feet. :drink:

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So.......i got all the laws for commercial...where did you get this info...most of the info i got was different from state to state...and will i get away with over lenght towing....do they have a permit for this too??...I see many stackers and motor homes..not even gooseneck over the 75 or so limit...and they say there basically getting away with it cause of course they never have to scale out....????

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let me rephrase,Federally FUNDED freeways,RV only non-commercial, no scales. I used to keep the exact law/statuate in my rig if I got pulled over but in essence it states that the federal law overides the state law on length restrictions up to 75 ft if the road was federally funded.This was a huge deal for us [duners] and drag racers who had multiple cars and equiptment. the problem was on smaller or non-federal roads you were screwed and at the mercy of the LEO

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Most of you boys stopped playing with little boat in the bathtub a long time ago. So now you need to stop playing with your little trucks and get something like this, they extended the hood and chopped the top, 600hp and 2050 ft.lbs.trk.

You guys need to learn how and play nice or I'm taking my trucks and going home. :rolleyes:

And I'm sending my dad over to beat up your dad :eek:

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Sweet looking rig! Nice paint...

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Bad @ss, but way to long. My Nortech is over 60 feet on the trailer and it would suck trying to get it around with that. I am looking for a IH 4700-4900 crew cab that I can shorten up and run an 8 foot bed on.

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The 8 footers are good for 5th wheels but if your pulling with a hitch (or a pintle, as I do) you'll like the comfort of 12' or 14'. 8' will be like riding a pogo stick.

The International is a good durable truck but I hated the cab room- too close to the dash and the motor is further back. The Freightliner has a much larger cab with the motor forward a bit- quieter and cooler in the summer. I also regret not holding out for an extended-cab. I wish I'd have gotten an automatic as well. If I had the $$ and could swing a new one, it would be the Pete 330 with the 320hp Cat and the Allison. Air ride. Extended crew cab with the 8' bed. Sweet rig.

There are 3 tupes of mediums- standard (22.5 wheels) standard 19.5's and lo-pro's. The lo-pro is a lower chassis- alot of people advertise "lo-pro" trucks that aren't. I bought the standard- the ride and tire life is much better but the turning radius is less. The lo-pro rides terrible. The standard chassis with 19.5's is a good compromise- not too tall and decent turning radius. It wouldn't be too comfortable on extended highway runs though- especially empty. I went to pick up a boat with my buddy in his. I felt like I'd been in a fight when we got done- about 14 hours in the truck.

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Hey Chris Sunkin, was that you I passed last weekend? I was pulling my 51' Outerlimits with my 1979 Ford Bronco with a 460 in it and air bags on the rear. I went by you so fast I'm not sure you seen me wave :evilb: JB