R909-2-4. Legal Size Vehicle Dimensions

(1) Maximum legal vehicle dimensions, laden and un-laden, that may be operated without special permits on Utah Highways:

(a) height: 14 feet

(b) width: 8 feet 6 inches; and

(c) length: See Table 1 Legal Size Vehicle Dimensions

  TABLE 1

  Legal Size Vehicle Dimensions

Vehicle Maximum Comments

                 Length

Single motor 45 feet Measured from bumper to bumper.

vehicle

Semi-Trailer 53 feet A trailer may not exceed 53 feet.

Double trailer 61 feet Measured from the front of the first

combinations trailer to the rear of the second

                               trailer, excluding appurtenances.

                               There is no overall length

                               limitation on a truck tractor and

                               double trailer combination when

                               the trailers coupled together

                               measure 61 feet or less.

Stinger-steered 80 feet Stinger-steered Automobile

Automobile or less transports are measured

Transporter from bumper to bumper and may

                              have a front overhang of 4 feet or

                              less and a rear overhang of 6

                              feet or less, with a maximum

                              vehicle length of 80 feet or less

                              (excluding overhangs).

Saddle Mount 97 feet This will allow a maximum of three

                               saddle mount vehicles, one power

                               unit and one full mount.

Truck trailer 65 feet Measured from bumper to bumper.

combination

Dromedary unit 65 feet Truck tractor, unloaded box deck

                               and trailer. A dromedary unit is

                               considered a truck trailer

                               configuration whether laden or

                               un-laden.

                  75 feet Dromedary units transporting Class

                               1 Explosives or munitions related

                               Security materials, as specified by

                               the Department of Defense, are

                               allowed up to 75 feet of overall

                               length on the interstates. US

                               highways and reasonable access

                               routes without requiring a permit.

                               Reasonable access means to the

                               Interstate or US highway system.

All other 65 feet Measured from bumper to bumper.

combinations

including

recreational

vehicles

Overhang 3 feet Overhang may not carry any load

                   front extending more than 3 feet beyond

                   6 feet the front of the power unit or more

                   rear than 6 feet beyond the rear of the

                               bed or body of the vehicle.

Drawbar 15 feet The drawbar or other connection

                               between any two vehicles, one of

                               which is towing or drawing the other

                               on a highway, may not exceed 15 feet

                               in length from one vehicle to the

                               other, measured from box to box or

                               frame to frame, except in the case

                               of a connection between any two

                               vehicles transporting poles, pipe,

                               machinery, or structural material

                               that cannot be dismembered when

                               transported upon a pole trailer.

Commercial 82 feet Consisting of a trailer transporter

delivery or less towing unit and 2 trailers or

of light and semitrailers with a total weight

                               medium duty not to exceed 26,000 lbs;

                               and in trailers which the trailers or

                               semitrailers carry no property and

                               constitute inventory property of a

                               manufacturer, distributer, or dealer

                               of such trailers or semitrailers,

                               may have an overall length

                               limitation of 82 feet or less

                               on a towaway trailer transporter

                               combination.