Posted by John in La on August 19, 2015 at 18:45:45 from (96.33.136.54):
Years ago states use to regulate the weight and size of commercial trucks. What was good in one state did not work in others. To standardize truck rules the federal government stepped in and forced all states to allow 53' single trailer 102" wide trailers Twin 28' pups And no overall length limit Some states were not happy but you gota do what the feds say if you want their money.
Now the new transportation and housing spending bill has a provision to allow twin 33' trailers in all states. Here we go again with the states complaining about safety; and trucking companies preaching reduce fuel consumption and less drivers needed.
We use twin 28' trailers where I work. With this set up and no sleeper on the truck we are at about 70 feet long. The twin 33' trailers will add 10' to our length making us about 80 feet long. And we do not use sleepers. For the big road trucks with double bunk sleepers they are gona be 85+ feet long.
The trucking companies must think this bill will pass as it is; because I have already seen new 33 foot trailers arriving at some of the bigger yards. Our company has told us these are for city single trailer use only but you can see they are set up to run double with pintle hooks and air line hookups already installed.
So watch for new 33 foot double trailers coming to a town near you in the not to distant future.
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