passport2590bh
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Towing laws by state
Found this link in another thread and it seems that most states require a class D license to tow?
Florida: Who Needs a Class D License?
"Anyone who operates a truck that weighs 8,000 pounds or more."
Also just learned that I need to buy some flares:
"vehicles towing house trailers;
The following equipment must be carried:
Three flares, three red electric lanterns, or three red emergency reflectors."
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mowermech
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In Montana, the Class D license is the regular license that everybody gets.
Having the flares or reflectors is a good idea (I carry a set in the motorhome), but are you sure that a Travel Trailer is defined in the legal List Of Definitions as a "house trailer"?
Seems to me you need to find out exactly what a "house trailer" IS, according to the law, before you go buy something you may not need.
Unless, of course, you want them "just in case", like I do. Even though I have never used them.
Oh, by the way, be careful about that "list of Laws". It has been shown to be inaccurate many times. Double check everything you see in it!
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Good advise to check that list. Even Florida is spelled wrong.
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Your Dodge is only about 4600 lb.
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That web site gets used a lot for reference here, but it seems to have some errors and might be outdated…
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Kind of hard to say what is accurate and what is not because the reference section is never displayed.
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a1albert wrote:A lot of this is for comercial vehicles. For example they say the max speed in Oregon is 55 mph for towing. 55 mph towing in Oregon is for comercial towing not RV's,RV's in Oregon can do the 65 mph speed limit. I have checked with Oregon DOT and Oregon State Police and they both told me 65 mph for RV's.
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The proper question might be what is the speed limit for vehicles in tandem?
An RV is different from pulling a travel trailer/5th wheel hitched to a tow vehicle in Washington. Not sure if in Oregon they differentiate between the two but that's how it applies in Washington.
Here they post signs that give 2 speed limits when speed limits increase to 70 MPH; trucks 10 MPH lower than for cars. I was towing my boat in a posted 70 MPH speed zone, 60 MPH speed limit for trucks and got pulled over. The trooper just gave me a warning and told me the truck speed limit was for vehicles in tandem which included anything hitched to a tow vehicle. As I didn't want to turn a warning into a ticket I shut my pie hole, researched it online at the WAC website and found out he was correct.
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A lot of this is for comercial vehicles. For example they say the max speed in Oregon is 55 mph for towing. 55 mph towing in Oregon is for comercial towing not RV's,RV's in Oregon can do the 65 mph speed limit. I have checked with Oregon DOT and Oregon State Police and they both told me 65 mph for RV's.
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I did the Class D license (it was required at the time).. about 6 months later, FL changed the rule and the Class E was good for a truck 8,000. Rule has been Class E for several years.
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Why not just look at the DMV laws for your particular state?
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