(a) No single vehicle, unladen or with load, shall exceed a length of 42 feet extreme overall dimension.
(b) No combination of truck tractor and semi- trailer, unladen or with load, shall exceed a length of 55 feet extreme overall dimension. A truck tractor semitrailer may draw one trailer, and a truck in-transit may draw three trucks in-transit coupled together by the triple saddle mount method, and no such combination, unladen or with load, shall exceed a length of 60 feet extreme overall dimension except that such combination when specially designed to transport motor vehicles may have a length of 60 feet extreme overall dimension.
(c) No other combination of vehicles coupled together shall consist of more than two vehicles, and no such combination of vehicles, unladen or with load, shall exceed a length of 55 feet extreme overall dimension.
(d) Length limitations shall not apply (1) to a vehicle operated in the daytime when transporting poles, pipe, machinery or other objects of a structural nature which cannot readily be dismembered or (2) to a vehicle transporting such objects operated at nighttime by a public utility when required for emergency repair of public service facilities or properties or when operated under special permit as provided in this chapter; provided, however, that during authorized night transportation the vehicle shall be equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on each side and marker lamps upon the extreme ends of any projecting load to mark clearly the dimensions of such load.
(e) The load upon any vehicle operated alone, or the load upon the front vehicle of a combination of vehicles, shall not extend more than three feet beyond the front wheels of such vehicle or the front bumper of such vehicle if it is equipped with such a bumper.
(f) The length restrictions of this section are subject to the special permit provisions of this chapter.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 10-7-98, p. 78566, § 6)