New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 18 - EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE
Subchapter 1 - PERMITS FOR OVERDIMENSIONAL OR OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES
Section 13:18-1.16 - Oversize private utility or house-type trailer or semitrailer

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:18-1.16

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) Except as set forth in (f) below, a permit shall not be valid for the operation of any private utility or house-type trailer or semitrailer, on its own wheels, with a width of more than 14 feet.

(b) Any such vehicle whose width exceeds 14 feet shall be transported on a commercial-type low-bed trailer, semitrailer or properly registered dolly wheels.

(c) The towing vehicle shall be a truck, truck tractor or road tractor equipped with dual wheels on the drive axle and a heavy-duty towing hitch.

(d) If the trailer or semitrailer is not more than 10 feet wide, the towing vehicle shall have a capacity of 3/4 ton or more, and if the trailer or semitrailer is more than 10 feet wide, the towing vehicle capacity shall be 1 1/2 tons or more.

(e) A private utility or house-type trailer or semitrailer in excess of 12 feet in width, or its towing vehicle, shall be equipped with and have in operation two sway control devices between the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle.

(f) Notwithstanding (a) above, a permit shall be valid for the operation of a house-type trailer or semitrailer with an outside width of no more than 16 feet if the vehicle is a manufactured home on a transportation system that is designed in accordance with the "Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards," 24 CFR Part 3280.901, promulgated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, as amended and supplemented. A manufactured home with an outside width of more than 16 feet shall be transported on a commercial-type low-bed trailer, semitrailer or properly registered dolly wheels.

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