This section contains user friendly summaries of indiana laws as well as citations or links to relevant sections of indiana s official online statutes please select a topic from the list below to get started.
Indiana law false floor in semi trailer.
Indiana s laws and regulations for trailers are listed below.
80 000 gross single 20 000 tandem 34 000 tridem 51 000 iowa length.
3 a pole trailer owned by or operated for a public utility as defined in ic 8 1 2 1 while the pole trailer is being used in connection with the utility services of the public utility.
However because the indiana general assembly meets annually the information contained in this booklet is subject to change.
Don t get a ticket by breaking the law.
A trailer or semitrailer that weighs at least 3 000 lbs.
A live floor trailer also commonly referred to as a walking floor trailer live bottom trailer or self unloading trailer often uses a conveyor belt or some other type of system run by hydraulics that slides the floor rearward to push or slide the load out of the trailer at a controlled pace.
Must be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and to hold the towing vehicle and trailer or semitrailer.
4 trailers used in transporting oil field equipment or pipe for the transmission of oil or gas.
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53 semi trailer and load.
The motor carrier services commercial motor vehicle guidebook is prepared based on indiana s laws and regulations.
As added by p l 2 1991 sec 8.
This is findlaw s hosted version of indiana code title 9.
This booklet is provided as a guide and not intended to provide strict interpretations of indiana law.
If your trailer is less than 6 long you don t need to have front side marker lights or front side marker reflectors.
Overhang which results in over 53 semitrailer and load length is not legal without.
Indiana trailer laws trailer regulations.
Us regulations state that if your trailer is a boat trailer you can use dual face lights that are yellow on one side and red on the other for the front and rear clearance lights usually this kind of light is mounted on the trailer s fender with the yellow side.
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53 semi trailer and load including overhang kingpin to rear axle not to exceed 43.
Indiana trailer brake laws.
The maximum length of a semi trailer or trailer operating in a truck tractor semi trailer trailer combination is twenty eight feet six inches.