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Delaware RV length limits

Delaware's limits for motorhomes, trailers, triple towing and height, quoted from its own law. Enter your rig to check it.

The law in Delaware

  • Motorhome: 45 ft

    "b. No single recreational vehicle, including any load or truck camper thereon, shall exceed 45 feet in length; and"
  • Overall combination: 65 ft

    "c. No combination of a recreational vehicle with any vehicle, including the load thereon, nor any combination of any motor vehicle with any camping trailer, recreational trailer or park trailer attached thereto, shall exceed 65 feet in length."
  • Triple towing: Not allowed

    "(b) For purposes of this chapter, any combination of trucks, truck trailers, trailers and semitrailers, not specifically authorized herein, shall be unlawful. The following are authorized: ... (1) A truck and trailer. ... (2) A truck tractor, semitrailer. ... (3) A truck tractor, semitrailer, trailer."
  • Height: 13 ft 6 in

    "(2) No vehicles, including any load thereon, shall exceed a height of 13 feet 6 inches."
  • Width: 102 in (8 ft 6 in)

    "No recreational vehicle, including any load or truck camper thereon or any camping trailer, recreational trailer or park trailer attached thereto, shall exceed a total outside width of 102 inches"

21 Del. C. §§ 4501, 4502, 4503 (Chapter 45, Size and Weight of Vehicles and Loads), checked November 2026.

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Truck and trailer or fifth wheel in Delaware. Yes. Your truck and trailer is within Delaware's length limits.

Truck and trailer or fifth wheel · Delaware

Within the limits

Yes. Your truck and trailer is within Delaware's length limits.

Add your height to check it against Delaware's 13 ft 6 in limit.

  • Overall length

    WithinYours 52 ft · limit 65 ft
    "c. No combination of a recreational vehicle with any vehicle, including the load thereon, nor any combination of any motor vehicle with any camping trailer, recreational trailer or park trailer attached thereto, shall exceed 65 feet in length."

Width: 102 in (8 ft 6 in)

"No recreational vehicle, including any load or truck camper thereon or any camping trailer, recreational trailer or park trailer attached thereto, shall exceed a total outside width of 102 inches"
"exclusive of any safety equipment, which shall not extend beyond the federal motor vehicle safety standards for such equipment, or appurtenances such as awnings and lights which are integral to the construction of the vehicle, installed by the vehicle’s manufacturer or dealer, and do not extend more than 6 inches wider on each side of the vehicle; provided however, that such vehicles permissibly exceeding the 102-inch width limit with its attached equipment or appurtenances shall only be operated:"
"1. On roadways having travel lanes at least 11 feet in width, unless prohibited by the Department of Transportation or by a municipality based on safety reasons and marked with signs prohibiting such vehicles; or"
More from Delaware's law
"(3) No single motor vehicle, including any load thereon, shall exceed 40 feet in length, and no combination of vehicles, including the load thereon, shall exceed 60 feet in length, except as otherwise provided in this section."
"(e) Any linear measurements taken to determine compliance with this chapter shall be taken so as to include the vehicle and any load thereon including any projections of any type, character or nature whatsoever, such as, but not limited to, bumpers, steps, mirrors and hose connections specifically excluding the tongue of a trailer."

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A guide to each state's published law, not legal advice. Lengths are measured as each state's law says (bumpers and hitches count in most); posted signs, local roads and permits can differ. The linked law is the authority.

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Where to stay in Delaware

21 RV parks listed in Delaware.

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Common questions

RV length and towing questions

45 ft. Delaware's law says: "b. No single recreational vehicle, including any load or truck camper thereon, shall exceed 45 feet in length; and"

65 ft overall. Delaware's law says: "c. No combination of a recreational vehicle with any vehicle, including the load thereon, nor any combination of any motor vehicle with any camping trailer, recreational trailer or park trailer attached thereto, shall exceed 65 feet in length."

Not allowed. Delaware's law says: "(b) For purposes of this chapter, any combination of trucks, truck trailers, trailers and semitrailers, not specifically authorized herein, shall be unlawful. The following are authorized: ... (1) A truck and trailer. ... (2) A truck tractor, semitrailer. ... (3) A truck tractor, semitrailer, trailer."