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Kansas RV length limits

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

The law in Kansas

  • Motorhome: 45 ft

    "No motor vehicle including the load thereon shall exceed a length of 45 feet extreme overall dimension, excluding the front and rear bumpers, except as provided in subsection (d)."
  • Overall combination: 65 ft

    "Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 8-1914 and 8-1915, and amendments thereto, and subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (j), no combination of vehicles coupled together shall exceed a total length of 65 feet."
  • Triple towing: With conditions

    "not more than three vehicles, including the towing vehicle, in any combination of vehicles may be connected by means of a towbar mechanism, and if the three such vehicles are connected by towbar mechanisms, the towbar mechanism between the towing vehicle and the first towed vehicle shall be equipped with an anti-sway mechanism."
  • Height: 14 ft

    "No vehicle including any load thereon shall exceed a height of 14 feet"
  • Width: 102 in (8 ft 6 in)

    "The total outside width of any vehicle or the load thereon shall not exceed 81/2 feet, except as otherwise provided in this section. ... A motor home or travel trailer, may exceed 102 inches, if such excess width is attributable to an appurtenance, except that no appurtenance may extend further than the rear view mirrors."

K.S.A. 8-1904, Height and length of vehicles and loads, checked November 2026.

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

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

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  • Overall length

    WithinYours 52 ft · limit 65 ft
    "Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 8-1914 and 8-1915, and amendments thereto, and subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (j), no combination of vehicles coupled together shall exceed a total length of 65 feet."

Width: 102 in (8 ft 6 in)

"The total outside width of any vehicle or the load thereon shall not exceed 81/2 feet, except as otherwise provided in this section. ... A motor home or travel trailer, may exceed 102 inches, if such excess width is attributable to an appurtenance, except that no appurtenance may extend further than the rear view mirrors."
"A motor home or travel trailer, may exceed 102 inches, if such excess width is attributable to an appurtenance, except that no appurtenance may extend further than the rear view mirrors."
"An awning and its support hardware"
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"Such mirrors may only extend the distance necessary to provide the required field of view before the appurtenances were attached."

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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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Common questions

RV length and towing questions

45 ft. Kansas's law says: "No motor vehicle including the load thereon shall exceed a length of 45 feet extreme overall dimension, excluding the front and rear bumpers, except as provided in subsection (d)."

65 ft overall. Kansas's law says: "Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 8-1914 and 8-1915, and amendments thereto, and subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (j), no combination of vehicles coupled together shall exceed a total length of 65 feet."

With conditions. Kansas's law says: "not more than three vehicles, including the towing vehicle, in any combination of vehicles may be connected by means of a towbar mechanism, and if the three such vehicles are connected by towbar mechanisms, the towbar mechanism between the towing vehicle and the first towed vehicle shall be equipped with an anti-sway mechanism."