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Massachusetts RV length limits
Massachusetts's limits for motorhomes, trailers, triple towing and height, quoted from its own law. Enter your rig to check it.
The law in Massachusetts
Motorhome: 45 ft
"No motor vehicle or trailer, the outside width of which is more than one hundred and two inches or the extreme overall length of which is more than thirty-three feet, or in the case of a truck, or house trailer, 40 feet, or, in the case of a motor bus or auto home, 45 feet"
Trailer: 40 ft
"No motor vehicle or trailer, the outside width of which is more than one hundred and two inches or the extreme overall length of which is more than thirty-three feet, or in the case of a truck, or house trailer, 40 feet"
Overall combination: 65 ft
"The overall length of any vehicle and trailer combination or semi-trailer combination or any driveaway saddlemount vehicle or fullmount vehicle transporter combination authorized to operate under this section shall not exceed sixty feet or, in the case of a house trailer and tow vehicle combination authorized by this section, 65 feet"
Triple towing: Not allowed
"Unless otherwise specifically authorized by law, no motor vehicle shall be operated on any way to draw more than one trailer or other vehicle without a permit so to operate from the department of highways."
Height: 13 ft 6 in
"No vehicle shall exceed a height of thirteen feet six inches"
Width: 102 in (8 ft 6 in)
"No motor vehicle or trailer, the outside width of which is more than one hundred and two inches"
Mass. General Laws Chapter 90, Section 19, checked November 2026.
Truck and trailer or fifth wheel in Massachusetts. Yes. Your truck and trailer is within Massachusetts's length limits.
Truck and trailer or fifth wheel · Massachusetts
Within the limitsYes. Your truck and trailer is within Massachusetts's length limits.
Add your height to check it against Massachusetts's 13 ft 6 in limit.
Trailer length
WithinYours 32 ft · limit 40 ft"No motor vehicle or trailer, the outside width of which is more than one hundred and two inches or the extreme overall length of which is more than thirty-three feet, or in the case of a truck, or house trailer, 40 feet"
Overall length
WithinYours 52 ft · limit 65 ft"The overall length of any vehicle and trailer combination or semi-trailer combination or any driveaway saddlemount vehicle or fullmount vehicle transporter combination authorized to operate under this section shall not exceed sixty feet or, in the case of a house trailer and tow vehicle combination authorized by this section, 65 feet"
"The overall length of any vehicle and trailer combination or semi-trailer combination or any driveaway saddlemount vehicle or fullmount vehicle transporter combination authorized to operate under this section shall not exceed sixty feet"
Width: 102 in (8 ft 6 in)
"No motor vehicle or trailer, the outside width of which is more than one hundred and two inches"
"The one hundred and two inches width provided in this section shall be exclusive of load-induced tire bulge, rearview mirrors, turn signal lamps, shade awnings on auto homes and house trailers, hand-holds for cab entry and egress and splash and spray suppressant devices"
More from Massachusetts's law
"''Auto home'', any motor vehicle originally designed or permanently altered and equipped for human habitation which is not used to transport property other than that property used for human habitation or camping purposes."
"''House trailer'', a vehicle having no motive power of its own, originally designed or permanently altered and equipped for human habitation which is not used to transport property other than property used for human habitation or camping purposes."
Source: Mass. General Laws Chapter 90, Section 19, checked November 2026.
Also read on: Mass. General Laws Chapter 90, Section 1 (definitions of auto home and house 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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