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Michigan RV length limits

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

The law in Michigan

Motorhome: 45 ft
"any single bus or motor home: 45 feet."
Overall combination: 59 ft (65 ft on the highways its law names)
"(e) Except as provided in subdivision (j), truck and semitrailer or trailer: 59 feet."
Triple towing: With conditions
"(5) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a pickup truck with a towing rating equal to, or greater than, the weight being towed, equipped with a fifth wheel assembly that conforms with the standards prescribed in the motor carrier safety act of 1963, 1963 PA 181, MCL 480.11 to 480.25, towing attached with a semitrailer designed for recreational living purposes may tow an additional trailer or semitrailer under the following conditions:"
Height: 13 ft 6 in
"(1) A vehicle unloaded or with load shall not exceed a height of 13 feet 6 inches."
Width: 102 in (8 ft 6 in)
"(5) The total outside body width of a school bus, a bus, a trailer coach, a trailer, a semitrailer, a truck camper, or a motor home shall not exceed 102 inches."

MCL 257.719 Height and length of vehicles, checked November 2026.

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WithinYours 52 ft · limit 59 ft, 65 ft on named highways
"(e) Except as provided in subdivision (j), truck and semitrailer or trailer: 59 feet."
"(i) A recreational vehicle that has its own motive power, in combination with a trailer: 65 feet or, if the operator of the recreational vehicle has a group commercial motor vehicle designation on his or her operator's or chauffeur's license, 75 feet."
"(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), the following vehicles and combinations of vehicles shall not be operated on a designated highway of this state in excess of these lengths: ... (b) Except as provided in subsection (2)(k), truck and semitrailer or trailer combinations: 65 feet"

Width: 102 in (8 ft 6 in)

"(5) The total outside body width of a school bus, a bus, a trailer coach, a trailer, a semitrailer, a truck camper, or a motor home shall not exceed 102 inches."

"However, an appurtenance of a school bus, a trailer coach, a truck camper, or a motor home that extends not more than 6 inches beyond the total outside body width does not violate this section."

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Common questions

RV length and towing questions

45 ft. Michigan's law says: "any single bus or motor home: 45 feet."

59 ft overall. Michigan's law says: "(e) Except as provided in subdivision (j), truck and semitrailer or trailer: 59 feet."

With conditions. Michigan's law says: "(5) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a pickup truck with a towing rating equal to, or greater than, the weight being towed, equipped with a fifth wheel assembly that conforms with the standards prescribed in the motor carrier safety act of 1963, 1963 PA 181, MCL 480.11 to 480.25, towing attached with a semitrailer designed for recreational living purposes may tow an additional trailer or semitrailer under the following conditions:"

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