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North Dakota RV length limits

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

The law in North Dakota

  • Motorhome: 50 ft

    "A single unit vehicle with two or more axles including the load thereon may not exceed a length of fifty feet [15.24 meters]."
  • Trailer: 53 ft

    "The length of a trailer or semitrailer, including the load thereon, may not exceed fifty-three feet [16.5 meters]"
  • Overall combination: 75 ft (110 ft on the highways its law names)

    "A combination of two units including the load thereon may not exceed a length of seventy-five feet [22.86 meters]."
  • Triple towing: With conditions

    "A combination of three or four units including the load thereon may not exceed a length of seventy-five feet [22.86 meters], subject to any rules adopted by the director that are consistent with public highway safety."
  • Height: 14 ft

    "Vehicles operated on a highway in this state may not exceed a height of fourteen feet [4.27 meters], whether loaded or unloaded."
  • Width: 102 in (8 ft 6 in)

    "Vehicles operated on a highway in this state may not exceed a total outside width, including load thereon, of eight feet six inches [2.59 meters]."

N.D.C.C. 39-12-04, Width, height, and length limitations on vehicles - Exceptions, checked November 2026.

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

Truck and trailer or fifth wheel · North Dakota

Within the limits

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

Add your height to check it against North Dakota's 14 ft limit.

  • Trailer length

    WithinYours 32 ft · limit 53 ft
    "The length of a trailer or semitrailer, including the load thereon, may not exceed fifty-three feet [16.5 meters]"
  • Overall length

    WithinYours 52 ft · limit 75 ft, 110 ft on named highways
    "A combination of two units including the load thereon may not exceed a length of seventy-five feet [22.86 meters]."
    "A combination of two, three, or four units including the load thereon may be operated on all four-lane divided highways and those highways in the state designated by the director and local authorities as to the highways under their respective jurisdictions and may not exceed a length of one hundred ten feet [33.53 meters], subject to any rules adopted by the director that are consistent with public highway safety."

Width: 102 in (8 ft 6 in)

"Vehicles operated on a highway in this state may not exceed a total outside width, including load thereon, of eight feet six inches [2.59 meters]."
"Motor homes, house cars, travel trailers, fifth-wheel travel trailers, camping trailers, and truck campers may exceed eight feet six inches [2.59 meters] in width if the excess is attributable to an appurtenance that extends beyond the body of the vehicle no more than six inches [15.24 centimeters] on either side of the vehicle."
More from North Dakota's law
"the term appurtenance includes a shade awning and its support hardware, and any appendage that is intended to be an integral part of a motor home, house car, travel trailer, fifth-wheel travel trailer, camping trailer, or truck camper."

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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 North Dakota

36 RV parks listed in North Dakota.

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Common questions

RV length and towing questions

50 ft. North Dakota's law says: "A single unit vehicle with two or more axles including the load thereon may not exceed a length of fifty feet [15.24 meters]."

75 ft overall. North Dakota's law says: "A combination of two units including the load thereon may not exceed a length of seventy-five feet [22.86 meters]."

With conditions. North Dakota's law says: "A combination of three or four units including the load thereon may not exceed a length of seventy-five feet [22.86 meters], subject to any rules adopted by the director that are consistent with public highway safety."