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Vermont RV length limits
Vermont's limits for motorhomes, trailers, triple towing and height, quoted from its own law. Enter your rig to check it.
The law in Vermont
Motorhome: 46 ft
"No motor vehicle without a trailer or semitrailer attached, which is longer than 46 feet overall, shall be operated upon any highway except under special permission from the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles."
Overall combination: 75 ft
"If the overall length of a vehicle with a trailer or semitrailer does not exceed 75 feet, it may be operated without a permit."
Triple towing: Not allowed
"Not more than one trailer shall be attached to one motor truck."
Height: 13 ft 6 in
"motor vehicles and loads shall not exceed eight and one-half feet in width or 13 feet six inches in height."
Width: 102 in (8 ft 6 in)
"motor vehicles and loads shall not exceed eight and one-half feet in width or 13 feet six inches in height."
23 V.S.A. § 1432, Length of vehicles, checked November 2026.
Truck and trailer or fifth wheel in Vermont. Yes. Your truck and trailer is within Vermont's length limits.
Truck and trailer or fifth wheel · Vermont
Within the limitsYes. Your truck and trailer is within Vermont's length limits.
Add your height to check it against Vermont's 13 ft 6 in limit.
Overall length
WithinYours 52 ft · limit 75 ft"If the overall length of a vehicle with a trailer or semitrailer does not exceed 75 feet, it may be operated without a permit."
Width: 102 in (8 ft 6 in)
"motor vehicles and loads shall not exceed eight and one-half feet in width or 13 feet six inches in height."
"The term width shall mean the total width of the vehicle and load, excluding safety devices as determined by the Commissioner that may extend up to three inches on each side of the vehicle."
"The total outside width of a motor home, as defined in 32 V.S.A. § 8902(11), or a trailer coach as defined in subdivision 4(41) of this title, may exceed eight and one-half feet if the excess width is attributable to an appurtenance that extends no more than six inches beyond the body of the vehicle."
"(1) an awning and its support hardware; and"
More from Vermont's law
"If there is a trailer or semitrailer, the distance between the kingpin of the semitrailer to the center of the rearmost axle group shall not exceed 41 feet."
"(41) “Trailer coach” shall mean any trailer or semi-trailer designed to be towed by a motor vehicle and designed, equipped, or used for sleeping, eating, or living quarters."
Source: 23 V.S.A. § 1432, Length of vehicles, checked November 2026.
Also read on: 23 V.S.A. § 1431, Height and width limits · 23 V.S.A. chapter 13 (§ 1302, Rubber tires on trucks; number of trailers) · 23 V.S.A. § 4, Definitions
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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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