How long is legal in most states?

[botboy]

I just picked up an '80 Chev 3+3 C30 (though that's going to change very, very soon).

A guy in town has a real real nice 80's K30, single cab, with a 14' or so bed behind it, dovetail'ed with ramps...could probably haul a descent SWB pickup on that flatbed. I'd love to buy the truck, and throw the flatbed behind my sixpack cab, but, well, he wants a whopping EIGHT GRAND for the truck...with 120k!

So I'm thinking about building one like it myself. I still have a bunch of steel left over from building a flatbed car trailer (5 sticks of 2x4" rect. tubing, 1/4" wall). I'm curious, if I were to go out of MN to pick up a car - for sake of argument, say any state in the midwest - how long of a flatbed can I put behind this thing, and still be legal?

Thanks!

 

[gmc4cw]

legal is a cloudy area. some roads won't let you on over a certain length. 28' is the cutoff on the road I grew up on. I have sold box trucks that were much longer then that though. just can't go down certain roads. in this state 53' is the longest trailer you can pull.

 

[bowtiepower00]

I think it's safe to say that you can make it as long as you feel comfortable with, I don't think any coppers will hassle you in a 1 ton size rig, assuming it looks ok and runs decent. I see crew cab class 6-8 landscape trucks that carry backhoes on their flatbeds all of the time. Those are significantly longer than you'll be. You may need a lotta room to manuver it if you get it too long.