Excerpt from Truck Lengths and Safety: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, September 14, 1994
The most common lcvs are triples (a third 28-foot trailer added to two others), turnpike doubles (a second long trailer added to a 45 or 48-foot single), and Rocky Mountain doubles (a short trailer added behind a long one). Figure 1 illustrates these lcvs and distinguishes them from combinations allowed to Operate nation wide. Trucking companies, particularly in the West, also use variations of these con figurations (particularly different types of trailers) for special transportation needs.
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