2. Trailers Trailer shall mean any vehicle, with or without motive power, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle.

3. Trailers

5. Pole and Reel Trailers

6. Semitrailer Semitrailer shall mean any vehicle, with or without motive power, designed to carry persons or property and to be drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.

7. Semitrailers

8. Brake and turnsignal light requirements (1) Any motor vehicle having four or more wheels which is manufactured or assembled, whether from a kit or otherwise, after January 1, 1954, designed or used for the purpose of carrying passengers or freight, or any trailer, in use on a highway, shall be equipped with brake and turnsignal lights in good working order.

9. Trailers; brake requirements All commercial trailers with a carrying capacity of more than ten thousand pounds and semitrailers shall be equipped on each wheel with brakes that can be operated from the driving position of the towing vehicle –FMCSR’s require brakes on any trailer used in vehicle combinations with gross weights or gross weight ratings over 10,000 lbs.

10. Coupling Devices §393.70 Coupling devices and towing methods

11. Coupling Devices §393.70 Coupling devices and towing methods –Safety devices in case of tow bar failure or disconnection

12. Safety Chains

13. Weight Limits Maximum Single Axle Weight 20,000 lbs

14. Weight Limits Maximum Tandem Axle Weight 34,000 lbs

15. Weight Limits Maximum Legal Axle Weights FIVE (5) AXLES - 51 FEET = 80,000 LBS.

16. Weight Limits NE Bridge Chart § 60-6,294

19. § 60-6,304. Load; contents; requirements. (1) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless the vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent its contents from dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping from the vehicle.

20. (2) No person shall transport any sand, gravel, rock less than 2 inches in diameter, or refuse in any vehicle on any hard-surfaced state highway if such material protrudes above the sides of that part of the vehicle in which it is being transported unless such material is enclosed or completely covered with canvas or similar covering. § 60-6,304. Load; contents; requirements.

21. (3) No person shall drive or move a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer upon any highway unless the cargo or contents carried by the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer are properly distributed and adequately secured to prevent the falling of cargo or contents from the vehicle. § 60-6,304. Load; contents; requirements.

22. § 60-6,304 (3) Continued The tailgate, doors, tarpaulins, and any other equipment used in the operation of the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer or in the distributing or securing of the cargo or contents carried by the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer shall be secured to prevent cargo or contents falling from the vehicle.

23. The means of securement to the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer must be either tiedowns and tiedown assemblies of adequate strength or sides, sideboards, or stakes and a rear endgate, endboard, or stakes strong enough and high enough to assure that cargo or contents will not fall from the vehicle. § 60-6,304 (3) Continued

24. Red Flags on Projecting Loads When the load extends more than four feet beyond the rear of the bed or body – Displayed clearly visible at all times from the rear of such load a red flag not less than twelve inches both in length and width, except that between sunset and sunrise – a red light plainly visible under normal atmospheric conditions at least two hundred feet from the rear of such vehicle