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Steve Fellegy


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bigbrew wrote:

I built mine 15 years ago with is 8 feet.Wheel to wheel one problem is wheels are wide than truck.

So you have to plow throu show with shack tires also.

Not a big deal just go slow

 Is the 8 ft. between the wheels/fenders or outside of the wheel/fenders to outside the wheel/fenders? That seems to be the consistent  issue. Many of the houses that have the wheels on the outside of the house itself are OVER legal width and most bridges are around 9ft-9.5 ft. wide. Should be plenty but not in many cases!

 

Reality is---many a wheel house and many an ice bridge is not a good mix. Width, tongue jacks getting caught on the bridge, and other stuff hanging down close to the ground is a mess ready to happen many times over...

 

That all said, many of the wheel houses are a great invention and are within the legal width limits and are not an issue as long as the driver knows how a trailer trails the tow vehicle.



-- Edited by Steve Fellegy on Monday 21st of January 2013 01:56:49 PM



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http://www.towingworld.com/articles/TowingLaws.htm

 

I took the time to monitor the wheelhouse witdths over the past week.

What I found was just how many wheelhouses that are over the Minnesota maximum legal width of 8 1/2 feet ( 102 inches)

I found some that were as wide as 110 inches!!!!! And I'm sure if I would have taken the time to measure each and every one...I would have found them even wider.

 

The reason I was looking into this was seeing the difficulty some fisherman were having getting over our bridges at the Red Door Resort.

Our bridges at the Red Door Resort are 9'-5" inches inside the framework of the bridge. A width that one would think would handle the legal width of 8'-6" inches102 inches

 

Folks take the time and look at your width outside to outside......you might be surprised!

 

The link provided shows all the facts



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Just wondering whats your wheelhouse width?

Care to list it here...



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I built mine 15 years ago with is 8 feet.Wheel to wheel one problem is wheels are wide than truck.

So you have to plow throu show with shack tires also.

Not a big deal just go slow



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Its 8 feet from outside of wheel to wheel.

My front jack is removable not a issue .

I have 3plus feet of ground clearance but some times it still drags on rear so skid plates are a good thing



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I built mine 2 years ago - I made sure it was leagal - 8ft outside to outside, tires are set into the walls like most factory built 8ft wide houses

 

 



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I built mine 2 years ago - I made sure it was leagal - 8ft outside to outside, tires are set into the walls like most factory built 8ft wide houses

 

 



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