Idaho Code § 49-1010 Size of Vehicles and Loads

• Library: Idaho Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through the 2023 Regular Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Idaho Code § 49-1010

No vehicle shall exceed the dimensions specified below, except that certain devices determined by the board as necessary for the safe and efficient operation of motor vehicles, including energy conservation devices, shall be excluded from the calculation of width or length.

(1) The width of a vehicle, including any load thereon, except as noted below, shall not exceed ........................... 8 1/2 feet.

(a) The limitations as to size of vehicles stated in this section shall not apply to farm tractors or to implements of husbandry, including any load thereon, or any trailer not wider than the implement of husbandry used in the transportation of implements of husbandry for agricultural operations, and including all equipment used in land leveling operations, when being incidentally operated upon the highway from one farm operation to another during daylight hours.

(b) The limitations as to size of vehicles shall not apply to farmers or their designated agents, or equipment dealers transporting implements of husbandry and equipment listed in paragraph (a) of this subsection for the purpose of:

(i) The repair or maintenance of such implements of husbandry and equipment when traveling to or from a farm to a repair or maintenance facility during daylight hours; or

(ii) The purchase, sale, lease or rental of such implements of husbandry and equipment when traveling to or from a farm to a dealership, auction house or other facility during daylight hours.

(c) Notwithstanding the exemption from width limitation for farm tractors included in paragraph (a) of this subsection, the total outside width of any farm tractor being transported on the interstate system in this state, except as permitted by section 49-1004, Idaho Code, shall not exceed .......................... 9 feet.

(d) A farm tractor or implement of husbandry, when being incidentally transported upon the highway with a width in excess of the limits of paragraphs (a) and (c) of this subsection, must display one (1) red or fluorescent orange flag a minimum of eighteen (18) by eighteen (18) inches on the outermost left projection of the tractor or implement being transported.

(2) The height of a vehicle, including the load thereon, shall not exceed ................................................. 14 feet.

(3) The length of a vehicle, or vehicle combination, except as noted below shall not exceed:

(a) When a single motor vehicle ....................... 45 feet.