[AT] Towing

RJK.Sr Farmall at riverview.net
Sat Sep 2 11:37:59 PDT 2006


Back a decade or two they gave us exactly the same B.S. in Illinois... 
They made it sound as if we were the only state blocking the cross
country transport of goods... 

Richard
West Michigan

On 1 Sep 2006 at 19:36, Larry D. Goss wrote:

> LOL!  I remember when that legislation went through.  The public was
> sold a story that Indiana was costing the transportation industry lots
> and lots of money because the interstate truckers had to break down
> their big rigs, cross Indiana with a single trailer, and then put it all
> back together again when they got them to the next state.  I don't know
> if that story is true, but that's what we were told.
> 
> Larry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> Edchainsaw at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 7:16 PM
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: Re: [AT] Towing 
> 
> In a message dated 9/1/2006 12:24:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> at-request at lists.antique-tractor.com writes:
> [AT] Towing
> Indiana  at  one time   had  laws  that  held  in check the   doubles
> and 
> triples  of semi trailers---  FEDERAL gov told  Indiana  they couldnt
> stop that  
>  they were the only ones that could...    so   we have  legal    double
> and 
> triple  semi trailers...  and   so--- this  let the door open for
> NON--semi  
> trailer to be doubled... (the state was able to  hold in check  triples
> ON  
> non INTERSTATE hyways...)    
> 
> and   thats  why  you cant pull 3  wagons  LOL 
> 
> ( my take on the  article I read   10yrs ago in a  truckers magazine)
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> <DIV>Indiana  at  one time   had  laws 
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> hyways...) =
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> <DIV>and   thats  why  you cant pull 3 
> wagons&nbsp=
> ; LOL </DIV>
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> truckers magazine)</DIV>
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