Manufactured/Mobile Homes
Utah Administrative Rule R909-2-23
LEGAL DIMENSIONS
The legal dimensions of mobile and manufactured homes when no oversize permit is required are:
- Width: 8’6″ (Safety appurtenances such as binder chains, clearance lights, rub rails, and load securing devices and other non-property carrying devices may extend up to 3 inches beyond the prescribed width on either side)
- Height: 14′
- Length: 45 feet. (Mobile/Manufactured home only)
- Overall Length: 65′ overall length (Mobile/Manufactured home and tow vehicle combination.)
MEASURING MOBILE/MANUFACTURED HOMES
- Width is measured horizontally (wall to wall) or actual structure that would include any protuberance on the mobile/manufactured home. Safety appurtenances such as binder chains, clearance lights, rub rails, load securing devices, and other non-property carrying devices may extend up to 3 inches beyond the prescribed width on either side. Eaves will be included in width measurement.
- Height is measured vertically from level road surface to the highest point of the mobile/manufactured home when hitched to tow vehicle and ready for the road or loaded on semitrailer ready for the road.
- Length for a Mobile/Manufactured Home is measured horizontally from front of the trailer hitch to the rearmost protuberance on the mobile/manufactured home, or semi-trailer lowboy.
- Overall Length: 65′ combination of Mobile/Manufactured home and tow vehicle, Trailer-tow combination, or truck-trailer and semi-trailer lowboy, measured horizontally from the front bumper of the tow vehicle to the rearmost protuberance on the mobile/manufactured home, or semi-trailer lowboy.
Except as specified above, Mobile/Manufactured homes shall be transported in compliance with this chapter.
Tow vehicles shall comply with the following minimum requirements:
- conventional or cab-forward configuration must have a minimum wheelbase of 120 inches;
- cab-over-engine tow vehicles must have a minimum wheelbase of 89 inches;
- have a minimum of four rear tires; and
- mirrors on each side of the tow vehicle must be arranged so that the driver can see the entire length of both sides of the towed unit.
PERMIT PROVISIONS
Mobile and manufactured homes exceeding 14 feet 6 inches to 16 feet in wall-to-wall width, transported on their own running gear, may be issued a single-trip permit under the following conditions:
- trailer axles must be equipped with operational brakes; and
- trailer axles and suspensions may not exceed the manufacturer’s capacity rating.
For loads originating in Utah, a copy of the Tax Commission Movable Structure Tax Clearance/Moving Permit (TC-138) must be:
- Obtained from the County Assessor in the county from which the load originates.
- Affixed to the rear end of the mobile/manufactured home or moveable structure, and
- Be visible to any enforcement officer or agent.
- Proof of a TC-138 permit must be carried in the Mobile Home. UCA 41-1A-1320
- Proof of obtaining a TC-138 permit must be submitted, or presented prior to, or at the time of application. The oversize load permit will not be issued without proof of a TC-138 permit.