California Vehicle Code Section 35410

CA Veh Code § 35410 (2017)  

The load upon any motor vehicle alone or an independent load only upon a trailer or semitrailer shall not extend to the rear beyond the last point of support for a greater distance than that equal to two-thirds of the length of the wheelbase of the vehicle carrying such load, except that the wheelbase of a semitrailer shall be considered as the distance between the rearmost axle of the towing vehicle and the rearmost axle of the semitrailer.

(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018