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Texas Transportation Code - Section 545.409. Drawbars And Trailer Hitches; Saddle-Mount Towing

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§ 545.409. DRAWBARS AND TRAILER HITCHES;  SADDLE-MOUNT 
TOWING.  (a) The drawbar or other connection between a vehicle 
drawing another vehicle and the drawn vehicle:
		(1)  must be strong enough to pull all weight drawn;  
and                   
		(2)  may not exceed 15 feet between the vehicles except 
for a connection between two vehicles transporting poles, pipe, 
machinery, or other objects of structural nature that cannot 
readily be dismembered.
	(b)  An operator drawing another vehicle and using a chain, 
rope, or cable to connect the vehicles shall display on the 
connection a white flag or cloth not less than 12 inches square.
	(c)  A motor vehicle may not draw more than three motor 
vehicles attached to it by the triple saddle-mount method.  In this 
subsection, "triple saddle-mount method" means the mounting of the 
front wheels of trailing vehicles on the bed of another vehicle 
while leaving the rear wheels only of the trailing vehicles in 
contact with the roadway.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.                    

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