Current textIn force on July 24, 2020Source: eCFR
§ 387.305 Combination vehicles.
Current wording, first on file in the 1998 annual edition.
49 CFR § 387.305 — Combination vehicles.. Text in force on July 24, 2020. This wording effective October 1, 1998 to present. Source: eCFR as of July 24, 2020, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2020-07-24/title-49/section-387.305. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/387.305?asof=2020-07-24, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.
The following combinations will be regarded as one motor vehicle for purposes of this part, (a) a tractor and trailer or semitrailer when the tractor is engaged solely in drawing the trailer or semitrailer, and (b) a truck and trailer when both together bear a single load.
Amendment history
1 distinct wording on file since Oct. 1, 1998A new entry appears whenever the regulatory words change between government snapshots. Day-precise from the eCFR (2017 onward); before that, one snapshot per annual CFR edition (revised as of October 1). Bracketed citations are the Federal Register history printed with the section.