Pole and utility vehicles/trailers – Alaska

Marker lights and reflectors

Pole trailers must be equipped with:

• One yellow side marker light on each side at or near the front of the load;
• One yellow reflector at or near the front of the load;
• On the side at the rear of the pole trailer at the rearmost support for the load, one combination marker light showing yellow to the front and red to the rear and side, mounted to indicate maximum width of the pole trailer; and
• Two red reflectors mounted on the rear, one on each side of the bolster or load.

Drawbars and connection devices

The requirement that a drawbar or other connection may not exceed 15 feet in length from one vehicle to another does not apply when the connection is between two vehicles, one or both of which is transporting poles or pipes.

The requirement that a drawbar or other connecting device must connect a towed vehicle to track within six inches of the immediately preceding vehicle to which it is connected does not apply to a pole trailer.

Key definitions

Pole trailer: Any motor vehicle designed to be drawn by another motor vehicle and attached to the towing motor vehicle by means of a “reach” or “pole,” or by being “boomed” or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, for transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles, pipes, or structural members that generally can sustain themselves as beams between supporting connections.