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SDCL § 32-19-5 Special permits authorizing operation of traction engines
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The Department of Transportation and local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may in their discretion issue special permits authorizing the operation upon a highway of traction engines or tractors having movable tracks with transverse corrugations upon the periphery of…
SDCL § 32-19-6 Number of vehicles in tow limited--Violation as misdemeanor
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No motor vehicle may be driven upon any highway drawing or having attached thereto more than one other vehicle, except that two other motor vehicles may be drawn if transported by the driveaway method in saddlemount, as provided by §§ 32-22-10 and 32-22-11 , or in a combination o…
SDCL § 32-19-7 Permitted connection between towing and towed vehicle--Maximum length--Violation as misdemeanor
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The drawbar or other connection between any two vehicles, one of which is towing or drawing the other on a highway, shall be of sufficient strength to hold the weight of the towed vehicle on any grade where operated. The towed vehicle shall not whip, weave, or oscillate or fail t…
SDCL § 32-19-8 Number of towed farm vehicles limited--Violation as petty offense
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A farm tractor, or other type of farm power unit, may draw not to exceed two other vehicles or implements of husbandry upon the public highways of this state, if such equipment is being used exclusively by the farmer for the purpose of transporting to and from his farm agricultur…