Transporting Yak in a truck bed.

[467echo]

Originally Posted by bus kid

Make sure to have a red flag on the end hanging off the bed and lights if you will be driving during in the dark.

Legally you should be fine without a flag, I think the law is anything over 4 feet. But heck, how hard is it to tie a red rag to it.

[bus kid]

Originally Posted by 467echo

Legally you should be fine without a flag, I think the law is anything over 4 feet. But heck, how hard is it to tie a red rag to it.

http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/tr...e/overhang.htm

LAMP OR FLAG ON PROJECTIONS:
Per CVC Section 24604, whenever the load upon any vehicle extends, or whenever any integral part of any vehicle projects, to the rear four feet or more beyond the rear of the vehicle, as measured from the taillamps, there shall be displayed at the extreme end of the load or projecting part of the vehicle:

• a solid red or fluorescent orange flag or cloth not less than 12 inches square, or
• during darkness, in addition to the required taillamp, two red lights with a bulb rated not in excess of six candlepower plainly visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the sides and rear.

[richard67b]

RED FLAG AND (I USE RED CEM LIGHT AT NIGHT) LIGHT