near Orleans, France | 2.5 meter for road approval at 40km/h ( 8 feet 4" 25 mph) 3.5 meter for 25 km/h (11feet 8 " , 16 mph) with special lights 4.5 meter (15 feet) with an accompanying car in front of the tractor with ag convoy signs and lights on both car and tractor
and a lot of small cities now have some road narrowing in their entrance for slowing car flow (3 to 3.5 metre wide) (see this: http://www.securite-routiere.org/infrastructure/chicanes/c3mareilg.htm)
and weight limit is 19 metric tons (42200 pounds) for a 4 wheel vehicle
so it is not easy to have a big ag machinery approved here
big combines more than 19 metric tons appear now with tracks or tird axle for west european market
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