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 Trail-Blazing

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Jul
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In 1983, a law was passed allowing double trailers on interstate highways. Charles and Joe Dedmon were the first in North Carolina to use double trailers.  So quick, in fact, that they were detained at the weight station in Charlotte until DOT in Raleigh could be reached to approve their passage.