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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 24. Transportation and Motor Vehicles |
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Agency 20. Department of Motor Vehicles |
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Chapter 81. Hauling Permit Regulation |
Section 50. Primary and secondary systems
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If the vehicle configuration has been reduced to the smallest dimensions possible and still exceeds any of the following statutory limitations listed below, the applicant may be eligible for a hauling permit.
Single Axle Weight:
20,000 pounds or 650 pounds per inch (width) of tire in contact with the surface of the highway.
Tandem Axle Weight:
34,000 pounds.
Gross Weight:
See 24VAC20-81-60. Legal weight allowed based on axle spacing.
Width:
8 feet 6 inches excluding mirrors. Safety devices shall not exceed 3 inches on each side.
Height:
13 feet 6 inches.
Length:
Single unit - 40 feet excluding load.
Tractor semitrailer combination - 65 feet including load
Combination of a towing vehicle and any manufactured housing - 65 feet including load and coupling.
Semitrailer - 53 feet, provided that the semitrailer has a distance of not more than 41 feet between the kingpin of the semitrailer and the rearmost axle or a point midway between the rear tandem axles. May be prohibited on certain highways where posted.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 25, Issue 26, eff. September 30, 2009.