189.2717 Annual overweight permit for transporting nondivisible loads over specified routes -- Axle-weight limitation. - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 1 189.2717 Annual overweight permit for transporting nondivisible loads over specified routes -- Axle-weight limitation. (1) Subject to the provisions of KRS 189.222, the department may promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A governing the issuance of
annual permits for the operation of motor vehicles transporting nondivisible loads in
this Commonwealth whose gross weight exceeds the limits prescribed by this
chapter. The gross weight of a motor vehicle operating pursuant to this section shall
not exceed one hundred twenty thousand (120,000) pounds. The movement of the
overweight motor vehicle shall be limited to a specific route set forth on the annual
permit. (2) The following axle weights shall not be exceeded in the loading of a nondivisible load:
(a) Single axle with axles less than forty-two (42) inches apart and being the steering axle with one (1) wheel on each side of the axle to be considered a
single axle shall not be more than fifteen thousand (15,000) pounds; (b) Two (2) axles in tandem arrangement which are spaced forty-two (42) inches or more apart and less than ninety-six (96) inches apart shall not be more than
forty thousand (40,000) pounds; (c) Three (3) axles in tridem arrangement which are spaced forty-two (42) or more inches apart and less than one hundred twenty (120) inches apart shall
not be more than sixty-five thousand (65,000) pounds; and (d) Dual wheel axle with one (1) axle with two (2) wheels on each side of the axle to be considered a dual wheel axle shall not be more than twenty thousand
(20,000) pounds each. (3) Each motor vehicle operating pursuant to this section shall comply with the safety provisions set forth in the administrative regulations promulgated by the department
pursuant to this section. (4) The fee for the annual permit for each motor vehicle pursuant to this section shall be five hundred dollars ($500). (5) The department may refuse to issue a permit for a requested route because of the inadequacies of the roadway or a structure on that route. Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 306, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 52, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996.