4941 - Maximum gross weight of vehicles. - Pennsylvania Statutes

SUBCHAPTER C MAXIMUM WEIGHTS OF VEHICLES Sec. 4941. Maximum gross weight of vehicles. 4942. Registered gross weight. 4943. Maximum axle weight of vehicles. 4944. Maximum wheel load. 4945. Penalties for exceeding maximum weights. 4946. Impoundment of vehicles for nonpayment of overweight fines (Repealed). 4947. Disposition of impounded vehicles and loads (Repealed). 4948. Maximum weight and seating capacity of buses. 4949. Application to tow trucks. Cross References. Subchapter C is referred to in sections 4961, 4968, 4974, 4976, 4976.1, 4978, 4979, 4979.1, 4979.2, 4979.3, 4979.4, 4982, 6506 of this title. § 4941. Maximum gross weight of vehicles. (a) General rule.--No vehicle shall, when operated upon a highway, have a gross weight exceeding 80,000 pounds, and no combination driven upon a highway shall have a gross weight exceeding 80,000 pounds, or the applicable weight set as forth in subsection (b) or (c), whichever is less. (b) Combination of vehicles.--No combination shall, when operated upon a highway, have a gross weight exceeding the following: Maximum Combination of Vehicles Gross Weight In Pounds Two-axle truck tractor & single-axle semitrailer 58,400 Two-axle truck tractor & two-axle semitrailer 73,280 Three-axle truck tractor & single-axle semitrailer 73,280 Two-axle truck & two-axle trailer 73,280 (c) Motor vehicles.--No motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall have a gross weight exceeding the following specified maximum gross weight for the following described motor vehicles: Maximum Gross Weight In Pounds Two-axle motor vehicle 38,000 Three-axle motor vehicle 58,400 Four-axle motor vehicle 73,280 Five-axle motor vehicle 73,280 Six-axle motor vehicle 77,000 Seven-axle motor vehicle 80,000 (June 18, 1980, P.L.229, No.68, eff. 60 days; Oct. 10, 1980, P.L.791, No.147, eff. imd.; Dec. 21, 1998, P.L.1126, No.151, eff. 60 days; June 22, 2001, P.L.559, No.37, eff. 60 days) 2001 Amendment. Act 37 amended subsecs. (a) and (c). Cross References. Section 4941 is referred to in sections 4945, 4961 of this title.