47-26-812 - Gross weights for trucks and tractor trailers. - Tennessee Statutes

47-26-812. Gross weights for trucks and tractor trailers.

Gross weights for truck or tractor trailer vehicles shall be determined by axle limitations as prescribed in § 55-7-203(6), and adding an additional five hundred (500) pounds thereto when the natural resources product is transported over a street or highway other than the portion designated as the interstate system. A three percent (3%) tolerance, over the maximum gross weight as prescribed in § 55-7-203(6), may be permitted when the natural resources product is transported over a street or public highway other than the portion designated as the interstate system. A certified public weigher will not be subject to any liability for measurement variance which falls within such three percent (3%) tolerance, but shall be responsible for measurement variance in excess of the three percent (3%) tolerance.

[Acts 1981, ch. 389, § 13; T.C.A., § 71-812; Acts 1994, ch. 759, §§ 1, 2.]