As Amended
SEC. 63-5-31. Gross weight of vehicle and loads; Table II.
Subject to the limitations imposed on wheel and axle loads by section
63-5-27, and
to the further limitations hereinafter specified, the total combined weight
(vehicles plus load) on any group of axles shall not exceed the value given
in the following table (Table II) corresponding to the distance in feet
between the extreme axles of the group, measured longitudinally to the
nearest foot, on those highways or parts of highways found by the state
highway commission to be suitable to carry such increased load limits from
an engineering standpoint, and so designated as such by order of said commission
entered on its minutes and published once each week for three successive
weeks in a daily newspaper of general circulation in this state:
TABLE II
Distance in feet between Maximum load in pounds
the extreme of any group of axles carried on any group of axles
4 .................................... 32,000
5 .................................... 32,000
6 .................................... 32,000
7 .................................... 32,000
8 .................................... 32,610
9 .................................... 33,779
10 .................................... 34,942
11 .................................... 36,097
12 .................................... 37,246
13 .................................... 38,387
14 .................................... 39,522
15 .................................... 40,649
16 .................................... 41,770
17 .................................... 42,883
18 .................................... 43,990
19 .................................... 45,089
20 .................................... 46,182
21 .................................... 47,267
22 .................................... 48,346
23 .................................... 49,417
24 .................................... 50,482
25 .................................... 51,539
26 .................................... 52,590
27 .................................... 53,633
28 .................................... 54,670
29 .................................... 55,699
30 .................................... 56,722
31 .................................... 57,737
32 .................................... 58,746
33 .................................... 59,747
34 .................................... 60,742
35 .................................... 61,729
36 .................................... 62,710
37 .................................... 63,683
38 and greater ........................ 64,650 maximum
Moreover, in addition to the per axle weight limitations specified by section 63-5-27, the maximum load carried on a combination of vehicles shall be subject to the following additional limitations: The maximum load carried on any group of two axles shall not exceed twenty-seven thousand (27,000) pounds in instances where one or more of such axles is a driving axle (that is, an axle turned by the vehicle's engine power).
An axle group shall consist of any two or more consecutive axles of any vehicle or combination of vehicles.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 8271; Laws, 1938, ch. 200; 1946, ch. 307, Sec. 4; 1948, ch. 328, Sec. 6; 1954, ch. 335; 1958, ch. 501; 1960, ch. 409; 1963, 1st Ex. Sess. ch. 22; 1964, ch. 458, Secs. 1, 2; 1964, 1st Ex. Sess. ch. 33, eff from and after passage (approved July 15, 1964).