OR Rev Stat § 818.210 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 818 - Vehicle Limits|Section 818.210 - Limits on authority to issue variance permit.

Except as provided under ORS 818.220, a road authority shall not issue a variance permit under ORS 818.200 for any vehicle or load that can readily or reasonably be dismantled or disassembled. The limit under this section does not apply to the following: (1) Combinations of vehicles consisting of not more than a motor truck with a registration weight of more than 8,000 pounds and two self-supporting trailers or a truck tractor and semitrailer drawing two self-supporting trailers or semitrailers mounted on dollies equipped with fifth wheels having an overall length not in excess of 105 feet. The self-supporting trailers or semitrailers must be reasonably uniform in length. (2) Vehicles or combinations of vehicles having a length in excess of that permitted under ORS 818.060 or 818.090. (3) Any self-loading log truck. In the granting of permits to vehicles described in this subsection, a granting authority shall observe and be governed by the following maximum loaded weights: (a) The loaded weight of any individual wheel, axle or tandem axles of any vehicle or combination of vehicles shall not exceed the maximum loaded wheel, axle and tandem axle weights set forth in Tables I and II of ORS 818.010. (b) The loaded weight of any group of axles of any vehicle or combination of vehicles, when the distance between the first and last axles of any group of axles is 18 feet or less, and the loaded weight of any vehicle when the distance between the first and last axles of all of the axles of the vehicle is 18 feet or less, shall not exceed that set forth in the following table of weights, or the sum of the permissible axle or tandem axle weights, whichever is less: ______________________________________________________________________________ Distance in feet between Maximum loaded weight, the first and last axles in pounds, of any of any group of axles of group of axles of any any vehicle or combination vehicle or combination of vehicles, or between the of vehicles, or first and last axles of all of any vehicle: the axles of any vehicle: 6 34,000 7 34,000 8 34,000 9 39,000 10 40,000 11 40,000 12 40,000 13 40,000 14 43,200 15 44,000 16 44,800 17 45,600 18 50,000 ______________________________________________________________________________ (c) The loaded weight of any vehicle or combination of vehicles, where the distance between the first and last axles of the vehicle or combination of vehicles is more than 18 feet, shall not exceed that set forth in the following table of weights, or the sum of the permissible axle, tandem axle or group of axles weights, whichever is less: ______________________________________________________________________________ Distance Maximum loaded weight, in feet in pounds, of any between vehicle or combination the first of vehicles: and last axles of all the axles of a vehicle or combination of vehicles: Wheel Max 5 Axles 6 Axles 7 Axles 8 or Base Weight More Axles 19 50,000 20 50,000 21 50,000 22 50,000 23 50,400 24 51,200 25 55,250 26 56,100 27 56,950 28 57,800 29 58,650 30 59,500 31 60,350 32 61,200 33 62,050 34 62,900 35 63,750 36 64,600 37 65,450 38 66,300 39 68,000 40 70,000 73,000 41 72,000 73,500 42 73,280 74,500 43 73,280 75,000 44 73,280 75,500 45 73,280 76,000 46 73,280 77,000 47 73,280 77,500 81,000 81,000 81,000 48 73,280 78,000 82,000 82,000 82,000 49 73,280 78,500 83,000 83,000 83,000 50 73,280 79,500 84,000 84,000 84,000 51 73,280 80,000 84,500 85,000 85,000 52 73,600 80,500 85,000 86,000 86,000 53 74,400 81,000 86,000 87,000 87,000 54 75,200 81,500 86,500 88,000 91,000 55 76,000 82,500 87,000 89,000 92,000 56 - 83,000 87,500 90,000 93,000 57 - 83,500 88,000 91,000 94,000 58 - 84,000 89,000 92,000 95,000 59 - 85,000 89,500 93,000 96,000 60 - 85,500 90,000 94,000 97,000 61 - 86,000 90,500 95,000 98,000 62 - 87,000 91,000 96,000 99,000 63 - 87,500 92,000 97,000 100,000 64 - 88,000 92,500 97,500 101,000 65 - 88,500 93,000 98,000 102,000 66 - 89,000 93,500 98,500 103,000 67 - 90,000 94,000 99,000 104,000 68 - 90,000 95,000 99,500 105,000 69 - 90,000 95,500 100,000 105,500 70 - 90,000 96,000 101,000 105,500 71 - 90,000 96,500 101,500 105,500 72 - 90,000 96,500 102,000 105,500 73 - 90,000 96,500 102,500 105,500 74 - 90,000 96,500 103,000 105,500 75 - 90,000 96,500 104,000 105,500 76 - 90,000 96,500 104,500 105,500 77 - 90,000 96,500 105,000 105,500 78 - 90,000 96,500 105,500 105,500 ______________________________________________________________________________ (4) Any vehicle, combination of vehicles, load, article, property, machine or thing that: (a) Is used in the construction, maintenance or repair of public highways; and (b) Is either not being used by the federal government, State of Oregon or any county or incorporated city or not being used at the immediate location or site. (5) Combinations of vehicles having a combined loaded weight in excess of that authorized under Table III of ORS 818.010. (6) A vehicle engaged in the transportation of secondary wood products, which may be issued a permit for an overlength load. As used in this subsection, "secondary wood products" means laminated wood products and wooden I-beams. A vehicle engaged in the transportation of secondary wood products may also transport a divisible load of secondary wood products that otherwise exceeds allowable load length limits if: (a) The load contains a permitted, nondivisible secondary wood product that exceeds the length allowed in ORS 818.080 or 818.100; (b) The divisible load does not exceed the length allowed for the nondivisible wood product in the permit; and (c) Not more than 49 percent of each divisible load item, by length or weight, authorized by this subsection overhangs the vehicle transporting the load. (7) A vehicle engaged in the transportation of lumber, veneer or plywood, which may be issued a permit for an overwidth load if the width of the divisible load does not exceed nine feet. (8) A vehicle transporting an overheight marine container to or from a marine port facility. (9) A vehicle or combination of vehicles engaged in hauling grass seed straw, grass hay or cereal grain straw, which may be issued a permit to allow the load to be up to 14 feet 6 inches high. A permit issued under this subsection shall be valid for one year and shall specify the routes over which the overheight load may be hauled. (10) A vehicle or combination of vehicles that has a variance permit and that can carry items related to the already permitted load without increasing the size of the vehicle needed to carry the item requiring the variance permit. (11) A vehicle engaged in hauling poplar logs or the processing residual from the logs, which may be issued an annual overwidth permit for a vehicle and load with a combined width of not more than 12 feet. The annual permit shall allow movement of the vehicle only on Patterson Ferry Road and Frontage Road in Morrow County and only for a distance of 5,000 feet or less. (12) A vehicle or combination of vehicles engaged in hauling bagged grass seed or mint leaves in sacks, which may be issued a permit to allow the load to be up to nine feet six inches wide. A permit issued under this subsection shall be valid for one year and shall specify the routes over which the overwidth load may be hauled. (13) A combination of a truck tractor and two property-carrying units that exceeds the maximum length established under ORS 818.080 if: (a) The combined length of the two property-carrying units does not exceed 82 feet 8 inches; (b) The combination is used only to transport sugar beets; and (c) The combination is operated on U.S. Highway 20, U.S. Highway 26, U.S. Highway 30 or State Highway 201 in the vicinity of or between the cities of Vale, Ontario and Nyssa. [1983 c.338 §536; 1985 c.16 §275; 1989 c.431 §1; 1991 c.261 §1; 1991 c.880 §5; 1993 c.416 §1; 1995 c.488 §1; 1997 c.360 §1; 1997 c.466 §1; 1999 c.59 §244; 1999 c.352 §1; 2001 c.335 §3; 2015 c.77 §1; 2019 c.490 §1]