Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 700 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Title 700 CMR 8.00 - Permitting, Operation, And Transport Of Overdimensional Loads And Certain Vehicle Trailer Combinations On Certain Massachusetts Department Of Transportation Roadways › Section 8.03 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Chief Engineer
refers to the Chief
				Engineer of the Department or an employee or employees of the Department
				designated by the Chief Engineer to carry out one or more of the
				responsibilities assigned to the Chief Engineer in accordance with
				700 CMR 8.00.
Department
or
MassDOT
shall mean the Massachusetts Department of
				Transportation, a body politic and corporate established pursuant to M.G.L. c.
				6C.
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
.
(a) The gross vehicle weight rating established by a
				manufacturer, or where the manufacturer is unwilling or unable to so establish
				the rating, by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles, when applied to a motor
				vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer or semi-trailer unit including the gross
				combination weight rating, if any, when applied to a semi-trailer unit or to a
				tractortrailer combination;
(b) For the purposes of
				700
				CMR 8.15 through 8.18, the words "gross
				vehicle weight rating," as used in
				700
				CMR 8.15 through 8.18, shall mean the gross
				combination weight rating which means a value established by a manufacturer as
				the loaded weight of a combination vehicle.
Irreducible Load
. Any object or load
				including the transporting vehicle whose gross weight or dimensions when loaded
				has been reduced to a practical minimum as determined by the Chief
				Engineer.
Motor Vehicle
.
(a) Any vehicle defined as a motor vehicle under M.G.L. c. 90,
				§ 1;
(b) For the purposes of
				700
				CMR 8.15 through 8.18, the words "motor
				vehicle(s)," as used in
				700
				CMR 8.15 through 8.18 shall mean only a
				three-axle truck type vehicle as shown in
				700 CMR
				8.14:
Attachment C: Diagram of Motor
				Vehicle and Trailer
.
Reducible Load
. Any load or object
				including the vehicle whose gross weight or dimensions can be practically
				reduced to a lesser gross weight or dimension as determined by the Chief
				Engineer.
Semi Trailer
. Refers to the term
				"semi-trailer" as defined in M.G.L. c. 90, § 1 and includes a trailer so
				designed and used in combination with a tractor that some part of the weight of
				such trailer and that of its load rests upon, and is carried by, the
				tractor.
Semi Trailer Unit
. Refers to the term
				"semi-trailer unit" as defined in M.G.L. c. 90, § 1 and includes a motor
				unit composed of a tractor and a semi trailer.
State Highway or Highway
. For the
				purposes of
				700 CMR 8.00, a State Highway
				is a way owned or controlled by the Department.
Tractor
. A motor vehicle with or
				without a carrying capacity of its own but which is primarily designed and used
				for drawing another vehicle or for industrial or agricultural purposes.
Trailer
.
(a) Any vehicle or object on wheels defined as a trailer under
				M.G.L. c. 90, § 1;
(b) For the purposes of
				700
				CMR 8.15 through 8.18, the word "trailer," as
				used in
				700
				CMR 8.15 through 8.18 shall mean any vehicle
				or object on wheels having no motive power of its own, having two axles spaced
				apart such that no less than 95% of the trailer's gross weight is bourne by
				those axles and having air brakes, but which is drawn by, or used in
				combination with a motor vehicle.