Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 601 - TRANSPORTATION CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF VEHICLE REGULATION › Chapter 1 - Motor Carriers › Section 601 KAR 1:019 - Overweight or overdimensional farm equipment

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				189.222,
				189.270,(4),
				281.010(1)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				189.271(9)(b) authorizes the
				cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations establishing the requirements
				to issue a permit for the movement of a divisible or nondivisible load
				exceeding legal weights and dimensions.
				KRS
				189.270(6) requires the
				cabinet to establish safety requirements for the escort vehicles accompanying
				an overweight or overdimensional vehicle. This administrative regulation
				establishes the requirements for the issuance of single and annual permits for
				overweight and over-dimensional farm equipment. This administrative regulation
				establishes the safety requirements for escort vehicles accompanying farm
				equipment and exempts certain farm equipment movements from the requirement of
				obtaining an over-dimensional permit, but retains the associated safety
				requirements.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Convoy" means multiple pieces of farm
			 equipment moving in a continuous stream and travelling together for safety and
			 convenience.
(2) "Farm equipment"
			 means machinery, an implement, or a vehicle used exclusively in a farm or
			 agriculture operation including non registered self-propelled farm
			 equipment.
(3) "Fully controlled
			 access highway" means a highway that:
(a)
			 Gives preference to through traffic;
(b) Has access only at selected public roads
			 or streets; and
(c) Has no highway
			 grade crossing or intersection.
(4) "Nondivisible load" means a load or
			 vehicle, that if separated into smaller loads or vehicles would:
(a) Compromise the intended use of the
			 vehicle, making it unable to perform the function for which it was
			 intended;
(b) Destroy the value of
			 the load or vehicle, making it unusable for its intended purpose; or
(c) Require more than eight (8) work hours to
			 dismantle using appropriate equipment.
(5) "Overdimensional" means the motor vehicle
			 exceeds the dimension limits established in
			 603 KAR
			 5:070.
(6)
			 "Overweight" means the motor vehicle exceeds:
(a) The gross weight limit established in
			 603 KAR
			 5:066;
(b)
			 The axle weight limit established in
			 603 KAR
			 5:066;
(c)
			 The gross weight limits established by
			 KRS
			 177.9771 for a motor vehicle transporting
			 coal or coal by-products;
(d) The
			 bridge weight limit established by
			 603 KAR
			 5:066; or
(e) The gross weight limit posted at a bridge
			 or other structure.
(7)
			 "Self-propelled farm equipment" means a non registered vehicle used exclusively
			 in a farm or agricultural operation that is capable of movement on its own
			 power.
(8) "Toll road" means any
			 project constructed under the provisions of
			 KRS
			 175.450 or
			 177.390
			 through
			 177.570
			 on which a toll is collected or was in the past collected by the Transportation
			 Cabinet.