Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 601 - TRANSPORTATION CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF VEHICLE REGULATION › Chapter 1 - Motor Carriers › Section 601 KAR 1:018 - Special overweight or overdimensional motor vehicle load permits

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				175.450, 177.390-177.570,
				177.9771,
				186.010(8),
				186.050,
				189.221,
				189.222,
				189.2225(3),
				189.270,
				189.271,
				189.2715,
				189.2716,
				189.2717,
				227.550,
				281.838,
				23 C.F.R.
				658.17, 49 C.F.R. 367,
				393.11
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				189.270(6),
				189.271(9)(b),
				189.2715(1),
				189.2716,
				and
				189.2717(1)
				authorize the Secretary of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to issue permits
				for the movement of motor vehicles with divisible or nondivisible loads
				exceeding legal weights or dimensions. This administrative regulation
				establishes the procedures and requirements for the issuance of an overweight
				or overdimensional single trip or annual permit including the height, width,
				and length necessary for vehicles and loads; escort safety requirements; the
				requirements to move a house or building; and the criteria necessary to obtain
				a permit for a sealed, containerized, ocean-going cargo unit.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Axle spacing" means the measurable
			 distance between the axle centers of the axle unit.
(2) "Boat" means a vehicle used for movement
			 on the water and includes the trailer on which it is placed for transporting
			 the vehicle on the highway.
(3)
			 "Designated National Truck Network" means routes approved for use by increased
			 dimension as established in
			 KRS
			 189.222.
(4) "Height pole" means a vertical clearance
			 measuring device.
(5)
			 "International bill of lading" means a receipt or ticket for property tendered
			 for transportation by a common motor carrier or private carrier in foreign
			 commerce including:
(a) Consignor;
(b) Consignee;
(c) Origin and destination points;
(d) Number of packages;
(e) Description of freight or goods;
			 and
(f) Date.
(6) "Manufactured home" is defined by
			 KRS
			 227.550(7).
(7) "Nondivisible" means a load, cargo unit,
			 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 four (4) or eight (8)
			 work hours to dismantle and reassemble contingent on the route
			 traveled.
(8)
			 "Overdimensional" means the motor vehicle exceeds the dimension limits
			 established in
			 603 KAR
			 5:070.
(9)
			 "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.
(10)
			 "Permit fee" means the fee established in
			 KRS
			 189.270,
			 189.2715, or
			 189.2717
			 for the issuance of an overweight or overdimensional trip or annual permit, to
			 cover the cost of processing the permit application, including:
(a) A qualification check of the
			 applicant;
(b) A statutory
			 compliance check; and
(c) An
			 initial bridge and weight analysis.
(11) "Pole trailer" means a motor vehicle
			 without motive power that is:
(a) Designed to
			 be drawn by a motor vehicle and attached to the towing motor vehicle by means
			 of a reach or pole or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing motor
			 vehicle; and
(b) Used for
			 transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles, pipes, or
			 structural members that generally are capable of sustaining themselves as beams
			 between the supporting connections.
(12) "Sealed, containerized, ocean-going
			 cargo unit" means a nondivisible unit of cargo that is part of international
			 trade due to importation from, or exportation to, another country.
(13) "Self-propelled specialized mobile
			 equipment" means every self-propelled vehicle not designed or used primarily
			 for the transportation of persons or property and incidentally operated or
			 moved over the highways.
(14)
			 "Steering axle" means the axle or axles of a vehicle or combination of vehicles
			 by which the vehicle or vehicles are guided or steered.
(15) "Tandem" means any two (2) axles with
			 centers forty two (42) inches or more apart but less than ninety six (96)
			 inches apart.
(16) "Tridem" means
			 any three (3) consecutive axles with centers forty two (42) inches or more
			 apart and less than 120 inches apart.
(17) "Trunnion axle" means an axle
			 configuration with two (2) individual axles mounted in the same transverse
			 plane with four (4) tires on each axle connected at a pivot point that allows
			 each individual axle to oscillate in a vertical plane to provide constant and
			 equal weight distribution on each individual axle.