Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 734 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAY DIVISION › Division 82 - VARIANCE PERMITS ISSUED FOR NON-DIVISIBLE LOADS AND ROAD USE ASSESSMENT FEES › Section 734-082-0005 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
As used in OAR chapter 734, division 82:
(1) "Auxiliary axle(s)" is an axle that
			 qualifies as a booster axle, flip axle, or lift axle.
(2) "Boom dolly" means a separate vehicle
			 designed to carry part of the weight of a boom.
(3) "Booster axle(s)" means a separate
			 vehicle bolted or pinned to another vehicle that redistributes weight from one
			 or more axles to other axles and pivots from side to side at the connection
			 point or has wheels that steer during turning.
(4) "Business day" is any day Monday through
			 Friday, except holidays as defined in section (13) of this rule.
(5) "Chief Engineer" means the Chief Engineer
			 of the Oregon Department of Transportation or a person designated to act for
			 the Chief Engineer.
(6) "CCD" means
			 the Commerce and Compliance Division of the Oregon Department of
			 Transportation.
(7) "Daylight
			 hours" means one-half hour before sunrise until one-half hour after
			 sunset.
(8) "Dolly" means those
			 devices attached to a frame, deck or load converting the frame to a trailer or
			 semitrailer and is included in the measurement of the trailer. The dolly must
			 bear weight when the permitted vehicle is laden.
(9) "Dromedary truck-tractor" means a motor
			 vehicle designed to carry a load on a dromedary box, plate or deck, not
			 exceeding 12'06" in length inclusive of load and designed to pull a
			 semitrailer.
(10) "Equivalent
			 Single-Axle Load" (ESAL) means the relationship between actual or requested
			 weight and an 18,000 pound single-axle load as determined by the American
			 Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Road Tests reported
			 at the Proceedings Conference of 1962.
(11) "Emergency Vehicle" means a vehicle
			 designed to be used under emergency conditions to transport personnel and
			 equipment to support the suppression of fires and mitigation of other hazardous
			 situations, operated by firefighters, regularly organized fire departments
			 and/or volunteer firefighters as defined in ORS
			 652.050.
(12) "Flip axle(s)" means an axle that is
			 bolted or pinned to a vehicle and flips from the closed position on the trailer
			 to a deployed position on the ground extending the length or hauling capacity
			 of the trailer.
(13) "Flip neck
			 extension" means a gooseneck extension to the front of a trailer which can be
			 flipped up or down, and can be used to adjust the axle weight(s) of a
			 combination and load.
(14) "Pinned
			 axle(s)" means a separate vehicle pinned to another vehicle adding extra
			 carrying capacity to a vehicle. The additional axle(s) do not pivot from side
			 to side at the connection point or have wheels that steer during
			 turning.
(15) "Expanded trailer"
			 means a trailer or semitrailer which can be extended in length by adding
			 removable deck section(s).
(16)
			 "Special-use trailer" means a trailer or semitrailer which is specifically
			 designed to haul one type of commodity.
(17) "Tow-Away Trailer" means all equipment
			 or tools mounted on wheels designed for towing by a motor vehicle, and which is
			 not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property,
			 but is only incidentally operated or moved upon a highway.
(18) "Stretch Trailer" means a trailer or
			 semitrailer capable of increasing the distance from the kingpin or coupling
			 device to the rearmost axle. This stretch trailer provision is accomplished by
			 using a "telescoping" principle in the trailer. This does not include fixed or
			 sliding extensions to either end of the trailer or semitrailer or semitrailers
			 with removable deck sections.
(19)
			 "Gross Vehicle Weight Rating" (GVWR) means the gross vehicle weight rating as
			 defined in ORS 801.298.
(20) "Holiday" for the purposes of these
			 rules means New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,
			 Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, and includes any other days on which the
			 state officially observes the aforementioned holidays by the closure of State
			 offices.
(21) "Idle Reduction
			 System" means an auxiliary power unit or other device or technology that is
			 used to reduce long-duration idling by allowing the main drive engine or
			 auxiliary refrigeration engine to be shut down.
(22) "Jeep axle(s)" means a separate vehicle
			 connected to a motor vehicle by kingpin to fifth wheel connection. A jeep
			 axle(s) must bear all or part of the weight of the load of another vehicle and
			 must be connected to that other vehicle either by kingpin to fifth wheel
			 connection or a pintle hook.
(23)
			 "Lift axle" means an axle that can be raised from or lowered to the surface of
			 the ground.
(24) "Motor truck"
			 means a motor vehicle that is primarily designed or used for carrying loads
			 other than passengers.
(25)
			 "Non-divisible load" means:
(a) Any load or
			 vehicle exceeding applicable size or weight limits that, if separated into
			 smaller loads or vehicles, would:
(A)
			 Compromise the intended use of the vehicle, i.e., make it unable to perform the
			 function for which it was intended;
(B) Destroy the value of the load or vehicle,
			 i.e., make it unusable for its intended purpose; or
(C) Require more than eight workhours to
			 dismantle using appropriate equipment. The applicant for a non-divisible load
			 permit has the burden of proof as to the number of workhours required to
			 dismantle the load; or