Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 730 - Department of Transportation › Chapter 50 - Size and Weight Permits › Subchapter 5 - Size and Weight Permit Load › Section 730:50-5-9 - Special combination vehicles - permits

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Unless
				otherwise specifically required by law, no special combination vehicle, as
				defined in 47 O.S. 2021, Section 14-121 and any lawful amendments thereto,
				shall be eligible for operation in this state except by authority of an Annual
				Operating Permit.
(b) The Executive
				Director of the Department of Transportation is required by law to promulgate
				rules for the issuance of such permits and no person, firm or corporation shall
				operate or authorize the operation of any such vehicle unless a valid Annual
				Operating Permit has been issued to the owner of such vehicle by the Permits
				Section of the Department of Transportation, properly signed by the Executive
				Director of the Department of Transportation or his authorized designee, and
				the original or certified copy thereof is available for inspection at all times
				in the vehicle cab. No other trailer configuration or multiple trailer
				combination shall be authorized or operated under said permit. Any violation of
				a permit provision shall constitute grounds for immediate permit suspension or
				revocation of said permit.
(c) The
				content, requirements, and limitations of Annual Operating Permits for special
				combination vehicles are subject to the provisions of this subchapter and all
				such permits issued shall require the operation of such vehicles in accordance
				with the following provisions:
(1) vehicles
				bearing an out-of-state license are ineligible for a permit of any type for a
				movement between an origin and destination, both of which are located within
				Oklahoma (intrastate movement), unless said vehicle is covered under an
				agreement between the licensing state and the State of Oklahoma which prorates
				the licensing and/or registration fees for such vehicles, or unless such
				vehicle has been temporarily licensed for operation in this state;
				and
(2) no such vehicle combination
				shall operate under conditions of decreased visibility or when lateral winds in
				excess of 45 miles per hour are present or during periods when pavement
				surfaces are slick, icing, icy or snow packed; and
(3) such vehicle combinations shall operate
				only upon the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense
				Highways, or other four-lane divided highways which are part of a lawfully
				identified federal-aid system and may operate on other routes only for purposes
				of reasonable access, as hereinafter prescribed, between points of origin and
				destination; and
(4) reasonable
				access to and from terminals and for fuel, food, repairs and rest shall not
				exceed 5 statute miles from the vehicle's point of access to, or exit from,
				those highways authorized for use in paragraph (3) of this subsection and as
				set forth in
				730:50-5-6(h);
				and
(5) the maximum weight on any
				single axle of such vehicle shall not exceed 20,000 pounds or 600 pounds per
				inch and fractional part thereof of nominal tire tread width, whichever is the
				lesser; and
(6) except as otherwise
				provided in these rules the maximum gross vehicle weight for any such vehicle
				and/or load shall not exceed 80,000 pounds or any of the provisions of federal
				Formula "B" or Table "B" when operating upon any highway of the Dwight D.
				Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways or 90,000 pounds
				or any of the provisions of federal Formula "B" or Table "B", when operating on
				other state highways as are authorized in paragraph (3) of this section for use
				by such vehicles; and
(7) in no
				case shall any trailer or semi-trailer be placed ahead of another trailer or
				semi-trailer which carries a 5,000 pound or more heavier load. The heaviest
				trailer or semi-trailer shall be placed in front and the lightest at the rear.
				An empty trailer or semi-trailer must not precede a loaded trailer or
				semitrailer; and
(8) no vehicle,
				trailer or semi-trailer used in such combination vehicle shall exceed 8 feet 6
				inches in width, exclusive of both tire bulge and approved safety devices, or
				14 feet in height, or 29 feet in length; and
(9) vehicles or combinations thereof with
				cargo carrying capacity exceeding 95 feet shall not be eligible for such
				special combination vehicle permit.