Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 734 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAY DIVISION › Division 73 - 102"-WIDE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES - COMBINATIONS NOT SUBJECT TO OVERALL LENGTH RESTRICTIONS › Section 734-073-0051 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
As used in division 73 rules, the following definitions shall
				apply:
(1) "Automobile transporter"
			 means a combination of vehicles that transports vehicles on a semitrailer and
			 may also transport vehicles on the power unit behind the cab or on an over-cab
			 rack.
(2) "Automobile transporter
			 towing stinger-steered semitrailer" means an automobile transporter having the
			 fifth-wheel assembly mounted on a stinger or extension to the framework of the
			 truck. The fifth-wheel connection must be behind and below the axle in front of
			 it.
(3) "Boat transporter" means a
			 combination of vehicles that transports boats on a semitrailer and may also
			 transport boats on the power unit behind the cab or on an over-cab
			 rack.
(4) "Boat transporter towing
			 stinger-steer semitrailer" means a boat transporter having the fifth-wheel
			 assembly mounted on a stinger or extension to the framework of the truck. The
			 fifth-wheel connection must be behind and below the axle in front of
			 it.
(5) "Bus" means a vehicle
			 designed and operated exclusively to transport not less than 10 persons
			 excluding the driver, primarily for hire. The term "bus" does not include motor
			 homes or busses converted or used for any other purpose.
(6) "CCD" means Commerce and Compliance
			 Division of the Oregon Department of Transportation.
(7) "Drive-away saddlemount vehicle
			 transporter combination" and "drive-away saddlemount with fullmount vehicle
			 transporter" means a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck-tractor that
			 tows not more than three saddlemounted vehicles. These vehicles may also
			 include not more than one fullmounted vehicle.
(8) "Fullmount" means a smaller vehicle
			 mounted completely on the frame of either the first or last vehicle in a
			 saddlemount combination.
(9)
			 "Overall length," as used in division 73 is as defined in OAR
			 734-071-0010(2)(i).
(10)
			 "Saddlemount" means vehicles in which a truck or truck tractor tows one or more
			 trucks or truck tractors, each connected by a saddle to the frame or fifth
			 wheel of the vehicle in front of it. The saddle is a mechanism that connects
			 the front axle of the towed vehicle to the frame or fifth wheel of the vehicle
			 in front and functions like a fifth wheel kingpin connection.
(11) "Traditional automobile transporter"
			 means an automobile transporter having the fifth-wheel assembly over the drive
			 axle(s) and towing a semitrailer. The power unit may include a framework or
			 other assembly that provides the ability to also transport
			 automobiles.
(12) "Traditional boat
			 transporter" means a boat transporter having the fifth-wheel assembly over the
			 drive axle(s) and towing a semitrailer. The power unit may include a framework
			 or other assembly that provides the ability to also transport boats.
(13) "Truck-tractor semitrailer-semitrailer"
			 means a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck-tractor which also tows
			 two semitrailers connected by kingpin to fifth-wheel assemblies. These
			 combinations of vehicles do not have an intermediate converter dolly between
			 the two semitrailers which is normally used in double trailer operations. This
			 is commonly referred to as a 'B-Train.'
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  184.619,
				  810.050,
				  810.060  & 818.200
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  818.030,
				  818.200  & 818.220