Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 045 - Transportation, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0004 - Motor Carrier › Chapter 5 - SIZE AND WEIGHT LIMITATIONS OF VEHICLES › Section 5-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(Please see
				  W.S.
				  31-1-101, W.S. W.S.
				  W.S.
				  31-5-102, W.S
				  
											31-18-101, W.S
				  
											31-18-203, and W.S
				  
											31-18-801. Definitions are subject to change
				  by legislative action.)
The following includes both statutory
(s)
and administrative
(a)
definitions:
(a) "Agricultural operations" means the
				raising and harvesting of their own crops or livestock in this state by farmers
				or ranchers, their exchange between farmers or ranchers or the transportation
				of implements of husbandry to or from farmers or ranchers by persons engaged in
				the business of selling or repairing such implements.
(s)
(b)
				"Agricultural products" means the produce of husbandry.
(a)
(c) "Axle"
				means the common axis of rotation of one or more wheels, whether power driven
				or freely rotating, and whether in one or more segments, and regardless of the
				number of wheels carried thereon.
(s)
(d) "Axle group" means an assemblage of 2 or
				more consecutive axles considered together in determining their combined load
				effect on a bridge or pavement structure.
(s)
(e) "Axle load" means the total load
				transmitted to the road by an assembly of 2 or more wheels whose centers are in
				one transverse vertical plane or may be included between 2 parallel transverse
				vertical planes 40 inches apart extending across the full width of the vehicle.
(s)
(f) "Axle
				measurement" means the distance between axles to the nearest foot. When
				fractional measurement is exactly one-half foot, the next larger whole number
				shall be used.
(s)
(g) "Camp shack" means portable on-site
				living quarters.
(a)
(h) "Cargo" means the items or freight to be
				moved, including items placed on or in a vehicle, towed by a vehicle or a
				vehicle itself
(s)
(i) "Coarse aggregate" means material as
				retained on a No. 4 (4.75 mm) sieve.
(a)
(j) "Commission" means the Transportation
				Commission of Wyoming.
(s)
(k) "Connecting mechanism" means an
				arrangement of parts interconnecting 2 or more consecutive axles to a vehicle
				in such a manner as to equalize the load between axles.
(s)
(l)
				"Construction or off-road machinery tires" means a minimum tire width of 18
				inches (45.72 cm) as stamped on the tire by the manufacturer and a minimum rim
				diameter of 25 inches (63.5 cm).
(a)
(m) "Daylight hours" means one-half hour
				before sunrise until one-half hour after sunset.
(a)
(n) "Department" means the Department of
				Transportation.
(s)
(o) "Director" means the director of the
				Department of Transportation.
(s)
(p) "Dromedary unit" means a box, deck, or
				plate mounted behind the cab and forward of the fifth wheel on the frame of a
				truck-tractor not to exceed 6 feet in length from the back of the cab or
				sleeper berth.
(a)
(q) "Dunnage" means equipment strictly used
				for loading, unloading, blocking, bracing, and dropping the trailer for
				operation upon the highway.
(a)
(r) "Emergency" means a condition vital to
				the national defense or an unforeseen circumstance, threatening life or
				property, and requiring prompt action.
(a)
(s) "Escort" means a vehicle accompanying a
				movement displaying proper lights, signs, and equipment.
(a)
(t) "Exchange"
				means not receiving funds for a service or product.
(a)
(u) "Extended
				period permit" means a permit issued to cover a specific load, permitting
				movement for a specified period of time and over specified routes or statewide.
(a)
(v) "Flags or
				flagged" means the display of red or fluorescent orange flags not less than 12
				inches square.
(a)
(w) "Forest products" means logs, poles,
				posts, rough lumber, wood chips, sawdust, and any other product of the forest
				which will require further processing.
(s)
(x) "Gravel" means pit-run stone, coarse
				aggregate, and a product of screened stone, crushed stone, or a combination
				thereof. Materials not included in the definition of gravel are sand, silt,
				clay, and refined by-products that use gravel, such as plant-mixed asphalt,
				cement treated base, and Portland cement concrete.
(a)
(y) "Gross
				weight" means the total weight of a vehicle and vehicle combinations including
				the weight of any load carried in or on the vehicle and vehicle combinations.
(s)
(z) "Height"
				means the total vertical dimension of any vehicle above the ground surface
				including any load or load-holding device thereon.
(s)
(aa) "Highway"
				means a public way maintained by the Department for the purpose of vehicular
				travel, including rights-of-way or other interests in land, embankments,
				retaining walls, culverts, sluices, drainage structures, bridges,
				railroad-highway crossings, tunnels, signs, guardrails and protective
				structures.
(s)
(bb) "House trailer" means
(i) a trailer or a semitrailer which is
				designed, constructed and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode, or
				sleeping place (either permanently or temporarily) and is equipped for use as a
				conveyance on streets and highways; or
(ii) a trailer or a semitrailer whose chassis
				and exterior shell is designed and constructed for use as a house trailer, as
				defined in preceding paragraph (i), but which is used instead permanently or
				temporarily for advertising, sales display, or promotion of merchandise or
				services, or for any other commercial purpose except the transportation of
				property for hire or the transportation of property for distribution by a
				private carrier.
(s)