Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 251 - Vehicle weight authorized by multiple trip permits › Section Trans 251.02 - Vehicle weight authorized by annual permits

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Unless
			 otherwise provided in the approved permit, the gross weight imposed on the
			 highway by the wheels of any axle-group or by any axle or combination of 2 or
			 more consecutive axles within an axle-group on a vehicle or combination of
			 vehicles being operated under an annual permit issued under s.
			 348.27(2),
			 Stats., may not exceed:
NUMBER OF AXLES IN AXLE-GROUP
WEIGHT IN POUNDS
LIMITATIONS
1
20,000
If the axle has less than 4 tires
1
30,000
If the axle has 4 or more tires
2
55,000
If axle-group has less than 16 tires
2
60,000
If axle-group has 16 tires or more
3
70,000
4 or more
80,000
(2)
			 Unless otherwise provided in the approved permit, the gross weight imposed on
			 the highway by the wheels of any 2 consecutive axle-groups on a vehicle or
			 combination of vehicles being operated under an annual permit issued under s.
			 348.27(2),
			 Stats., may not exceed the gross weights in the following table for each of the
			 respective distances between axle-groups and the respective numbers of axles in
			 each axle-group when the distance between the axle-groups is measured between
			 the centers of the nearest axles of the 2 axle-groups:
Number of axles in one axle-group
1
1
1
1
1
2 (with 15 or fewer tires)
2 (with 15 or fewer tires)
Number of axles in the next
							 axle-group
1
2 (with 15 or fewer tires)
2 (with 16 or more tires)
3
4 or more
2 (with 15 or fewer tires)
2 (with 16 or more tires)
18 or more
60,000
85,000
90,000
100,000
110,000
110,000
115,000
17
59,500
84,000
89,000
98,500
108,500
107,500
112,500
16
59,000
82,500
87,500
97,000
107,000
105,500
109,400
15
59,000
81,500
86,500
95,500
105,500
103,000
107,000
14
58,500
80,500
85,500
94,000
104,000
101,000
104,500
13
58,000
79,000
84,000
92,500
102,500
98,500
101,500
12
57,500
78,000
83,000
91,000
101,500
96,000
99,000
11
57,500
77,000
82,000
89,000
99,500
94,000
96,000
10
57,000
76,000
81,000
87,500
97,500
91,500
93,500
9
56,500
74,500
79,500
86,000
96,000
89,000
91,000
8
56,000
73,500
78,500
84,500
94,500
87,000
88,000
7
56,000
72,500
77,500
83,000
93,000
84,500
85,500
6
55,500
71,000
76,000
81,500
91,500
82,500
82,500
5 or less
55,000
70,000
75,000
80,000
90,000
80,000
80,000
18 or more
125,000
135,000
120,000
130,000
140,000
140,000
150,000
17
122,500
132,500
117,000
127,000
137,000
137,000
146,000
16
119,500
129,500
114,000
124,000
134,000
134,000
142,500
15
117,000
127,000
111,000
121,000
131,000
131,000
138,500
14
114,000
124,000
107,500
117,500
127,500
127,500
134,500
13
111,500
121,500
104,500
114,500
124,500
124,500
131,000
12
109,000
119,000
101,500
111,500
121,500
121,500
127,000
11
106,000
116,000
98,500
108,500
118,500
118,500
123,000
10
103,500
113,500
95,500
105,500
115,500
115,500
119,000
9
101,500
111,500
92,500
102,500
112,500
112,500
115,500
8
98,000
108,000
89,000
99,000
109,000
109,000
111,500
7
95,500
105,500
86,000
96,000
106,000
106,000
107,500
6
92,500
102,500
83,000
93,000
103,000
103,000
104,000
5 or less
90,000
100,000
80,000
90,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
(3)
			 The overall gross weight imposed on the highway by all of the wheels on a
			 vehicle or combination of vehicles being operated under an annual permit issued
			 under s.
			 348.27(2),
			 Stats., may not exceed the maximum gross weight shown on the face of the
			 permit.