Washington Administrative Code › Title 468 - Transportation, Department of (See Title 88) › Chapter 468-38 - Vehicle size and weight-Highway restrictions-Equipment › Section 468-38-290 - Farm implements

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
For
			 purposes of issuing special farm implement permits and certain permit
			 exemptions, what is considered a farm implement?
A farm implement
			 includes any device that directly affects the production of agricultural
			 products, including fertilizer and chemical applicator apparatus (complete with
			 auxiliary equipment). For purposes of this section, the implement must be
			 nondivisible, weigh less than sixty-five thousand pounds, and comply with the
			 requirements of
			 RCW
			  46.44.091. The implement must be less than
			 twenty feet in width and not exceed sixteen feet in height. However, for
			 purposes of this section, farm implements must not exceed fourteen feet in
			 height in the counties of Whatcom, Skagit, Island, Snohomish, and King. If the
			 implement is self-propelled, it must not exceed forty feet in length, or
			 seventy feet overall length if being towed. The implement must move on
			 pneumatic tires, or solid rubber tracks that will not damage public highways
			 with parts that extend beyond the tracks. Implements exceeding any of these
			 criteria must meet all requirements for special permits as referenced in other
			 sections in this chapter and
			 chapter
			 46.44 RCW.
(2)
What dimensional criteria requires
			 a special permit to move extra-legal farm implements?
Self-propelled
			 farm implements, including a farm tractor pulling no more than two implements,
			 that exceed fourteen feet in height or sixteen feet in width, but less than
			 twenty feet in width, are required to get a special permit for movement of farm
			 implements on state highways. Note: A tow vehicle capable of carrying a load
			 (i.e., a truck of any kind) may not tow more than one trailing
			 implement.
(3)
Will the
			 opportunity to purchase a special permit to move oversize farm implements be
			 affected if the implement(s) is carried on another vehicle?
The
			 opportunity to purchase a special permit for farm implements as defined in
			 subsection (1) of this section will not be affected unless one of the following
			 circumstances occurs:
(a) The authorized users
			 of the permit outlined in subsection (5) of this section use a commercial
			 for-hire service to move the implement(s); or
(b) The loaded farm implement creates a
			 combined height that exceeds sixteen feet; or
(c) The loaded farm implement causes the
			 hauling vehicle to exceed legal weight limits. The farm implement weight may
			 exceed sixty-five thousand pounds when carried on another vehicle; however, the
			 combined gross weight of the hauling unit carrying the implement may not exceed
			 the legal weight limits established in
			 RCW
			  46.44.041 Maximum gross weights -- Wheelbase
			 and axle factors.
If any of these circumstances occur, the provisions of this
				subsection will not apply to the movement of the farm implement. The movement
				will be required to comply with the requirements for special permits as
				provided in
				chapter
				46.44 RCW and in other
				sections in this chapter.