Kentucky Statutes 189.221 – Basic height, width, length, and weight limits for trucks, trailers, manufactured homes, or vehicles — Exception
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A person shall not operate on any highway, except those highways designated by the secretary of transportation under the provisions of KRS § 189.222, or those locally maintained highways under the provisions of KRS § 189.222(11) or KRS § 189.230(4), any of the following trucks, trailers, manufactured homes, or vehicles:
(1) Any motor truck, semitrailer, trailer, manufactured home, or vehicle which exceeds eleven and one-half (11-1/2) feet in height or ninety-six (96) inches in width, including any part of the body or load;
(2) Any motor truck, except a semitrailer truck, which exceeds twenty-six and one half
(26-1/2) feet in length, including any part of the body or load;
(3) Any semitrailer truck which exceeds thirty (30) feet in length, including any part of the body or load;
(4) Any truck, semitrailer truck, or truck and trailer unit which exceeds 36,000 pounds gross weight, including the load;
(5) Any truck, semitrailer truck, or tractor-trailer unit which exceeds a gross weight equal to the sum of six hundred (600) pounds per inch of the combined width of the tires upon which the vehicle may be propelled, but no more than thirty-six thousand (36,000) pounds.
(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any truck hauling building materials under KRS § 189.2226, or to a road construction project on a highway rated less than the maximum weight provided above, may haul up to eighty thousand (80,000) pounds gross weight, including the load, without a permit.
Effective: June 25, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 34, sec. 2, effective June 25, 2009. — Amended
2003 Ky. Acts ch. 124, secs. 35 and 38, effective June 24, 2003. — Amended 1998
Ky. Acts ch. 484, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 42, sec. 12, effective July 15, 1994. – Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. — Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 330, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. — Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 395, sec. 19, effective July 15, 1982. — Amended 1962
Ky. Acts ch. 91, sec. 2. — Created 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 2.
(1) Any motor truck, semitrailer, trailer, manufactured home, or vehicle which exceeds eleven and one-half (11-1/2) feet in height or ninety-six (96) inches in width, including any part of the body or load;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 189.221
- Motor truck: means any motor-propelled vehicle designed for carrying freight or merchandise. See Kentucky Statutes 189.010
- Semitrailer: means a vehicle designed to be attached to, and having its front end supported by, a motor truck or truck tractor, intended for the carrying of freight or merchandise and having a load capacity of over one thousand (1,000) pounds. See Kentucky Statutes 189.010
- Trailer: means any vehicle designed to be drawn by a motor truck or truck-tractor, but supported wholly upon its own wheels, intended for the carriage of freight or merchandise and having a load capacity of over one thousand (1,000) pounds. See Kentucky Statutes 189.010
- Vehicle: includes :
1. See Kentucky Statutes 189.010
(2) Any motor truck, except a semitrailer truck, which exceeds twenty-six and one half
(26-1/2) feet in length, including any part of the body or load;
(3) Any semitrailer truck which exceeds thirty (30) feet in length, including any part of the body or load;
(4) Any truck, semitrailer truck, or truck and trailer unit which exceeds 36,000 pounds gross weight, including the load;
(5) Any truck, semitrailer truck, or tractor-trailer unit which exceeds a gross weight equal to the sum of six hundred (600) pounds per inch of the combined width of the tires upon which the vehicle may be propelled, but no more than thirty-six thousand (36,000) pounds.
(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any truck hauling building materials under KRS § 189.2226, or to a road construction project on a highway rated less than the maximum weight provided above, may haul up to eighty thousand (80,000) pounds gross weight, including the load, without a permit.
Effective: June 25, 2009
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 34, sec. 2, effective June 25, 2009. — Amended
2003 Ky. Acts ch. 124, secs. 35 and 38, effective June 24, 2003. — Amended 1998
Ky. Acts ch. 484, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 42, sec. 12, effective July 15, 1994. – Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. — Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 330, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. — Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 395, sec. 19, effective July 15, 1982. — Amended 1962
Ky. Acts ch. 91, sec. 2. — Created 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 2.