Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 2354 – Six-axle limits
Current as of: 2023 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
Notwithstanding any provision of this subchapter other than section 2354?D, a combination vehicle consisting of a 3-axle truck tractor with a tri-axle semitrailer may be operated with a maximum gross vehicle weight of: [PL 2013, c. 565, §1 (AMD).]
1. 90,000 pounds.
[PL 1999, c. 580, §7 (RP); PL 1999, c. 580, §14 (AFF).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 2354
- Axle: means an assembly of a vehicle consisting of 2 or more wheels whose centers are in one horizontal plane and by which a portion of the weight of a vehicle load may be transmitted to the roadway. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
- Axle weight: means the weight of an axle plus the weight of the load carried by the axle. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
- Combination vehicle: means a motor vehicle consisting of a truck or truck tractor in combination with one or more trailers or semitrailers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
- highway: means a public way. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
- Semitrailer: includes , but is not limited to, so-called pole dollies and pole dickeys and wheels commonly used as a support for the ends of logs or other long articles. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
- Tractor: means a motor vehicle used primarily off the highway for farming, forestry or other similar types of activities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
- Truck: means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily to carry property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
- Truck tractor: means a motor vehicle designed and used exclusively to draw other vehicles and not constructed to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and the load drawn. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
- Vehicle: means a device for conveyance of persons or property on a way. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
2. 100,000 pounds. One hundred thousand pounds, as long as the vehicle meets these requirements:
A. The distance between the extreme axles, excluding the steering axle, is not less than 36 feet as measured to the nearest foot. The maximum gross vehicle weight permitted is reduced by 2,000 pounds for each foot the distance is less than 36 feet between the extreme axles, excluding the steering axle, measured to the nearest foot; [PL 2001, c. 267, §1 (AMD); PL 2001, c. 267, §16 (AFF).]
B. The minimum distance between the steering axle and the first axle of the tandem-axle group is at least 10 feet as measured to the nearest foot; and [PL 2001, c. 267, §1 (AMD); PL 2001, c. 267, §16 (AFF).]
C. The maximum weight on the:
(1) Tandem axle does not exceed 41,000 pounds; and
(2) Tri-axle does not exceed 50,000 pounds. [PL 1999, c. 580, §7 (AMD); PL 1999, c. 580, §14 (AFF).]
D. [PL 1999, c. 580, §7 (RP); PL 1999, c. 580, §14 (AFF).]
E. [PL 1999, c. 580, §7 (RP); PL 1999, c. 580, §14 (AFF).]
Nothing contained in this subsection applies to vehicles using the Interstate Highway System as defined in the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956.
Except as provided in section 2360, subsections 4 and 5, for vehicles operating under this subsection, gross vehicle weight violations are fined in accordance with the following schedule:
| Percent over 100,000 | Fine for |
| pounds | each percent |
| 1-10% | $100 + $20 |
| for each | |
| percent over 1% | |
| 11-20% | $280 + $125 |
| for each | |
| percent over 10% | |
| 21-30% | $1,530 + $135 |
| for each | |
| percent over 20% | |
| 31-40% | $2,880 + $150 |
| for each | |
| percent over 30% | |
| 41% or more | $4,380 + |
| $175 for each | |
| percent over 40% |
For all vehicles manufactured, modified or retrofitted with liftable or variable load suspension axles after October 30, 1991, liftable or variable load suspension axles are permitted only under the following conditions: only one liftable or variable load axle may be present on the truck tractor and only one liftable or variable load axle may be present on the semitrailer; liftable or variable load axles must be located on the vehicle so that they are legally part of the tandem axle group or tri-axle group as appropriate; and the axle weight rating of liftable or variable load axles must conform to the expected loading of the suspension and must be 20,000 pounds or more.
[PL 2001, c. 267, §1 (AMD); PL 2001, c. 267, §16 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1993, c. 683, §A2 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 683, §B5 (AFF). PL 1999, c. 580, §7 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 580, §14 (AFF). PL 2001, c. 261, §1 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 261, §16 (AFF). PL 2001, c. 267, §1 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 267, §16 (AFF). PL 2013, c. 565, §1 (AMD).