HF 2966

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to traffic regulations; clarifying and 
  1.3             regulating truck axle weight limits; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.825, subdivision 
  1.5             8. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.825, 
  1.8   subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 8.  [PNEUMATIC-TIRED VEHICLES.] No To be operated on 
  1.10  highways of this state, a vehicle or combination of vehicles 
  1.11  equipped with pneumatic tires shall be operated upon the 
  1.12  highways of this state must be within the weight limits of this 
  1.13  subdivision:  
  1.14     (a) Where The gross weight on any a wheel exceeds must 
  1.15  not exceed 9,000 pounds, except that on designated local routes 
  1.16  and state trunk highways the gross weight on any single 
  1.17  wheel shall must not exceed 10,000 pounds;.  
  1.18     (b) Where The gross weight on any a single axle 
  1.19  exceeds must not exceed 18,000 pounds, except that on designated 
  1.20  local routes and state trunk highways the gross weight on any a 
  1.21  single axle shall must not exceed 20,000 pounds;.  
  1.22     (c) Where The maximum wheel load: 
  1.23     (1) on the foremost and rearmost steering axles, 
  1.24  exceeds must not exceed 600 pounds per inch of tire width or the 
  1.25  manufacturer's recommended load, whichever is less; or. 
  2.1      (2) (d) The maximum wheel load on other axles, exceeds must 
  2.2   not exceed 500 pounds per inch of tire width or the 
  2.3   manufacturer's recommended load, whichever is less;. 
  2.4      Clause (2) applies to new vehicles manufactured after 
  2.5   August 1, 1991.  For vehicles manufactured before August 2, 
  2.6   1991, the maximum weight per inch of tire width is 600 pounds 
  2.7   per inch or the manufacturer's recommended load, whichever is 
  2.8   less, until August 1, 1996.  After July 31, 1996, clause 
  2.9   (2) this paragraph applies to all vehicles regardless of date of 
  2.10  manufacture. 
  2.11     (d) Where (e) The gross weight on any axle of a tridem 
  2.12  exceeds must not exceed 15,000 pounds, except that.  However, 
  2.13  for vehicles to which an additional axle has been added prior to 
  2.14  June 1, 1981, the maximum gross weight on any axle of a tridem 
  2.15  may be up to 16,000 pounds provided if the gross weight of the 
  2.16  tridem combination does not exceed 39,900 pounds where the first 
  2.17  and third axles of the tridem are spaced nine feet apart.  
  2.18     (e) Where (f) The gross weight on any group of axles 
  2.19  exceeds must not exceed the weights weight limits permitted 
  2.20  under this section with after the gross weights of the following 
  2.21  axles have been subtracted:  (1) any or all of the interior 
  2.22  axles disregarded and their gross weights subtracted from the 
  2.23  gross weight of all axles of the group under consideration, and 
  2.24  (2) an exterior axle if that axle is a variable load axle not 
  2.25  carrying its intended weight.