Simplify Your Oversize/Overweight Loads
Max Legal Weight for GVW under 80,000 lbs and Max Permitted Weight for GVW over 80,000 lbs
Note: Federal Bridge Formula is used per for calculate maximum legal weight for 3,4 etc. axles.
Single Axle: | 20,000 pounds |
Tandem Axle: | 34,000 pounds |
Gross Vehicle Weight: | 85,500 pounds (Kansas) 80,000 pounds (interstate) |
Annual Permits and Standard Permits | |
Single, non-drive axle | 22,000 pounds |
Single, drive axle | 24,000 pounds |
Tandem Axles | 45,000 pounds |
Triple Axles | 60,000 pounds |
Quad Axles | 65,000 pounds |
Extra Wide Axles Weight Table | |||||||||||||||||
Single N- drive (pounds) | Single Drive (pounds) | Tandem (pounds) | Tridem (pounds) | Quad (pounds) | |||||||||||||
Width (Feet) | |||||||||||||||||
Less than (LT) 8'- 07" | 22,000 | 24,000 | 45,000 | 60,000 | 65,000 | ||||||||||||
8'- 07" LT 9' - 00" | 22,500 | 24,500 | 46,000 | 61,500 | 67,000 | ||||||||||||
9'-00" LT 9'-06" | 23,000 | 25,000 | 47,000 | 63,000 | 69,000 | ||||||||||||
9'-06" LT 10'-00" | 23,500 | 25,500 | 48,000 | 64,500 | 71,000 | ||||||||||||
10' - 00" and greater | 24,000 | 26,000 | 49,000 | 66,000 |
Note: to determine the width of the axle group measure the distance from the left side of the axle to the right side of the axle. The measurement shall be from where the tread meets the pavement on both sides of the axle group.
Axle Weights | |
Single, non-drive axle | 22,000 pounds |
Single, drive axle | 24,000 pounds |
Tandem | 49,000 pounds |
Triple | 60,000 pounds |
Quad | 65,000 pounds |
Source of information: https://www.kansashighwaypatrol.org/DocumentCenter/View/178/Weight-Enforcement-Facts-PDF
https://oversizeloadescorts.com/regs/ks.pdf