Simplify Your Oversize/Overweight Loads
Max Legal Weight for GVW under 80,000 lbs and Max Permitted Weight for GVW over 80,000 lbs
Maximum legal weight for State Highways and Designated Highways are:
For any vehicle or combination of vehicles having a total gross weight less than 71,000 pounds, the higher of the following shall apply:
where W equals overall gross weight on any group of two or more consecutive axles to the nearest 500 pounds, L equals distance in feet from the center of the foremost axle to the center of the rearmost axle of any group of two or more consecutive axles, and N equals number of axles in group under consideration, except that two consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load 34,000 pounds each providing the overall distance between the first and last axles of such consecutive sets of tandem axles is thirty-six feet or more.
Max. Axle and Grouping Weights in Lbs.
Steering axle - 22,400 pounds
Any other Single axle - 25,000 pounds
Tandem Group - 47,000 pounds
Tridem Group - 57,000 pounds
Max. Gross vehicle weight - 97,400 pounds
Permitted Gross weight is based on the F1 formula : (1,250 x Wheelbase* ) + 42,500
* Overall Wheelbase in inches is rounded to the nearest whole foot.
Max. Axle and Grouping Weights in Lbs.
Steering axle - 22,400 pounds
Any other Single axle - 25,000 pounds
Tandem Group - 47,000 pounds
Tridem Group - 57,000 pounds
Quad - 62,000 pounds
Max. Gross vehicle weight - 102,000 pounds
Permitted Gross weight is based on the F1 formula : (1,250 x Wheelbase* ) + 42,500
* Overall Wheelbase in inches is rounded to the nearest whole foot.
Max. Axle and Grouping Weights in Lbs.
Steering axle - 22,400 poundsMax. Axle and Grouping Weights in Lbs.
Tractor Steering axle - 13,000 pounds
Truck Steering Axle - 17,000 pounds
Any other Single axle - 18,000 pounds
Tandem Group - 42,000 pounds
Tridem Group - 54,000 pounds
Quad - 63,000 pounds
Max. Gross vehicle weight - 117,000 pounds
Max. Axle and Grouping Weights in Lbs.
Steering axle - 22,400 pounds
Any other Single axle - 29,500 pounds
Tandem Group - 59,000 pounds
Tridem Group - 64,000 pounds
Quad - 66,000 pounds
Max. Gross vehicle weight - 79,000 pounds
Max. Axle and Grouping Weights in Lbs
Steering axle - 22,400 pounds
Any other Single axle - 29,500 pounds
Tandem Group - 59,000 pounds
Tridem Group - 64,000 pounds
Quad - 66,000 pounds
Max. Gross vehicle weight - 79,000 pounds
Max. Axle and Grouping Weights in Lbs
Steering axle - 22,400 pounds
Any other Single axle - 22,500 pounds
Tandem Group - 45,000 pounds
Tridem Group - 57,000 pounds
Quad - 62,000 pounds
Max. Gross vehicle weight - 93,000 pounds
Max. Axle and Grouping Weights in Lbs
Steering axle - 22,400 pounds
Any other Single axle - 25,750 pounds
Tandem Group - 48,000 pounds
Tridem Group - 63,000 pounds
Quad - 65,000 pounds
Max. Gross vehicle weight - 120,000 pounds
All Divisible Load Overweight Permit types are “R” (Restricted) permits. All vehicles operating under Divisible Load Overweight permits are prohibited from crossing “R” posted bridges (signed as: No Trucks with “R” Permits) unless the bridge has been officially rated as “Waivered” by the Department. Waivered bridges allow permitted vehicles to cross while operating under Divisible Load Overweight permits, Types; 1, 1A, 2, 2A, 4 or 8 at permitted weights up to 102,000 pounds. No permitted vehicles may cross a Load Posted bridge if the permitted weight exceeds the Posted weight limit of the bridge.
The following requirements must be met for any vehicle or combination of vehicles that are model year 2006 or newer or regardless of model year are applying for or operating under a Type 9 permit.
Vehicles model year 2005 or older have until January 1, 2020 to comply with the above IFV requirements unless they are applying for a type 9 permit. When applying for type 9 permits, regardless of the vehicles model year, all IFV requirements must be met.
Issuance of a Seasonal Agricultural permit is limited to Types 1, 1A, 7 and existing Type 8 permits. The applicable fee is 1⁄2 the annual fee listed. The permit is valid for four (4) consecutive months. An Agricultural vehicle is defined as: Any motor used and owned by a person engaged in food production (for consumption by humans) by means of the planting, cultivation and harvesting of agricultural, vegetable and food products of the soil, for the sole purpose of transporting such product.
Use of two trailers simultaneously married to one power unit (double bottom or twin trailers) cannot be permitted.
Source of information: https://www.dot.ny.gov/nypermits/repository/perm71b.pdf
https://www.dot.ny.gov/nypermits/repository/Perm%2069_Permit%20Types_12-15.pdf
https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/oom/transportation-systems/manuals