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Simplify Your Oversize/Overweight Loads
Dimensions: Width: 8' 6" Height: 14' Length Overall: 53' Overhang: Front 3', Rear 6' (Note: This is subject to many local variations and conditions.)
Weights Single Axel - 20,000 Tandem Axle - 34,000 Maximum Gross Weight: 80,000
Under the California Vehicle Code, having an overweight vehicle is a criminal offense that can carry significant penalties. In most cases driving an overweight vehicle is a misdemeanor in California law. Misdemeanor ( summary ) probation up (6) months in county jail; and/or a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000).
Maximum overweight fines can exceed $2000.
California Permit Department Contact Information
916-322-1297
Fax: 916-322-4966
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM Pacific
Responsibilities
One pilot car is required, the car precedes the escorted vehicle on two (one lane in each direction) or three-lane conventional roads .
When a
pilot car is required for rear overhang (i.e. more than 25' 0”), the
pilot car will follow the escorted vehicle on all routes.
Equipment Failure to comply with all regulations under law renders the
vehicle and/or load out of service until all necessary repairs or
additional equipment is obtained to meet said requirements. This applies to I.D. placards, warning signs, warning lights, warning flags, vertical clearance devices, etc.
With respect to trucks operating on the NHS in California, two provisions in State law allow trucks to exceed some elements of Federal limits:
California
Fuel Trip (CFT) permits allow out-of-state registered owners to enter
and travel into California for 4 consecutive days without obtaining a
license for fuel tax purposes. The CFT must be obtained
and completed prior to entering the state.
CFT(s) may be purchased through the following agencies:
Qualified Motor Vehicle:
The fee is $30,00 for each California Fuel Trip Permit.
California
Fuel Trip (CFT) permits allow out-of-state registered owners to enter
and travel into California for 4 consecutive days without obtaining a
license for fuel tax purposes. This permit also allows California
registered carriers to reenter California after traveling out of state
if they are unlicensed for fuel tax purposes. The CFT must be obtained
and completed prior to entering the state.
The fee is $30.00 for each California Fuel Trip Permit.
CFT(s) may be purchased through the following agencies:
Under California Vehicle Code Section 35551(a) VC, having an overweight vehicle is a criminal offense that can carry significant penalties. In most cases driving an overweight vehicle is a misdemeanor in California law. Misdemeanor ( summary ) probation up (6) months in county jail; and/or a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000).
The exception is if the amount of excess weight is less than four thousand five hundred one pounds (4,501). In this case, VC 35551 is only a California infraction. The penalty for overweight vehicles as an infraction is a fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
WEIGHT | FINE |
0 – 1,000 lbs excess | $20 |
1,001 – 1,500 lbs excess | $30 |
1,501 – 2,000 lbs excess | $40 |
2,001 – 2,500 lbs excess | $55 |
2,501 – 3,000 lbs excess | $85 |
3,001 – 3,500 lbs excess | $105 |
3,501 – 4,000 lbs excess | $125 |
4,001 – 4,500 lbs excess | $145 |
4,501 – 5,000 lbs excess | $175 |
5,001 – 6,000 lbs excess | $200.04 + .04 per each lb |
6,001 – 7,000 lbs excess | $360.08 + .08 per each lb |
7,001 – 8,000 lbs excess | $560.08 + .08 per each lb |
8,001 – 10,000 lbs excess | $1200.15 + .15 per each lb |
10.001 and over | $2000.20 + .20 per each lb |
Warning Lights: Color and Placement
Must have a amber colored strobing or flashing light affixed to the top of the tractor trailer cab that is visible 360 degrees from a minimum distance of 500′. Two (2) red lights required on the side and rear attached to the load or extremities including any projection greater than 4'
"Oversized Load" Banner Regulations and Requirements“Oversize Load” signs are required front and rear for all oversize loads.
Signs that state the exact nature of the shipment; “WIDELOAD”, “OVERSIZE LOAD”, “LONG LOAD”, “EXCESSIVE FRONT OVERHANG”, “EXCESSIVE REAR OVERHANG” are required.
If the shipment is over 100′ overall then the “LONG LOAD” sigh shall be displayed and the “OVERSIZE LOAD” sign is to be displayed for lesser lengths and other oversize configurations.
Flag Requirements
Flags are required at all four corners of any extremities of wide and over length loads, and at the end of load projections greater than 4 feet.
In California, and oversize loads is defined by the following dimensions (Note: This is subject to
many local variations and conditions.)
:
Dimensions:
Width: 8' 6" Height: 14'
Length Overall: 53'
Overhang: Front 3',
Overhang: Rear 6' (Note: This is subject to many local variations and conditions.)
Weights:: Single Axel - 20,000 Tandem Axel - 34,000 Maximum Gross Weight: 80,000
Basic: 24 hours, 7 days a week (with many exceptions for larger loads).
Oversized loads are not permitted during the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
Permits will specify variances to permitted travel times.
No travel from 6 AM until 9 AM in/around Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento & San Francisco.
Tires are to be equipped with tire traction devices when entering a signed restricted area.
There are three levels of requirements in California.
Requirement One (R1): Chains, traction devices or snow tires are required on the drive axle of all vehicles except four wheel/ all wheel drive vehicles.
Requirement Two (R2): Chains or traction devices are required on all vehicles . (NOTE: Four wheel/all wheel drive vehicles must carry traction devices in chain control areas.)
Requirement Three (R3): Chains or traction devices are required on all vehicles, no exceptions. There is no requirement for trucks to carry chains during any specified time period.
Pneumatic tires containing metal-type studs of tungsten carbide or other suitable material and inserted or constructed that under no conditions will the number of studs or the percentage of metal in contact with the roadway exceed 3 percent of the total tire area in contact with the roadway, between the first day of November and April 30.
No person shall use on a highway a pneumatic tire on a vehicle axle when it has:
(1) less than one thirty-second (1/32) of an inch tread depth in any two
adjacent grooves at any location of the tire, except as provided in
paragraphs (2) and (3):
(2) Four thirty-second (4/32) of an inch
tread depth at all points in all major grooves on a tire on the steering
axleand two
thirty-second (2/32) of an inch tread depth at all points in all major
grooves on all other tires on the axles of these vehicles.
(3) Six
thirty-second (6/32) of an inch tread depth at all points in all major
grooves on snow tires used in lieu of tire traction devices in posted
tire traction device control areas.
Dimensions:
Cost: $90
Time, it takes to receive: 5-7 business days
Mailing method: Mailed
Commodity specific? Yes
Need to obtain a route? No
National Work Zone awareness happens like in most states in April, the dates vary but is mostly held in the second week of the month. California promotes safety on the highways and interstates because every life matters. Safety is important so the government states that respecting speed limits and signalization through areas that are under construction is mandatory. Planning your trip is also one way to prevent anything happening, but most importantly being patient and understanding the situation as it is.
10’/12' WIDE MANUFACTURED HOME
Permits are available only to transporters or licensed manufacturers and dealers. In this case, a transporter is one who is in the business of moving manufactured homes and possesses an HCD decal.
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