Simplify Your Oversize/Overweight Loads
DIMENSIONS:
Width: 8' 6"
Height: 13' 6"
Overhang: Front 4', Rear 10' Length: 48' (trailer-no overall length limits)
Axles spaced less than 6 feet apart 18,000 pounds per axle or axles spaced 6 feet or greater 22,400 pounds per axle.
Legal Maximum: 80,000 (meets Federal Bridge Formula)
Permit issued primarily for indivisible loads valid for one trip and return over a three-day period. Weekend travel permits (Saturday and Sunday only between daylight and noon) are available upon request for loads up to 160,000 lbs.
Connecticut Permit Department Contact Information
860-594-2880
Fax: 860-594-2949
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Eastern
Basic Requirement
When two pilot cars are required, one shall precede and one shall follow the piloted load or vehicle.
Axle Combinations and Maximum Weights
3-Axle - Lift 53,800 lb.
3 Axle - Fixed 53,800 lb.
Four Axle - Lift 76,500 lb.
Four Axle - Fixed 76,500 lb.
4-Axle Spread 6+ ft 80,000 lb.
Maximum Permitted load is 160,000 lb.
Permit issued primarily for indivisible loads valid for one trip and return over a three-day period. Weekend travel permits (Saturday and Sunday only between daylight and noon) are available upon request for loads up to 160,000 lbs.
72-Hour Trip Permit
State Fee - $46.95
If you do not have Apportioned plates, but need to cross the Connecticut border with either a multi-axled vehicle or a vehicle (or combination) over 26,000 pounds, you must obtain a Trip Permit for any jurisdiction you travel in.
Connecticut 10-Day Fuel PermitAmount of Fee Paid - $29.95
You need an IFTA license if:
If your vehicle qualifies and it is not currently registered with IFTA, you must obtain a temporary fuel permit to travel in and out of Connecticut.
Overweight Fines
Two categories of fines may be levied for operating an vehicle in an overweight conditions:
There may be a fine of up to $2000 for reckless driving in addition to the fines for amount the vehicle is overweight.
Overweight fines are based on percent of weight in excess of the legal weight.
% Overweight Fine per 100 lb over Minimum Fine
Less than 5% $3.00 --
5 - 10% $5.00 $50
10-15% $6.00 $100
15-20% $7.00 $200
20-25% $10.00 $300
25-30% $12.00 $500
>30% $15.00 $1,000
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All Oversize loads require: Sign Size: 7' long (min.), 18" high Lettering: black letters 8" high , 1 inch stroke Min) Background: Yellow
Flag Requirements
18 inch square, red flags at four corners and/or widest points.
Warning Lights
Required mounted on top of transporter--amber light visible from a distance of not less than 1,000 feet.
Loads 13' 6" inch or wider and 14+' feet high: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday only Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Holiday Restrictions: No travel on New Years, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Movement is to stop 12:00 noon the day before a holiday until daylight the day after the holiday.
NOTE: Travel time restrictions may change from year-to-year.
Weekend travel permits (Saturday and Sunday only between daylight and noon) are available upon request for loads up to 12’ wide, 13’6” high, 80’ long
A tire must have two-thirty-seconds of an inch (2/32") center tread.
Failure to follow winter tire requirements may lead to fines.
Studded tires may be used from November 15 through April 30 only. The same date restrictions also apply to snow chains placed on tires.
Connecticut charges drivers who use studs or chains with snow tires at any time except when allowed by law with an infraction the first time, with no fine assessed. A second violation results in a fine of up to $200.
Dimensions:
Cost:
The annual fee for an Annual Indivisible Permit is based on the gross weight to be shown on the permit. The fee is assessed at a rate of nine dollars ($9.00) per one thousand pounds or fraction thereof with an additional $5.00 charge for all permits available via electronic means.
Annual dump truck permits are $698 and dump trailers are $725 (issued to companies working on CT construction projects only)
Annual Indivisible permits are $9 per thousand pounds of trailer registered weight plus $9 per thousand pounds of tractor light weight plus $5 transmittal fee (issued to CT based carriers only
Work zones can present unfamiliar situations to all roadway users.
Hazards can appear suddenly and
unexpectedly that can endanger both motorists and roadway workers.
Conditions may change overnight on the routes you travel daily. Stay Alert.
Pay attention to construction signs through the work zone.
Maintain a safe following distance and obey posted speed limits.
Obey Road Crew Flaggers.
In addition to the normal policies of
transporting oversize loads, the following restrictions are required
when transporting mobile homes, modular homes, house trailers, or
sectional houses on Connecticut highways.
(1) The towing vehicle shall have a minimum manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds and shall have dual wheels on the drive axle. All towing features shall conform to ICC requirements.
(2) (a) Travel for all mobile homes, modular homes, house trailers, or sectional houses except those in subsection 2 (b), is restricted to daylight hours, Monday through Friday, under favorable weather and road conditions.
(b) Units that are in excess of 12′ wide are restricted to hours between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday.
(3) The maximum width for house trailers is 14 feet. This 14 feet includes all roof overhangs, sills, knobs and siding.
(4) Convoy style hauling is not permitted. A safe passing distance is required between vehicles on all movements when the overall width exceeds ten feet.
(5) The combined length of the unit when attached to the towing vehicle shall not exceed eighty-five feet except that 90 feet is permitted when the towed unit does not exceed 66 feet in length excluding the hitch.
Transporters failing to comply
with these restrictions will be denied future permits. These
restrictions pertain to all house trailers.