Multiple-trip permit for specialized haul vehicles.

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  5. WEIGHT AND SIZE LIMITATIONS
  6. Multiple-trip permit for specialized haul vehicles.

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A special multiple-trip permit may be issued for a single vehicle with a load in excess of the weight allowed in Section 66-7-410 NMSA 1978 if:

A. the vehicle has an overall length of not more than forty feet and contains a group of four to seven axles having a distance in feet between the first and last axle of at least twenty feet but not greater than thirty-six feet;

B. the weight imposed upon the highway through any one axle of the vehicle does not exceed that allowed in Section 66-7-409 NMSA 1978;

C. the weight imposed upon the highway through a tandem axle of the vehicle does not exceed thirty-four thousand pounds. For the purpose of this subsection, "tandem axle" means two or more consecutive axles whose centers may be included between parallel transverse vertical planes spaced more than forty inches and not more than ninety-six inches apart, extending across the full width of the vehicle;

D. the total gross weight imposed upon the highway on a group of two or more consecutive axles of the vehicle shall not exceed the weight computed using and listed in the following formula and table, but in no case greater than eighty thousand pounds:

(1) W = 500(LN/(N-1) + 12N + 36), where:
W = maximum overall gross
weight on the group;
L = distance in feet between
the extremes of any group of
two or more consecutive axles
measured longitudinally to the
nearest foot; and
N = number of axles in the
group under consideration; and
(2)

L (feet)

W (pounds)

4 axles

5 axles

6 axles

7 axles

20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36

55,500
56,000
56,500
57,500
58,000
58,500
59,500
60,000
60,500
61,500
62,000
62,500
63,500
64,000
64,500
65,500
66,000

60,500
61,000
61,500
62,500
63,000
63,500
64,000
65,000
65,500
66,000
66,500
67,500
68,000
68,500
69,000
70,000
70,500

66,000
66,500
67,000
68,000
68,500
69,000
69,500
70,000
71,000
71,500
72,000
72,500
73,000
74,000
74,500
75,000
75,500





74,000
74,500
75,000
75,500
76,500
77,000
77,500
78,000
78,500
79,000
80,000
80,000
80,000;

and

E. other requirements are met as established by rule of the secretary of public safety, including the payment of a reasonable permit fee.

History: Laws 2015, ch. 49, § 1.

ANNOTATIONS

Effective dates. — Laws 2015, ch. 49, § 2 makes Laws 2015, ch. 49, § 1 effective January 1, 2016.


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