Looking for a list of permitted weight limits

Its 20,000 lbs per axle, with the exception of the steering. You order the permits according to your weight, width, height and length

 

It will be state by state as there are variances allowed by individual states.

But here are the Feds rules
http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/overview/index.htm


Now your state allows for 40,000 on tandems with a bridge permit.I think it's like $75 a year.

There are also provisions for farming logging etc etc........

 

Try the front of a Truckers Atlas

 

Motor Carriers Atlas has all he needs

 

Yep....great info inside there......(even some maps )

 

No batteries or power of any kind required.

 

You also can not exceed the rated limit of the tires and there's the bridge law. It's been along time since I've pulled over weight OTR but back then it was a pain in the rear because the states were different.

I moved a D-8L from OH to UT on a triple axle lowboy and I had to move that thing on the trailer to make it legal from state to state. Some wanted 54,000 lbs (the numbers could be wrong since it was some time ago) on the rears, some wanted less, and some would allow more. I had to unchain, take the tape off the stack, start it and move a couple of inches then rechain and tape the stack again then weigh it. That was at the scale house so I had to make sure it was ready to go if it was right. I did that three times and I'm sure if I wasn't government they would just have ticketed me. Then on to the next state and move it back to where it was when I started.

I had a one trip permit for the states I was driving through and I don't think there were two states the same. It should be the same for all the states but it's not. I tried to buy a trailer to haul a special type of equipment we had to go in all 48 states. The truck would gross around 120,000 lbs. Some states want a trailer with tires that run across the width of the trailer so you will not rut the road and others want a jeep, stinger, and so forth. It may have all changed by now but back a few years every state had it's own laws.

 

The atlas won't help much on permit weights.
try this http://oversizeloadescorts.com/regs/