Section 255.05. Eligibility.

 

(1)  Any vehicle or vehicle and load to be considered as operating under a permit shall satisfy requirements for a permit under s. 348.25 , Stats.

(2)  An issuing authority may not issue a permit for mobile homes or camping trailers under this chapter.

(3)  An issuing authority may not issue a permit to transport loads or articles which could reasonably be divided in a manner as to allow transporting of loads or articles in 2 or more loads that are not oversize or overweight, nor may the permit be issued for the transporting of more than one article if the vehicle, load, or vehicle and load is overweight.

(4)  An issuing authority may not issue a permit for a vehicle and load exceeding 100 feet in overall length when the rear supporting axle is at or near the rear of the load unless the rear support is separately steered.

(5)  An issuing authority may issue a permit only for a vehicle equipped with pneumatic tires.

(6)  The issuance of a permit is not a guarantee of the sufficiency of any highway or structure for the transporting of the vehicle, load, or vehicle and load.

(7)  A permit may not authorize the operation of more than 2 vehicles in combination except that a vehicle combination consisting of a truck-tractor and semi-trailer, operating under a permit, may transport a 2-axle carry-all scraper with the axle of the scraper power unit resting on the bed of the semi-trailer and the rear axle of the scraper resting on the roadway. The gross weight of the rear axle of the scraper may not exceed 35,000 pounds.

History: Cr. Register, December, 1990, No. 420 , eff. 1-1-91.

Note

This section prohibits, among other things, addition of an extra boom section to a load that is transported under a permit for an overweight vehicle, load, or vehicle and load. Transporting necessary blocking for a load, or transporting the necessary blocking on an otherwise empty vehicle to and from the origin or destination of the load, is not prohibited. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1