Section 262.04. Eligibility.

 

(1)  An issuing authority may issue a permit for the transportation of a legal size and legal weight load on an oversize vehicle or combination of vehicles, provided that the vehicle or combination of vehicles has a multiple or single trip oversize permit for the transportation of an oversize load in the direction opposite to the backhaul permit and actually transports an oversize load in that direction.

(2)  A permit may not authorize the operation of more than 2 vehicles in combination.

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

(4)  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.

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

Note

Legal sizes are set forth in ch. 348 and s. 349.16 , Stats. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 As an example, if an overwide crawler tractor is transported under permit between a storage area and a job site, then a backhaul permit may be issued for the transportation of an industrial air compressor in the opposite direction. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 The overwide crawler must actually be transported. The 2 trips must be part of the same round trip by the permitted vehicle. The transportation of the air compressor may be in either direction, but must be in the direction opposite to that of the movement of the crawler. The transportation of the air compressor may precede or follow in time the transportation of the crawler tractor. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1