(A) Vehicles and loads. No vehicle or combination of vehicles shall have a gross weight in pounds, including the load, in excess of that derived from the table below in which the distance in feet shall be measured horizontally between the center lines of the first and the last axles of the vehicles or combination of vehicles. Gross weight limitations shall be as follows:
Distance Between Axles (feet) | Gross Weight (pounds) |
Distance Between Axles (feet) | Gross Weight (pounds) |
4 | 40,000 |
5 | 40,000 |
6 | 40,000 |
7 | 40,000 |
8 | 40,000 |
9 | 41,650 |
10 | 42,500 |
11 | 43,350 |
12 | 44,200 |
13 | 45,050 |
14 | 45,900 |
15 | 47,000 |
16 | 48,500 |
17 | 50,000 |
18 | 51,500 |
19 | 53,000 |
20 | 54,500 |
21 | 55,500 |
22 | 56,500 |
23 | 57,500 |
24 | 58,700 |
25 | 59,650 |
26 | 60,600 |
27 | 61,550 |
28 | 62,500 |
29 | 63,450 |
30 | 64,400 |
31 | 65,350 |
32 | 66,300 |
33 | 67,250 |
34 | 68,200 |
35 | 69,150 |
36 | 70,100 |
37 | 71,050 |
38 | 72,000 |
39 | 72,950 |
40 | 73,280 |
(B) Motor vehicles and combinations of vehicles. The gross weight of any motor vehicle or combination of vehicles may not exceed the following weights:
(1) Vehicles or combinations with not more than 3 axles: 55,000 pounds;
(2) Vehicles or combinations with 4 axles: 65,000 pounds;
(3) Vehicles or combinations with 5 axles as provided for herein: 73,280 pounds.
(C) The Board authorizes the increase of the gross maximum weight of a vehicle using any part of Table Rock Road and Wilson Run Road in Garrett County that is owned and maintained by the county not to exceed 80,000 pounds but may include a tolerance not exceeding 10%.
(1986 Code, § 248-2) (Ord. —, passed 8-30-1971; Am. Ord. 2005-24, passed 11-22-2005
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