§ 35-887. Gross weight limits for vehicles; exceptions; safety of certain vehicles for operation.

(a)

No vehicle or combination of vehicles shall be moved or operated on any highway when the gross weight on two or more consecutive axles exceeds the limitations prescribed in the following table:

Distance Between the Extremes of Any Group of Two or More Consecutive Axles (feet)	Maximum Load Carried on Any Group of Two or More Consecutive Axles (pounds)
	2 axles	3 axles	4 axles	5 axles	6 axles	7 axles	8 axles
4	34,000	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	34,000	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	34,000	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	34,000	—	—	—	—	—	—
8 or less	34,000	34,000	—	—	—	—	—
More than 8	38,000	42,000	—	—	—	—	—
9	39,000	42,500	—	—	—	—	—
10	40,000	43,500	—	—	—	—	—
11	—	44,000	—	—	—	—	—
12	—	45,000	50,000	—	—	—	—
13	—	45,500	50,500	—	—	—	—
14	—	46,500	51,500	—	—	—	—
15	—	47,000	52,000	—	—	—	—
16	—	48,000	52,500	58,000	—	—	—
17	—	48,500	53,500	58,500	—	—	—
18	—	49,500	54,000	59,000	—	—	—
19	—	50,000	54,500	60,000	—	—	—
20	—	51,000	55,500	60,500	66,000	—	—
21	—	51,500	56,000	61,000	66,500	—	—
22	—	52,500	56,500	61,500	67,000	—	—
23	—	53,000	57,500	62,500	68,000	—	—
24	—	54,000	58,000	63,000	68,500	74,000	—
25	—	54,500	58,500	63,500	69,000	74,500	—
26	—	55,500	59,500	64,000	69,500	75,000	—
27	—	56,000	60,000	65,000	70,000	75,500	—
28	—	57,000	60,500	65,500	71,000	76,500	82,000
29	—	57,500	61,500	66,000	71,500	77,000	82,500
30	—	58,500	62,000	66,500	72,000	77,500	83,000
31	—	59,000	62,500	67,500	72,500	78,000	83,500
32	—	60,000	63,500	68,000	73,000	78,500	84,500
33	—	—	64,000	68,500	74,000	79,000	85,000
34	—	—	64,500	69,000	74,500	80,000	85,500
35	—	—	65,500	70,000	75,000	80,500	—
36	—	—	66,000	70,500	75,500	81,000	—
37	—	—	66,500	71,000	76,000	81,500	—
38	—	—	67,500	72,000	77,000	82,000	—
39	—	—	68,000	72,500	77,500	82,500	—
40	—	—	68,500	73,000	78,000	83,500	—
41	—	—	69,500	73,500	78,500	84,000	—
42	—	—	70,000	74,000	79,000	84,500	—
43	—	—	70,500	75,000	80,000	85,000	—
44	—	—	71,500	75,500	80,500	85,500	—
45	—	—	72,000	76,000	81,000	—	—
46	—	—	72,500	76,500	81,500	—	—
47	—	—	73,500	77,500	82,000	—	—
48	—	—	74,000	78,000	83,000	—	—
49	—	—	74,500	78,500	83,500	—	—
50	—	—	75,500	79,000	84,000	—	—
51	—	—	76,000	80,000	84,500	—	—
52	—	—	76,500	80,500	85,000	—	—
53	—	—	77,500	81,000	—	—	—
54	—	—	78,000	81,500	—	—	—
55	—	—	78,500	82,500	—	—	—
56	—	—	79,500	83,000	—	—	—
57	—	—	80,000	83,500	—	—	—
58	—	—	—	84,000	—	—	—
59	—	—	—	85,000	—	—	—
60	—	—	—	85,500	—	—	—

 

except that two consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load of 34,000 pounds each if the overall distance between the first and last axles is 36 feet or more.

(b)

The gross weight on any one axle of a vehicle shall not exceed the limits prescribed in section 35-886.

(c)

For vehicles and combinations of vehicles on the interstate system the table in this section shall not authorize a maximum gross weight of more than 80,000 pounds.

(d)

The table in this section shall not apply to truck tractor and dump semitrailer or truck trailer combination when such are used as a combination unit exclusively for the transportation of sand, salt for highway maintenance operations, gravel, slag stone, limestone, crushed stone, cinders, coal, blacktop, dirt or fill material, when such vehicles are used for transportation to a construction site, highway maintenance or construction project or other storage facility, except that such vehicles or combination of vehicles shall not be exempted from any application of the table as may be required to determine applicable axle weights for triple and quad axles as defined in section 35-886. As used in this subsection, the term "dump semitrailer" means any semitrailer designed in such a way as to divest itself of the load carried thereon.

(Code 1964, § 36-296; Code 1988, § 35-790; Ord. No. 53410, § 1, 7-7-1975; Ord. No. 61738, § 6, 7-31-1980; Ord. No. 63165, § 5, 7-23-1981; Ord. No. 64514, § 8, 8-18-1983; Ord. No. 65069, § 16, 10-16-1986; Ord. No. 65343, § 8, 8-18-1988)

State law reference

Similar provisions, K.S.A. 8-1809.