No motor vehicle or combination shall, when operated upon a highway, have a weight upon any one wheel in excess of 800 pounds for each nominal inch of width of tire on the wheel. Special mobile equipment may be authorized to carry up to 1,000 pounds per nominal inch of tire width subject to the issuance of a permit by the department.
75 Pa.C.S. § 4944
Maximum wheel load
Known as the Vehicle Code
The act spans §§ 75–75 (898 sections).
(June 18, 1980, P.L.229, No.68, eff. 60 days; June 11, 1992, P.L.266, No.47, eff. 60 days)
Official source: Pennsylvania General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Pennsylvania statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.