Notwithstanding s. 348.15 (3) (c), for any vehicle or vehicle combination operating under a permit issued under s. 348.27 (18) or (21), the gross weight imposed on the highway by any group of 6 or more consecutive axles of a vehicle or combination of vehicles may not exceed the maximum gross weights in the following table for each of the respective distances between axles and the respective numbers of axles of a group: [See Figure 348.295 following] Figure 348.295: Maximum gross weight in pounds on a group of- Distances in feet between foremost and rearmost axles of a group 6 consecutive axles of any combination of vehicles having a total of 6 or more axles 7 consecutive axles of a 7-axle vehicle or of any vehicle or combination of vehicles having a total of 7 or more axles 8 consecutive axles of a 8-axle vehicle or of any vehicle or combination of vehicles having a total of 8 or more axles 28 82,000 29 82,500 30 83,000 31 83,500 32 84,500 33 85,000 34 85,500 35 80,500 86,000 36 81,000 86,500 37 81,500 87,000 38 82,000 87,500 39 82,500 88,500 40 83,500 89,000 41 84,000 89,500 42 84,500 90,000 43 85,000 90,500 44 80,500 85,500 91,000 45 81,000 86,000 46 81,500 87,000 47 82,000 87,500 48 83,000 88,000 49 83,500 88,500 50 84,000 89,000 51 84,500 89,500 52 85,000 90,000 53 86,000 91,000 54 86,500 55 87,000 56 87,500 57 88,000 58 89,000 59 89,500 60 90,000 61 90,500 62 91,000
Wis. Stat. § 348.295
Weight limitations for certain permits
2011 a. 56 s. 9; 2013 a. 165 s. 114; 2025 a. 161.
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