New Mexico § 66-7-413.8 - Multiple-trip permit for specialized haul vehicles

§ 66-7-413.8. Multiple-trip permit for specialized haul vehicles

A special multiple-trip permit may be issued for a single vehicle with a load in excess

of the weight allowed in Section 66-7-410 NMSA 1978 if: A. the vehicle has an overall length of not more than forty feet and contains a group

of four to seven axles having a distance in feet between the first and last axle of

at least twenty feet but not greater than thirty-six feet; B. the weight imposed upon the highway through any one axle of the vehicle does not

exceed that allowed in Section 66-7-409 NMSA 1978; C. the weight imposed upon the highway through a tandem axle of the vehicle does not

exceed thirty-four thousand pounds. For the purpose of this subsection, “ tandem axle ” means two or more consecutive axles whose centers may be included between parallel

transverse vertical planes spaced more than forty inches and not more than ninety-six

inches apart, extending across the full width of the vehicle; D. the total gross weight imposed upon the highway on a group of two or more consecutive

axles of the vehicle shall not exceed the weight computed using and listed in the

following formula and table, but in no case greater than eighty thousand pounds: (1) W = 500(LN/(N-1) + 12N + 36), where: W = maximum overall gross weight on the group; L = distance in feet between the extremes of any group of two or more consecutive

axles measured longitudinally to the nearest foot; and N = number of axles in the group under consideration; and (2) L (feet) W (pounds) 4 axles 5 axles 6 axles 7 axles _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 20 55,500 60,500 66,000 21 56,000 61,000 66,500 22 56,500 61,500 67,000 23 57,500 62,500 68,000 24 58,000 63,000 68,500 74,000 25 58,500 63,500 69,000 74,500 26 59,500 64,000 69,500 75,000 27 60,000 65,000 70,000 75,500 28 60,500 65,500 71,000 76,500 29 61,500 66,000 71,500 77,000 30 62,000 66,500 72,000 77,500 31 62,500 67,500 72,500 78,000 32 63,500 68,000 73,000 78,500 33 64,000 68,500 74,000 79,000 34 64,500 69,000 74,500 80,000 35 65,500 70,000 75,000 80,000 36 66,000 70,500 75,500 80,000; and E. other requirements are met as established by rule of the secretary of public safety,

including the payment of a reasonable permit fee.