- (a) Single axle load permitted. No permit shall be issued for the movement of a vehicle, other than a vehicle of special design as noted in 27 CAR § 111-401 et seq., if the gross weight imposed upon the highway by the wheels of any one (1) single axle exceeds twenty thousand pounds (20,000 lbs.).
- (b) Tandem axle load permitted. Other than a front or steering tandem axle and other than those on a vehicle of special design as noted in 27 CAR § 111-401 et seq., the total gross weight imposed upon the highways by a tandem axle configuration shall not exceed forty-six thousand pounds (46,000 lbs.), and no one (1) axle of any such group shall exceed twenty-three thousand pounds (23,000 lbs.).
- (c) Tridem axle load permitted. The total gross weight imposed upon the highway in a tridem configuration on any vehicle, other than a vehicle of special design as noted in 27 CAR § 111-401 et seq., shall not exceed sixty thousand pounds (60,000 lbs.), and no one (1) axle of any such group shall exceed twenty thousand pounds (20,000 lbs.).
- (d) Quadrum axle load permitted. The total gross weight imposed upon the highways by a quadrum axle configuration on any vehicle, other than a vehicle of special design as noted in 27 CAR § 111-401 et seq., shall not exceed sixty-eight thousand pounds (68,000 lbs.), and the weight on any one (1) axle of any such group shall not exceed seventeen thousand pounds (17,000 lbs.).
- (e) The total gross weight imposed upon the highway by the wheels of any one (1) single trunnion axle, other than a vehicle of special design as described in 27 CAR § 111-401 et seq., traveling under authority of an overload permit shall not exceed twenty thousand pounds (20,000 lbs.).