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§47-14-109.2.


§47-14-109.2.
   
   A. Except as hereinafter provided, for the purpose of delivering
   agriculture commodities to and from the farm only, any vehicle or
   combination of vehicles shall be commercially weighed on a vehicle
   scale only as a single draft, that is, the total weight of the vehicle
   or combination of vehicles shall not be determined by adding together
   the results obtained by separately weighing each end of the vehicle or
   combination of vehicles, or by separately weighing individual elements
   of such vehicle or combination of vehicles. Provided, however, that
   when a vehicle or combination of vehicles is not weighed as a single
   draft the weight ticket shall be stamped "multiple draft weight; not
   guaranteed accurate". Provided further, that any one truck and
   semitrailer or truck-tractor/semitrailer combination may tow one
   complete trailer or semitrailer for the purpose of delivering
   agriculture commodities to and from the farm, such single axle and
   gross weight limits provided for by Section 14-109 of this title
   applying fully herein.
   
   B. This section shall not be construed to allow or permit any vehicle
   or combination of vehicles to exceed:
   
   1. The axle load limit, as prescribed in Section 14-109 of this title,
   of twenty thousand (20,000) pounds per single axle; or
   
   2. The tandem axle weight, as prescribed in Sections 14-101 and 14-109
   of this title; or
   
   3. The overall gross vehicle weight of eighty thousand (80,000) pounds
   for vehicles or ninety thousand (90,000) pounds for longer combination
   vehicles as defined in U.S. Code 23, Section 127, operating on the
   Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways in
   accordance with the provisions of Section 14-118 of this title; or
   
   4. The total overall gross weight of ninety thousand (90,000) pounds
   for all other highways in this state, except those highways prescribed
   in Section 14-113 of this title.
   

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