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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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