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2005 California Vehicle Code Sections 29200-29201 CHAPTER 2. LOGS AND POLES
VEHICLE CODESECTION 29200-29201
29200. (a) The department shall adopt regulations relating to the safe loading, securement, and transporting of logs and poles. The regulations shall include provisions prescribing the types of bunks and bunk stakes which may be used in combination in transporting logs and poles. (b) In adopting these regulations the department shall consider the type of vehicle to be used, the construction of loads, and the types of binders, stakes, and restraining devices required to securely contain the load. (c) It is unlawful to fail to comply with any provision of these regulations. 29201. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the transportation of poles on a pole dolly by public utility companies or local public agencies engaged in the business of supplying electricity or telephone service, by the Department of Transportation, or by a licensed contractor in the performance of work for a utility, the Department of Transportation, or a local public agency, when such transportation is between storage yards or between a storage yard and job location where such poles are to be used, but in no event shall more than nine poles be transported on any dolly if any such pole exceeds a length of 30 feet. If poles 30 feet or less in length are transported by pole or pipe dolly, not more than 18 poles shall be so transported. Poles shall be adequately secured when being transported on a dolly to prevent shifting or spilling of loads.
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