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2013 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles
Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety
Part 5 - WEIGHT AND SIZE LIMITATIONS
Section 66-7-410 - Gross weight of vehicles and loads. (2007)


NM Stat § 66-7-410 (2013) What's This?

66-7-410. Gross weight of vehicles and loads. (2007) 
A.   Subject to the limit upon the weight imposed upon the highway through any one axle as set forth in Section  66-7-409 NMSA 1978 and except as provided in Subsection D of this section, the total gross weight with load imposed upon the highway by any one group of two or more consecutive axles of a vehicle or combination of vehicles shall not exceed the gross weight given for the respective distance between the first and last axle of the group of axles measured longitudinally to the nearest foot as set forth in the following table:
 
 
Distance in feet between first
and last axles of group
Allowed load in pounds
on group of axles 
4
34,320 
5
35,100 
6
35,880 
7
36,660 
8
37,440 
9
38,220 
10
39,000 
11
39,780 
12
40,560 
13
41,340 
14
42,120 
15
42,900 
16
43,680 
17
44,460 
18
45,240.   
B.   Except as provided in Subsection D of this section, the total gross weight with load imposed on the highway by any vehicle or combination of vehicles where the distance between the first and last axles is more than eighteen feet shall not exceed that given for the respective distances in the following table:
 
 
Distance in feet between first
and last axles of group
Allowed load in pounds
on group of axles 
19
53,100 
20
54,000 
21
54,900 
22
55,800 
23
56,700 
24
57,600 
25
58,500 
26
59,400 
27
60,300 
28
61,200 
29
62,100 
30
63,000 
31
63,900 
32
64,800 
33
65,700 
34
66,600 
35
67,500 
36
68,400 
37
69,300 
38
70,200 
39
71,100 
40
72,000 
41
72,900 
42
73,800 
43
74,700 
44
75,600 
45
76,500 
46
77,400 
47
78,300 
48
79,200 
49
80,100 
50
81,000 
51
81,900 
52
82,800 
53
83,700 
54
84,600 
55
85,500 
56 or over
86,400.   
C.   The distance between the centers of the axles shall be measured to the nearest even foot.  When a fraction is exactly one-half, the next larger whole number shall be used.
D.   The total gross weight with load limitations imposed by this section for any vehicle or combination of vehicles shall be increased by four hundred pounds if the vehicle or combination of vehicles uses idle reduction technology.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-410, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 481; 2007, ch. 209, § 9.

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