2017 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.
66-7-410. Gross weight of vehicles and loads.
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:
(1) four hundred pounds if the vehicle or combination of vehicles uses idle reduction technology; or
(2) if the vehicle is a natural gas vehicle, a standard gross weight limit increase for each axle distance category in this section, established by the division by rule, by an amount equal to the difference between the average weight of the vehicle attributable to its natural gas tank and fuel system and the average weight of a comparable diesel tank and fuel system.
History: 1953 Comp., 64-7-410, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, 481; 2007, ch. 209, 9; 2016, ch. 70, 3.
