2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 75 - VEHICLES
Chapter 49 - Size, Weight and Load
Section 4944 - Maximum wheel load

§ 4944.  Maximum wheel load.

No motor vehicle or combination shall, when operated upon a highway, have a weight upon any one wheel in excess of 800 pounds for each nominal inch of width of tire on the wheel. Special mobile equipment may be authorized to carry up to 1,000 pounds per nominal inch of tire width subject to the issuance of a permit by the department.

(June 18, 1980, P.L.229, No.68, eff. 60 days; June 11, 1992, P.L.266, No.47, eff. 60 days)

 

Cross References.  Section 4944 is referred to in section 4945 of this title.

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