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2017 Tennessee Code
Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 7 - Size, Weight and Load
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 55-7-107. Vehicles hauling timber, pulpwood or logs -- Securing of loads.
Universal Citation: TN Code § 55-7-107 (2017)
- (a) When timber, pulpwood, or logs are hauled upon a truck, tractor-trailer, or tractor-semitrailer combination, with a rated capacity of more than three-fourths (3/4) of a ton, every length of timber, pulpwood, or logs shall be securely fastened with either two (2) chains rated not less than three-eighths inch (3/8") proof coil, or two (2) wire rope cables of not less than three-eighths inch (3/8") diameter or any combination of the minimum size chain or cable, or two (2) nylon straps equivalent in tensile strength to the minimum size chain or cable.
- (b) If the length of the timber, pulpwood, or logs hauled exceeds thirty-five feet (35'), every length shall be securely fastened with three (3) chains or cables, as described in subsection (a), or a combination of chains and cables, or three (3) nylon straps equivalent in tensile strength to the minimum size chain or cable.
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