CHAPTER 11. SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING GARBAGE TRUCKS
IC 9-20-11
Chapter 11. Special Restrictions Concerning Garbage Trucks
IC 9-20-11-1
Application of chapter
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a truck, a truck-trailer combination,
or a truck-wagon combination that is either:
(1) a municipal waste collection and transportation vehicle:
(A) specially designed and equipped with a self-compactor
or detachable container;
(B) used exclusively for garbage, refuse, or recycling
operations; and
(C) laden with garbage, refuse, or recyclables; or
(2) a disposal plant transporting vehicle certified under
IC 15-17-11 that is laden with dead animals or animal parts.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.79-1991, SEC.3;
P.L.129-1995, SEC.1; P.L.157-2001, SEC.1; P.L.2-2008, SEC.27.
IC 9-20-11-2
Weight limitations
Sec. 2. A vehicle described in section 1 of this chapter may
transmit to the surface of a highway, except an interstate highway, a
gross weight of not more than:
(1) twenty-four thousand (24,000) pounds upon a single axle;
and
(2) forty-two thousand (42,000) pounds upon a tandem axle
group.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.157-2001, SEC.2.
IC 9-20-11-3
Axle limitations
Sec. 3. When unladen, a vehicle described in section 1 of this
chapter must comply with the axle limitations applicable to all other
trucks.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.157-2001, SEC.3.
IC 9-20-11-4
Wheel weight limitations; compliance requirements
Sec. 4. This chapter does not exempt a vehicle described in
section 1 of this chapter, laden or unladen, from the limitations on
wheel weights imposed by IC 9-20-4-1(c).
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.157-2001, SEC.4.
IC 9-20-11-5
Length limitations
Sec. 5. In addition to the limits and requirements set forth in
sections 2 through 4 of this chapter, the maximum length of a:
(1) truck-trailer combination; or
(2) truck-wagon combination;
and its load, used in intrastate transportation, designed and utilized
as set forth in section 1(1)(A) and 1(1)(B) of this chapter, is
sixty-eight (68) feet.
As added by P.L.157-2001, SEC.5 and P.L.216-2001, SEC.1.
Amended by P.L.1-2002, SEC.41.