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189.221 Basic height, width, length, and weight limits for trucks, trailers, manufactured homes, or vehicles -- Exception.

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189.221 Basic height, width, length, and weight limits for trucks, trailers, manufactured homes, or vehicles -- Exception. A person shall not operate on any highway, except those highways designated by the <br>secretary of transportation under the provisions of KRS 189.222, or those locally <br>maintained highways under the provisions of KRS 189.222(11) or KRS 189.230(4), any <br>of the following trucks, trailers, manufactured homes, or vehicles: <br>(1) Any motor truck, semitrailer, trailer, manufactured home, or vehicle which exceeds eleven and one-half (11-1/2) feet in height or ninety-six (96) inches in width, <br>including any part of the body or load; (2) Any motor truck, except a semitrailer truck, which exceeds twenty-six and one half (26-1/2) feet in length, including any part of the body or load; (3) Any semitrailer truck which exceeds thirty (30) feet in length, including any part of the body or load; (4) Any truck, semitrailer truck, or truck and trailer unit which exceeds 36,000 pounds gross weight, including the load; (5) Any truck, semitrailer truck, or tractor-trailer unit which exceeds a gross weight equal to the sum of six hundred (600) pounds per inch of the combined width of the <br>tires upon which the vehicle may be propelled, but no more than thirty-six thousand <br>(36,000) pounds. (6) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any truck hauling building materials under KRS 189.2226, or to a road construction project on a highway rated less than <br>the maximum weight provided above, may haul up to eighty thousand (80,000) <br>pounds gross weight, including the load, without a permit. Effective: June 25, 2009 <br>History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 34, sec. 2, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 124, secs. 35 and 38, effective June 24, 2003. -- Amended 1998 <br>Ky. Acts ch. 484, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 42, <br>sec. 12, effective July 15, 1994. </p> <BR></DIV><!-- /.col.one --><!-- /.col.two --></DIV><!-- /.col.main --></DIV><!-- /div id = content --> <BR class=clear></DIV> <!-- /div id = livearea --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /.col.one --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /.col.main --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /#content --><BR class=clear> <DIV></DIV><!-- /#livearea --> <!-- Footer--> <DIV id=footer> <DIV class=container> <P class=copyright>Copyright &copy; 2012-2022 Laws9.Com All rights reserved. </P><!-- /.copyright --> <P class=footerlinks><A href="/contactus.html">Contact Us</A> | <A href="/aboutus.html">About Us</A> | <A href="/terms.html">Terms</A> | <A href="/privacy.html">Privacy</A></P><!-- /.footerlinks --> </DIV><!-- /.container --> </DIV><!-- /footer --> </BODY></HTML>