Container Weight Limits By State

Legal truck overweight permits for essential goods general rule.

Container weight limits by state. Gross weight maximum allowable weight for trucks on u s. Interstate highways is 80 000lbs including tractor weight chassis and container weight and cargo weight. For example to meet fbf b weight limits a seven axle truck with an outer spacing of 75 feet has a maximum weight of 103 000 pounds more than enough to carry a fully loaded 40 ft. A truck and its cargo cannot exceed a total gross weight including tractor weight chassis container and cargo.

Knowing the actual truck weight limits by state see the chart further on in this article can easily lead to six figure savings for large volume shippers of heavy freight. Gross weight 80 000 pounds approx. 52 900 lbs and a 40 standard or high cube is 30 480 kgs. The actual limit on ocean container weight is the max gross cargo weight listed on the container door usually 10 000 or more beyond 44 000 pounds.

By state page 1 7 state maximum container length ft in 20 foot 40 foot 53 foot dry van single axle tandem axle maximum legal gross weight legal gross weight with permit comments alabama 53 6 38 200 44 500 44 500 reference bridge law formula 80 000 100 000. Off interstate limits are typically lower. Rating is the maximum permissible weight of a container plus its contents. On some non interstate highways trucks may carry fully loaded containers because the state has set weight limits for state roads above.

A the gross weight on any one axle shall not exceed 20 000 pounds and the gross weight upon any one wheel or wheels supporting one end of an axle shall not exceed 10 500 pounds. This is the allowed gross weight on a single axle of the truck or a set of axles. Road weight limits for interstates or highways and off roads might vary. States typically allow.

Cargoweightguidelines04feb10 docx cargo weight guidelines continued the following are weight limitations per axles on slider chassis combinations. A legally dispersed 5 axle rig would have a max axle weight of 12000 lbs on steer 34000 lbs on the drive tandem axles 17000 lbs on the 4 th axle and 17000 lbs on the 5 th axle. Axle weight the amount of weight allowed on any one axle or specific group of axles. Please refer to to the american trucking association s summary of size and weight limits.

In the united states this is regulated by. Cargo weight 37 500 standard 40 container on steamship line chassis. Road weight and size limitations. Non interstate limits are typically lower and vary.

Axle weight allowable gross weight on a single or set of axles is regulated by individual states. Maximum allowable total gross weight for trucks on u s.