OVERSIZE AND OVERWEIGHT PERMIT LAWS AND REGULATIONS Types of Permits
Liquid Bulk
LIQUID BULK CONTAINER PERMITS: ($200.00 per year)
These permits are for vehicles transporting a Liquid Bulk Container within a fifty (50) mile radius of a statutorily defined port or harbor district. This permit will allow these vehicles a gross vehicle weight not to exceed ninety-five thousand (95,000) pounds and an axle weight not to exceed twenty thousand (20,000) pounds per axle provided the rear axle set is a tridum. Each vehicle shall be equipped with a standard intermodal drop-frame chassis with twist locks to secure the container to the chassis.
Liquid Bulk Container Permit maximum weights: |
| Gross Vehicle Weight……………………………………………………………………95,000 Pounds |
| Tandem Axles………………………….…………………………………………………40,000 Pounds |
| Tridum Axles………………………………………..…………………………………….60,000 Pounds |
| + Note: This permit shall not supersede any lesser weight limit POSTED on a bridge or highway. |
Vehicles with Liquid Bulk Container Permits are allowed movement on Interstate and non-Interstate highways and are valid for one (1) year, expiring each year on December 31. These vehicles are not prohibited from traveling at night, during moderate rain, or on holidays. These permits will be issued on regular permit or computer generated forms by the Truck Permit Office or the Louisiana Truck Center. They may be reduced in size to accommodate company log books, as long as they are complete, legible and easily read.
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