Iowa § 321E.7 Load limits per axle

Iowa Statutes

§ 321E.7 — Load limits per axle

Iowa § 321E.7

Title VIIITRANSPORTATION

Ch. 321EVEHICLES OF EXCESSIVE SIZE AND WEIGHT

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Iowa Code § 321E.7 (2026).

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1. The gross weight on any axle of any vehicle or combination of vehicles traveling under a permit issued in accordance with this chapter shall not exceed the maximum axle load prescribed in section 321.463, except for the following: a. Cranes being temporarily moved on streets, roads, or highways may have a gross weight of twenty-four thousand pounds on any single axle. b.

(1)Special mobile equipment other than cranes being temporarily moved on streets, roads, or highways may have a maximum gross weight of thirty-six thousand pounds on any single axle equipped with flotation pneumatic tires with a minimum size of twenty-six point five inches by twenty-five inches and a maximum gross weight of twenty thousand pounds on any single axle equipped with flotation pneumatic tires with a minimum

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1. The gross weight on any axle of any vehicle or combination of vehicles traveling under
a permit issued in accordance with this chapter shall not exceed the maximum axle load
prescribed in section 321.463, except for the following:
a. Cranes being temporarily moved on streets, roads, or highways may have a gross
weight of twenty-four thousand pounds on any single axle.
b. (1) Special mobile equipment other than cranes being temporarily moved on streets,
roads, or highways may have a maximum gross weight of thirty-six thousand pounds on any
single axle equipped with flotation pneumatic tires with a minimum size of twenty-six point
five inches by twenty-five inches and a maximum gross weight of twenty thousand pounds
on any single axle equipped with flotation pneumatic tires with a minimum size of eighteen
inches by twenty-five inches.
(2) The department is authorized to adopt rules to permit the use of tire sizes and weights
within the minimum and maximum specifications provided in subparagraph (1), provided
that the total gross weight of the vehicle or combination of vehicles does not exceed one
hundred twenty-six thousand pounds.
(3) A manufacturer of machinery or equipment manufactured or assembled in Iowa
may be granted a permit for the movement of such machinery or equipment mounted on
pneumatic tires with axle loads exceeding the maximum axle load prescribed in section
321.463 for distances not to exceed twenty-five miles at a speed not greater than twenty
miles per hour. The movement of such machinery or equipment shall be over a specified
route between the place of assembly or manufacture and a storage area, shipping point,
proving ground, experimental area, weighing station, or another manufacturing plant.
c. Raw milk transporters operating under a permit issued pursuant to section 321E.29A
shall not exceed the axle and gross weights specified in that section.
d. Compacted rubbish vehicles operating under a permit issued pursuant to section