{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-14-118","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-14-118","heading":"Motor carriers - Permits - Oklahoma Load Limit Map -","body":"Saddlemounts - Exemptions and restrictions - Driveaway permits.\n\nA. 1. Pursuant to such rules as may be prescribed by Oklahoma\n\nagencies of jurisdiction, Oklahoma motor carriers may engage in any\n\nactivity in which carriers subject to the jurisdiction of the\n\nfederal government may be authorized by federal legislation to\n\nengage. Provided further, the Transportation Commission shall\n\nformulate for the State Trunk Highway System, including the National\n\nSystem of Interstate and Defense Highways, and for all other\n\nhighways or portions thereof, rules governing the movement of\n\nvehicles or loads which exceed the size or weight limitations\n\nspecified by the provisions of this chapter.\n\n2. Such rules shall be the basis for the development of a\n\nsystem by the Executive Director of the Department of Transportation\n\nfor the issuance of permits for the movement of oversize or\n\noverweight vehicles or loads. Such system shall include, but not be\n\nlimited to, provisions for duration, seasonal factors, hours of the\n\nday or days when valid, special requirements as to flags, flagmen\n\nand warning or safety devices and other such items as may be\n\nconsistent with the intent of this section. The permit system shall\n\ninclude provisions for the collection of permit fees as well as for\n\nthe issuance of the permits by telephone, electronic transfer or\n\nsuch other methods of issuance as may be deemed feasible.\n\n3. The Department of Transportation is authorized to charge a\n\nfee of Two Dollars ($2.00) for each permit requested to be issued by\n\nfacsimile machine or by any other means of electronic transmission,\n\ntransfer or delivery. The fee shall be in addition to any other fee\n\nor fees assessed for the permit. The fee shall be deposited in the\n\nState Treasury to the credit of the Department of Transportation and\n\nthe monies shall be expended by the Department of Transportation\n\nsolely for the purposes provided for in this chapter.\n\n4. It is the purpose of this section to permit the movement of\n\nnecessary overweight and oversize vehicles or loads consistent with\n\nthe following obligations:\n\na. protection of the motoring public from potential\n\ntraffic hazards,\n\nb. protection of highway surfaces, structures, and\n\nprivate property, and\n\nc. provision for normal flow of traffic with a minimum of\n\ninterference.\n\nB. The Transportation Commission shall prepare and publish a\n\nmap of this state showing by appropriate symbols the various highway\n\nstructures and bridges in terms of maximum size and weight\n\nrestrictions. This map shall be titled \"Oklahoma Load Limit Map\"\n\nand shall be revised periodically to maintain a reasonably current\n\nstatus and in no event shall a period of two (2) years lapse between\n\nrevisions and publication of the printed version of the Oklahoma\n\nLoad Limit Map. This map shall also be made available by the\n\nDepartment of Transportation on the Internet, and in no event shall\n\na period of six (6) months lapse between revisions of the\n\ninformation provided on the Internet. Provided, further, the\n\nSecretary of the Department of Transportation shall prepare and\n\npublish a map of this state showing the advantages of this state as\n\na marketing, warehousing and distribution network center for motor\n\ntransportation sensitive industries.\n\nC. The Executive Director of the Department of Transportation,\n\nor an authorized representative, shall have the authority, within\n\nthe limitations formulated under provisions of this chapter, to\n\nissue, withhold or revoke special permits for the operation of\n\nvehicles or combinations of vehicles or loads which exceed the size\n\nor weight limitations of this chapter. Every such permit shall be\n\ncarried in the vehicle or combination of vehicles to which it refers\n\nand shall be open to inspection by any law enforcement officer or\n\nauthorized agent of any authority granting such permit, and no\n\nperson shall violate any of the terms or conditions of such special\ncles or combinations of vehicles or loads which exceed the size\n\nor weight limitations of this chapter. Every such permit shall be\n\ncarried in the vehicle or combination of vehicles to which it refers\n\nand shall be open to inspection by any law enforcement officer or\n\nauthorized agent of any authority granting such permit, and no\n\nperson shall violate any of the terms or conditions of such special\n\npermit.\n\nD. It shall be permissible in the transportation of empty\n\ntrucks on any road or highway to tow by use of saddlemounts, i.e.,\n\nmounting the front wheels of one vehicle on the bed of another\n\nleaving the rear wheels only of such towed vehicle in contact with\n\nthe roadway. One vehicle may be fullmounted on the towing or towed\n\nvehicles engaged in any driveaway or towaway operation. No more\n\nthan three saddlemounts may be permitted in such combinations. The\n\ntowed vehicles shall be securely fastened and operated under the\n\napplicable safety requirements of the United States Department of\n\nTransportation and such combinations shall not exceed an overall\n\nlength of seventy-five (75) feet. Provided, a driveaway saddlemount\n\nwith fullmount vehicle transporter combination may reach an overall\n\nlength of ninety-seven (97) feet on the National Network of\n\nHighways.\n\nE. The Executive Director of the Department of Transportation,\n\nupon application of any person engaged in the transportation of\n\nforest products in the raw state, which is defined to be tree-length\n\nlogs moving from the forest directly to the mill, or upon\n\napplication of any person engaged in the hauling for hire or for\n\nresale of round baled hay with a total outside width of eleven (11)\n\nfeet or less, shall issue an annual permit, upon payment of a fee of\n\nTwenty-five Dollars ($25.00) each year, authorizing the operation by\n\nsuch persons of such motor vehicle load lengths and widths upon the\n\nhighways of this state except on the National System of Interstate\n\nand Defense Highways. Provided, however, the restriction on use of\n\nthe National System of Interstate and Defense Highways shall not be\n\napplicable to persons engaged in the hauling of round baled hay with\n\na total outside width of eleven (11) feet or less.\n\nF. The Executive Director of the Department of Transportation,\n\nupon application of any person engaged in the transportation of\n\noverwidth or overheight equipment used in soil conservation work\n\nwith a total outside width of twelve (12) feet or less, shall issue\n\nan annual permit, upon payment of a fee of Twenty-five Dollars\n\n($25.00) each year, authorizing the operation by such persons of\n\nsuch motor vehicle load lengths and widths upon the highways of this\n\nstate except on the National System of Interstate and Defense\n\nHighways.\n\nG. Farm equipment including, but not limited to, implements of\n\nhusbandry as defined in Section 1-125 of this title shall be\n\nexempted from the requirement for special permits due to size. Such\n\nequipment may move on any highway, except those highways which are\n\npart of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways,\n\nduring the hours of darkness and shall be subject to the\n\nrequirements as provided in Section 12-215 of this title. In\n\naddition to those requirements, tractors pulling machinery over\n\nthirteen (13) feet wide must have two amber flashing warning lamps\n\nsymmetrically mounted, laterally and widely spaced as practicable,\n\nvisible from both front and rear, mounted at least thirty-nine (39)\n\ninches high.\n\nH. Any rubber-tired road construction vehicle including rubber-\n\ntired truck cranes and special mobilized machinery either self-\n\npropelled or drawn carrying no load other than component parts\n\nsafely secured to the machinery and its own weight, but which is\n\noverweight by any provisions of this chapter, shall be authorized to\n\nmove on the highways of this state. Movement of such vehicles shall\n.\n\nH. Any rubber-tired road construction vehicle including rubber-\n\ntired truck cranes and special mobilized machinery either self-\n\npropelled or drawn carrying no load other than component parts\n\nsafely secured to the machinery and its own weight, but which is\n\noverweight by any provisions of this chapter, shall be authorized to\n\nmove on the highways of this state. Movement of such vehicles shall\n\nbe authorized on the National System of Interstate and Defense\n\nHighways only by special permit secured from the Executive Director\n\nof the Department of Transportation or an authorized representative\n\nupon determination that the objectives of this section will be\n\nserved by such a permit and that federal weight restrictions will\n\nnot be violated. The special permit shall be:\n\n1. A single-trip permit issued under the provisions of this\n\nsection and Section 14-116 of this title; or\n\n2. A special annual overweight permit which shall be issued for\n\none calendar year period upon payment of a fee of Sixty Dollars\n\n($60.00).\n\nThe weight of any such vehicle shall not exceed six hundred\n\nfifty (650) pounds multiplied by the nominal width of the tire. The\n\nvehicle shall be required to carry the safety equipment adjudged\n\nnecessary for the health and welfare of the driving public. If any\n\noversized vehicle does not come under the other limitations of the\n\npresent laws, it shall be deemed that the same shall travel only\n\nbetween the hours of sunrise and sunset. The vehicle, being\n\noverweight but of legal dimension, shall be allowed continuous\n\ntravel. The vehicles, except special mobilized machinery, shall be\n\nexempt from the laws of this state relating to motor vehicle\n\nregistration, licensing or other fees or taxes in lieu of ad valorem\n\ntaxes.\n\nI. 1. When such machinery has a width greater than eight and\n\none-half (8 1/2) feet, or a length, exclusive of load, of forty-five\n\n(45) feet, or a height in excess of thirteen and one-half (13 1/2)\n\nfeet, then the permit may restrict movement to a fifty-mile radius\n\nfrom an established operating base, and may designate highways to be\n\ntraveled, hours of travel and when flagmen may be required to\n\nprecede or follow the equipment.\n\n2. Possession of a permit shall in no way be construed as\n\nexempting such equipment from the authority of the Executive\n\nDirector of the Department of Transportation to restrict use of\n\nparticular highways, nor shall it exempt owners or operators of such\n\nequipment from the responsibility for damage to highways caused by\n\nmovement of the equipment. Nothing in this subsection shall apply\n\nto machinery used in highway construction or road material\n\nproduction.\n\n3. Upon the issuance of a special mobilized machinery driveaway\n\npermit as provided in this subsection, special mobilized machinery\n\nmanufactured in Oklahoma shall be permitted to move upon the\n\nhighways of this state from the place of manufacture to the state\n\nline for delivery and exclusive use outside the state, and may be\n\ntemporarily returned to Oklahoma for modification and repair, with\n\nsubsequent movement back out of the state. Special driveaway\n\npermits for such movements shall be issued by the Executive Director\n\nof the Department of Transportation, who may act through designated\n\nagents, upon the payment of a fee in the amount of Fifteen Dollars\n\n($15.00) for each movement.\n\n4. The size of the special mobilized machinery shall not be\n\nsuch as to create a safety hazard in the judgment of the Executive\n\nDirector of the Department of Transportation. Permits for such\n\nspecial mobilized machinery shall specify a maximum permissible road\n\nspeed of sixty (60) miles per hour, designate safety equipment to be\n\ncarried and may exclude use of highways of the interstate system.\n\n5. When such equipment has a width greater than eight and one-\n\nhalf (8 1/2) feet, or a length exclusive of load of forty-five (45)\nrector of the Department of Transportation. Permits for such\n\nspecial mobilized machinery shall specify a maximum permissible road\n\nspeed of sixty (60) miles per hour, designate safety equipment to be\n\ncarried and may exclude use of highways of the interstate system.\n\n5. When such equipment has a width greater than eight and one-\n\nhalf (8 1/2) feet, or a length exclusive of load of forty-five (45)\n\nfeet, or a height in excess of thirteen and one-half (13 1/2) feet,\n\nthe permit may designate highways to be traveled, hours of travel\n\nand when flagmen may be required to precede or follow the equipment.\n\n6. Possession of a special driveaway permit shall in no way be\n\nconstrued as exempting such equipment from the authority of the\n\nExecutive Director of the Department of Transportation to restrict\n\nuse of particular highways, nor shall it exempt the owners or\n\noperators of such equipment from the responsibility for damage to\n\nhighways caused by the movement of such equipment.","path":["OK Code","Title 47"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os47.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"330a8138cc98da423fc6b82f68d7313d73f17c492e1fb35b1c7c1764c928fab7","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-14-116a","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-47-47-14-118.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}