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<br />1-05 Legal weight limitations <br /> <br />A. Gross vehicle weight on the Cass County Highway System. <br />The gross vehicle weight of any vehicle or combination of vehicles is determined by the <br />following weight formula of <br /> <br /> <br />W = 500* (LN/N-l + 12N + 36) <br /> <br />where W equals maximum weight in pounds carried on any gro <br />L equals distance in feet between the extremes of any group of two <br />axles; and N equals number of axles in the group under co . deratio <br />consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load of un each, providing <br />the overall distance between the first and last axles of the co tl ets of tandem <br />axles is at least 36 feet. The maximum gross veh' ight the county highway <br />system is 105,500 pounds. <br /> <br />B. Axle weight on the Cass County <br />1) No single axle shall carry a gr <br />spaced 40 inches or less apart ar <br />or over are considered a individua <br />axles may not exceed ,000 pounds. <br />from axle center to axl <br /> <br /> <br />x ss of 20,000 pounds. Axles <br />sider one axle. Axles spaced 8 feet apart <br />. (The gross weight of two individual <br />pacing between axles shall be measured <br /> <br /> <br />2) <br /> <br />he art and less than 8 feet apart shall not carry a gross <br />pounds per axle. The gross weight of three or more <br />ot exceed 48,000. <br />sprin season or on otherwise posted highways reductions in the above <br />ay e specified. Axle weights may also be reduced by the bridge <br />posted at individual bridges. <br /> <br />3) <br /> <br />D. ire weight. <br />The weight per inch width of tire shall not exceed 550 pounds. The width of tire for solid <br />tires shall be the rim width; for pneumatic tires, the manufacturer's width. Metric tire <br />sizes are converted to inches by dividing millimeters by 25.4 <br /> <br />E. Permits for non-divisible loads. <br />The gross weight limitations do not apply to equipment the commissioners or highway <br /> <br />5 <br />