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['Size and Weight Limits']
['Weights and dimensions']
04/17/2026
Ontario
Vehicle Weights and Dimensions — For Safe, Productive and Infrastructure-friendly Vehicles
Part III — Preconditions for Designated Vehicles or Designated Combinations
9. (1) Every designated vehicle with a self-steering axle and every designated vehicle combination with a self-steering axle, other than a self-steering tag axle in designated bus or recreational vehicle 1 or 2, must comply with the wheel cut requirements of the Table to this section. O. Reg. 457/10, s. 9.
(2) In this section,
"wheel cut" means the number of degrees the wheels of a self-steering axle are capable of turning in either direction from the straight ahead position. O. Reg. 413/05, s. 9 (2).
TABLE - MINIMUM REQUIRED SELF-STEERING AXLE WHEEL CUT
| Distance from Turn Centre to Self-steering Axle | Minimum Degrees of Wheel Cut |
| 4.65 metres or less | 20° |
| More than 4.65 metres and less than or equal to 5.85 metres | 25° |
| More than 5.85 metres and less than or equal to 7.10 metres | 28° |
| More than 7.10 metres | 30° |
O. Reg. 413/05, s. 9, Table.
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