Super loads - Texas

Route inspection single-trip permits

Loads in excess of 20 feet wide, 18 feet 11 inches high, 125 feet long, will require a route inspection, MCD Form 306A.

When transporting a shipment with a combined weight of the vehicle or vehicles and load of more than 200,000 pounds, a certificate of weight must be provided to the department.

Super heavy single-trip permits

Super heavy single-trip permits are available for the movement of vehicles and loads which exceed 254,300 pounds (total gross weight), or exceed the maximum permittable weight on any axle or axle group, or exceed 200,000 pounds with less than 95 feet of axle spacing.

The following information must be submitted on MCD Form 305:

• Purpose for moving the load;
• Load description;
• Type of equipment that will be used to move the load;
• Detailed diagram of the equipment showing the number of axles, axle spacings, tires per axle, tire size on each axle, and weight per axle; and
• A map of the proposed routes that indicates where the load will begin and end.

Issuance time varies depending on load.