['Size and Weight Limits']
['Weigh scale locations']
07/22/2024
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In Texas the following commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) are required to stop and report at weigh scales. All CMVs are inspected for registration, insurance, safety equipment, driver condition and licensing, load (hazmat, size, weight, etc.) driving hours, etc.:
- A vehicle with an actual gross weight, a registered gross weight, or a gross weight rating in excess of 26,000 pounds when operating intrastate;
- A farm vehicle with an actual gross weight, a registered gross weight, or a gross weight rating in excess of 48,000 pounds when operating intrastate;
- A vehicle designed to transport more than 15 passengers including the driver;
- A vehicle transporting hazardous materials requiring a placard; and
- All vehicles as regulated in Title 49 CFR Parts 382, 385, 386, 390-393 and 395-397 pertaining to interstate drivers and vehicles.
All CMVs as described above are required to stop, including those that are excepted such as mobile cranes which while exempted from part of the regulations, are still required to have their safety equipment intact.
Weigh scales
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) maintains permanent and semipermanent weigh scale locations. All troopers in the DPS License and Weight Division have vehicles that are equipped with portable scales. In addition to the DPS, several counties and municipalities have size and weight enforcement units. |
Ports of Entry
Texas does not maintain ports of entry.
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