California Oversize and Overweight Permits
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Wide Load Shipping is the expert you need to acquire the shipping permits for your oversize or overweight load load transport in California. Contact us with details of your load to get started.
California Oversize Load Restrictions and Limits
Below are the California DOT legal load size & weight limits before a load requires permits.
- Length: 65 feet.
- Width: 8’6 feet.
- Height: 14 feet.
- Overhang: 3 ft front overhang and 6ft rear overhang.
- Weight: 80,000 lbs GVW.
What’s the Cost of Trucking Permits In California?
Here are the costs of oversize and overweight permits in California. Wide Load Shipping team of specialists will help you acquire the right permits for your load. Call us at (877) 792-5056!
- Single trip permits: $16
- Annual trip permits: $90
- Repetitive permits: $90
Oversize and Overweight Permit Limits in California
Below are the maximum dimensions a load can be even with a permit in the state of California:
- Maximum Length With Permit: 135 feet
- Maximum Width With Permit: 15 feet
- Maximum Height With Permit: 17 feet
- Maximum Overhang With Permit: Depends on the route
Here’s the maximum weight your load can be, even with a permit in California:
- Single Axle Weight Permits: 20,000 pounds
- Tandem axles Weight Permits: 46,000 pounds
- Tridem axles Weight Permits: 60,000 pounds
- Trunnion axles Weight Permits: 60,000 pounds
- Five axle Weight Permits: 112,000 pounds
- Six axle Weight Permits: 117,450 pounds
- Seven axle Weight Permits: 158,000 pounds
- Eight axle Weight Permits: 181,300 pounds
NOTES: The distance between axles is measured to the nearest whole foot. When a portion is six inches, you round up to the nearest foot, ie: 8 feet and 6 inches would be documented as 9 feet.
California Superload Information
In California, shipments over the following weights/dimensions are classified as superloads.
- Length: over 150 feet.
- Width: over 16 feet.
- Height: over 16 feet.
- Overhang: 4+ feet
- Weight: over 250,000 pounds of gross weight.
In-depth California Superload Information
- Length: Loads over 135′ in length are classified as a superloads.
- Width: Depending on routing and the number of lanes available on the route 15′ in some areas would qualify you. Over 17′ in width you be categorized as a superload.
- Height: Anything over 18 feet tall will require a route survey. 18′ feet or more is classified as a superload.
- Overhang: California is NOT going to let you break the rule of 1/3 (no more than 1/3 of overall length can overhang),
Permitted Oversize and Overweight Loads Travel Times & Restrictions in California
- 1/2 hour before sunrise until 1/2 hour after sunset.
- If you do not require a pilot car/escort vehicle and are not overweight ( over 52,000 lbs on tandem axles or higher in the “superloads” category) or don’t have anything out of the ordinary going on your travel times are 7 days a week 24 hours a day if you request to do so when you order your permits.
- Travel isn’t allowed from 6 AM until 9 AM in/around Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento & San Francisco. No traveling from 3 PM until 6 PM in the same areas with a 1-hour variance.
Oversize Load Holiday Travel in California
No holiday travel time permitted in California unless you have a special arrangement with Caltrans. The following holidays are observed as no travel days by California state shipping regulations:
- New Years Day
- Abraham Lincoln’s birthday
- George Washington’s birthday
- Memorial Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
If the holiday falls on a Friday or Monda, no travel isrmitted on Saturday or Sunday. Never travel without verifying approval, documented clearly on your permit.
Maximum Oversize Load Allowed On The Road in California (even with permits)
- Length: 135 feet.
- Width: 15 feet.
- Height: 7 feet.
- Steering axle: 12,500 pounds.
- Single axle: 20,000 pounds.
- Tandem axl: 46,000 pounds.
- Trunnion: 60,000 pounds.
- Five axles: 112,500 pounds.
- Seven and eight axles 158,000 pounds to 181,000 pounds
Request a Quote for Oversize Loads in California Today
Wide Load Shipping is the go to oversize load permit company in California. We help businesses and individuals acquire permits for their loads to avoid getting fined by the Department of Transport.
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