Texas Oversize and Overweight Permits
Contact (877) 792-5056 for Texas Oversize Permits.
Are you shipping an overweight or oversize load to or from Texas? Shipping permits are required, and we will help you get them within short notice. With over 100 specialists, our team is experienced and committed to ensuring your shipment has the right paperwork.
Texas Oversize Restrictions and Load Limits
Here are the maximum load limits until a trucking permit is required in Texas:
- Length: 65 feet
- Width: 8’6 feet
- Height: 14 feet
- Weight: 80,000 pounds gross vehicle weight (GVW)
- Overhang: 4 feet in the rear and 2 feet in the front
What's the Cost of Trucking Permits in Texas?
Here are the costs of shipping permits in Texas. At Wide Load Shipping, we will get permits for your load before moving it. Give us a call at (877) 792-5056.
- Oversize single trip permit: $61.61
- Overweight permits for loads weighing between 80,001 to 120,000 pounds: $210
- Overweight permits for loads weighing between 120,001 to 160,000 pounds: $285
- Overweight permits for loads weighing between 160,001 to 200,000 pounds: $360
- Overweight permits for loads weighing over 210,000 pounds: $435
- Manufactured housing single trip permit: $40
- Portable building permit: $15
- 30-day permit: $120
- 60-day permit: $180
- 90-day permit: $240
- Annual envelope permit: $4,000
- Implements of husbandry permit: $70 plus highway maintenance fee
- Annual mobile crane permit: $100
- Rig up truck permits: $52
- Annual oil well servicing unit: $52 per axle
- Drilling machinery and equipment permits: $270 plus highway maintenance fee
- Utility pole permits: $120
- Fracking trailer permit: $240
Fee Added Based on the Number of Counties Traveled
This fee is added to the base and administrative fee.
- 1 to 5 counties: $175
- 6 to 20 counties: $250
- 21 to 40 counties: $450
- 41 to 60 counties: $625
- 61 to 80 counties: $800
- 81 to 100 counties: $900
- 101 to 254 counties: $1,000
Overweight and Oversize Permit Limits in Texas
In Texas, here’s the maximum weight your load can be, even with a permit:
- Single axle: 25,000 pounds
- Tandem axles: 46,000 pounds
- Tridem axles: 60,000 pounds
- Quad axle: 63,000 pounds
- Five axles: 105,000 pounds
- Six axles: 119,000 pounds
- Seven axles: 129,000 pounds
- Eight axles: Depends on your axle configurations
Even with a permit, here are the maximum dimensions a load can be in the state of Texas:
- Max Length With Permit: 180 feet
- Max Overhang With Permit: 25 feet front and 30 feet rear
- Maximum Width With Permit: 20 feet
- Maximum Height With Permit: 18 feet
Note: If over 125 feet in length, 20 feet wide, or 18 feet and 11 inches tall, you will be required to have a route inspection. A flatbed trailer cannot be used for a shipment that is considered a “wide load” and an “over-height” load. Your permit will be rejected, and you will lose your payment. If a shipment has 2 different oversize dimensions (i.e. long and wide or wide and tall), then it automatically will be required to have two pilot cars or escort vehicles.
Texas Superload Information
Before determining if your shipment qualifies as a superload, check whether it’s classified as a divisible load, which follows different regulatory guidelines. Superload permits issued in the state of Texas usually take a minimum of 2 weeks time to be approved.
Travel Times for Oversize and Overweight Loads in Texas
Here are the legal travel times and restrictions for heavy-haul and oversize loads in Texas.
Daylight time is considered 30 minutes before sunrise and 30 minutes after sunset. Nighttime travel is permitted in the state of Texas if the shipment is less than 100 feet long or 10 feet wide on Interstate highways only. If the shipment is ONLY overweight, it may travel at night on any roads. Weekend travel is permitted.
You can travel on some holidays but there are limits. If the length is in excess of 110 feet, the height is in excess of 16 feet, or the width is in excess of 14 feet, you may NOT travel on the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. The Texas state DOT permit office is closed on these days as well.
Texas does have quite a few travel time curfews in high-density traffic areas, so be sure to refer to your permit. These typically range from 6-9 a.m. and 3-6 p.m., for example. Each permit issued by the Texas DOT will specifically state exactly what the curfew law is. No Texas state heavy haul or oversize trucking permit is valid without the specific curfew restrictions attached to it.
Oversize Load Lights, Safety Flags, and Warning Signs in Texas
Review the following requirements for safety flags, marking, and warning signs for oversize and heavy-haul loads in Texas.
When transporting heavy haul and oversize loads, the tractor-trailer unit must always have its low-beam headlights turned on.
Any shipment that extends from either side of the actual trailer width requires orange or red fluorescent warning flags that are no less than 16 inches square as well as red lights or lamps.
If you are transporting anything that has a rear overhang in excess of 4 feet from the rear of the trailer, you will be required to place two red lamps at each rear extreme corner. Red lights must be visible from a minimum distance of 500 feet. Any shipment over 8 feet and 6 inches wide will require a strobe, and red lighting is an addition to warning flags. Trucks must have either one strobing amber light with a minimum base size of 8 inches or two simultaneous flashing amber lights mounted on the roof of the power unit. Power unit lights must be visible from both the front and the rear of the power unit.
Signs must be applicable to the shipment being moved, such as “Wide Load”, “Oversize Load”, or “Long Load”. Signs must be a minimum of 5 feet in width but no wider than 7 feet, with a yellow background and black letters a minimum of 8 inches tall.
Request a Quote for Oversize Loads in Texas Today
It’s critical to follow all Texas oversize load regulations to stay compliant. Partner with Wide Load Shipping and get everything you need for oversize load transport. Your dedicated transport agent will guide you through every step of the shipping process, from initial dispatch to final delivery. Take advantage of our vast resources and customized transport solutions in the Lone Star State and beyond.
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