§ 54-699. Wheel and axle load.

(a)

The gross weight upon any wheel of a vehicle shall not exceed the following:

(1)

When the wheel is equipped with a solid rubber or cushion tire, eight thousand (8,000) pounds;

(2)

When the wheel is equipped with a pneumatic tire, nine thousand (9,000) pounds.

(b)

The gross weight upon any one (1) axle of a vehicle shall not exceed the following:

(1)

When the wheels attached to the axle are equipped with solid rubber or cushion tires, sixteen thousand (16,000) pounds;

(2)

When the wheels attached to the axle are equipped with pneumatic tires, twenty thousand (20,000) pounds.

(c)

For the purposes of this section, an axle shall be defined as the total load on all wheels whose centers are included within two (2) parallel transverse vertical planes not more than forty (40) inches apart.

(d)

The gross weight upon any one (1) wheel of a steel tired vehicle shall not exceed five hundred (500) pounds per inch of cross-sectional width of tire.

(Code 1950, § 525.1-9; Ord. No. 15, § 2, 1-14-80; Ord. No. 477-00, § 1, 6-19-00)

State law reference

Similar provisions, C.R.S. 1973, 42-4-406.