2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 818 - Vehicle Limits
Section 818.080 - Maximum size limits.


(1) A vehicle or combination of vehicles, as appropriate, exceeds the maximum allowable size if a dimension of the vehicle, combination of vehicles or load thereon is beyond an applicable maximum size allowable on the following table:
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TABLE I
Dimension Limit applicable to: Maximum
limited: allowable
size, in
feet, for
dimension
limited:
(1) Total
outside
width........................ Any vehicle.................... 8 1/2
(2) Height,
including
load........................... Any vehicle.................... 14
(3) Length...................... Any vehicle
operating singly............. 40
Vehicle in
combination
of vehicles...................... 40
Combination of
vehicles,
including load................ 60
Combination of
vehicles that includes
a stinger-steered
pole trailer..................... 65
(4) Length of
load on
vehicle...................... Any vehicle
operating
singly or as a
unit in
a combination
of vehicles 40
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The maximum limit on height under the table in this subsection does not relieve the owner or driver of any vehicle or combination of vehicles from the exercise of due care in determining that sufficient vertical clearance is provided upon the highways and streets where the vehicle or combination of vehicles is being operated.
(2) A vehicle or combination of vehicles, as appropriate, exceeds the maximum allowable size if a portion of the vehicle, combination of vehicles or load thereon is subject to a limitation under the following table and that portion extends farther than the maximum limit of allowable extension beyond a designated point as determined by the following table:
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TABLE II
Designated point: Limit applicable to: Maximum
limit of
allowable
extension
beyond
designated
point:
(1) Line of left
fenders of
vehicle...................... Load on any
passenger
vehicle .......................... No
allowable
extension
beyond
designated
point.
(2) Line of right
fenders of
vehicle...................... Load on any
passenger
vehicle .......................... 6 inches
(3) Front of
vehicle...................... Load on
any vehicle
or combination
of vehicles...................... 4 feet
(4) Last axle of
vehicle
operating
singly........................ Any portion of
vehicle or any
load thereon................... Three-
fourths the
length
of the
wheelbase
of the
vehicle.
(5) Last axle of
combination
of vehicles................ Any portion of
combination of
vehicles or any
load thereon................... One-third
of the
length
of the
wheelbase
of the
combination
of vehicles.
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Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation

Chapter 818 - Vehicle Limits

Section 818.010 - Maximum allowable weight.

Section 818.020

Section 818.030 - Exemptions from weight limitations.

Section 818.040 - Violation of posted weight limits; civil liability; penalty.

Section 818.050 - Exemptions from posted weight limits.

Section 818.060 - Violation of administratively imposed weight or size limits; civil liability; penalties.

Section 818.070 - Exemptions from administratively imposed weight or size limitations.

Section 818.080 - Maximum size limits.

Section 818.090

Section 818.100 - Exemptions from size limitations.

Section 818.105 - Request for unrestricted access to specified highway for overlength combination; mandated responses to request.

Section 818.110 - Exceeding maximum number of vehicles in combination; civil liability; penalty.

Section 818.120 - Exemptions from limits on number of vehicles in combinations.

Section 818.130 - Violation of posted limits on use; civil liability; penalty.

Section 818.140 - Exemptions from posted use limits.

Section 818.150 - Safety requirements for towing.

Section 818.160 - Violating towing safety requirements; civil liability; penalty.

Section 818.170 - Exemptions from towing safety requirements.

Section 818.200 - Authority to issue variance permits; effect of permit; violation of permit.

Section 818.205 - Continuous operation variance permit; standards; relationship to permit issued under ORS 818.200; fee.

Section 818.210 - Limits on authority to issue variance permit.

Section 818.220 - Requirements, conditions and procedures for issuance of variance permit; duration; cancellation; rules.

Section 818.225 - Road use assessment fee for single-trip nondivisible load permittee; rules.

Section 818.230 - Sifting or leaking load permit; duration; fee.

Section 818.235 - Permit for wide load of hay bales.

Section 818.240 - Dragging permit; fee.

Section 818.250 - Permit for fire company warning lights.

Section 818.260 - Permit for use of bus safety lights on certain buses; rules; fee.

Section 818.270 - Fees for permits.

Section 818.300 - Operating with sifting or leaking load; civil liability; penalty.

Section 818.310 - Exemptions from prohibition on sifting and leaking load.

Section 818.320 - Dragging objects on highway; civil liability; penalty.

Section 818.330 - Exemptions from prohibition on dragging objects on highway.

Section 818.340 - Operating in violation of variance permit; exception; civil liability; penalties.

Section 818.350 - Failure to carry and display variance permit; penalty.

Section 818.400 - Failure to comply with commercial vehicle enforcement requirements; penalty.

Section 818.410 - Civil liability for certain violations.

Section 818.420 - Penalties for certain violations.

Section 818.430 - Penalties for violation of weight requirements.