Trans 254.03 NoteNote: Forms used by the department in administering this rule are MV2600 oversize/overweight single trip permit information; MV2604 single trip application; MV2605 single trip permit general conditions; MV2926 military permit application; MV2955 building(s) transport application. These forms may be obtained in person at or by written request to the DMV Motor Carrier Services Section, Permit Unit, 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 151, P.O. Box 7980, Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7980. These forms are also available online at http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov. Forms used by issuing authorities other than the department may be obtained from those authorities. Trans 254.03 NotePermit application procedures are established in s. Trans 250.025. Trans 254.03 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, December, 1990, No. 420, eff. 1-1-91; correction in (2) (a) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6., Stats., Register 2013 No. 686; CR 13-093: cr. (1m), am. (2) (a), r. and recr. (2) (c) Register July 2014 No. 703, eff. 8-1-14. Trans 254.04(1)(1) An application for an amendment to a permit shall be made to the issuing authority which issued the original permit. Trans 254.04(2)(2) An application for an amendment may be made in the same manner as an application for an original permit. Trans 254.04(3)(3) The request shall specify the permit number of the permit to be amended. Trans 254.04(4)(4) A request for an extension of a permit may be made any time until the third day after the expiration date of the permit. Trans 254.04(5)(5) An issuing authority may grant only one extension to a permit. Trans 254.04(6)(6) Except as provided in sub. (7), a permit issued for less than 2 weeks may be extended not more than 2 weeks. Trans 254.04(7)(7) An issuing authority may extend a permit not more than 2 additional weeks where highway or other conditions remain unchanged, or as the issuing authority deems necessary. Trans 254.04 NoteNote: Limitations on the amendment of permits are in s. Trans 250.10. Trans 254.04 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, December, 1990, No. 420, eff. 1-1-91. Trans 254.05(1)(1) Any vehicle or vehicle and load to be considered as operating under a permit shall satisfy requirements for a permit under s. 348.25, Stats. Trans 254.05(2)(2) An issuing authority may not issue a permit for mobile homes or camping trailers under this chapter. Trans 254.05(3)(3) An issuing authority may not issue a permit for transporting loads or articles which could reasonably be divided in a manner as to allow transporting of loads or articles in 2 or more loads that are not oversize or overweight, or both. Trans 254.05(4)(4) An issuing authority may not issue a permit to transport more than one article if the vehicle, load, or vehicle and load is overweight. Trans 254.05 NoteNote: This section prohibits, among other things, the addition of an extra boom section to a load that is transported under a permit for an overweight vehicle, load, or vehicle and load. Transporting necessary blocking for a load, or transporting the necessary blocking on an otherwise empty vehicle to and from the origin or destination of the load is not prohibited.
Trans 254.05(5)(5) An issuing authority may not issue a permit for a vehicle and load exceeding 100 feet in overall length when the rear supporting axle is at or near the rear of the load unless the rear support is separately steered. Trans 254.05(6)(6) An issuing authority may issue a permit only for a vehicle equipped with pneumatic tires. Trans 254.05(7)(7) The issuance of a permit is not a guarantee of the sufficiency of any highway or structure for the transporting of the vehicle, load, or vehicle and load. Trans 254.05(8)(8) A permit may not authorize the operation of more than 2 vehicles in combination. Trans 254.05 NoteNote: This does not prohibit the use of dollies to support or assist in supporting one or both ends of a trailer.
Trans 254.05(9)(9) A permit may authorize the operation of vehicle combinations consisting of a truck-tractor and semi-trailer with an earth-mover being transported with its power unit resting on the bed of a semi-trailer and its single rear axle trailing on the roadway behind the semi-trailer, in which case the gross weight of the rear axle of the earth mover may not exceed 35,000 pounds. Trans 254.05 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, December, 1990, No. 420, eff. 1-1-91. Trans 254.06(1)(1) A permit is valid only for the vehicle described in the application and permit.