CHAPTER 11. SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING GARBAGE TRUCKS

IC 9-20-11

    

Chapter 11. Special Restrictions Concerning Garbage Trucks

IC 9-20-11-1

Application of chapter

    

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a truck, a truck-trailer combination,
or a truck-wagon combination that is either:

        (1) a municipal waste collection and transportation vehicle:

            (A) specially designed and equipped with a self-compactor
or detachable container;

            (B) used exclusively for garbage, refuse, or recycling
operations; and

            (C) laden with garbage, refuse, or recyclables; or

        (2) a disposal plant transporting vehicle certified under
IC 15-17-11 that is laden with dead animals or animal parts.

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.79-1991, SEC.3;
P.L.129-1995, SEC.1; P.L.157-2001, SEC.1; P.L.2-2008, SEC.27.

IC 9-20-11-2

Weight limitations

    

Sec. 2. A vehicle described in section 1 of this chapter may
transmit to the surface of a highway, except an interstate highway, a
gross weight of not more than:

        (1) twenty-four thousand (24,000) pounds upon a single axle;
and

        (2) forty-two thousand (42,000) pounds upon a tandem axle
group.

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.157-2001, SEC.2.

IC 9-20-11-3

Axle limitations

    

Sec. 3. When unladen, a vehicle described in section 1 of this
chapter must comply with the axle limitations applicable to all other
trucks.

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.157-2001, SEC.3.

IC 9-20-11-4

Wheel weight limitations; compliance requirements

    

Sec. 4. This chapter does not exempt a vehicle described in
section 1 of this chapter, laden or unladen, from the limitations on
wheel weights imposed by IC 9-20-4-1(c).

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.157-2001, SEC.4.

IC 9-20-11-5

Length limitations

    

Sec. 5. In addition to the limits and requirements set forth in
sections 2 through 4 of this chapter, the maximum length of a:

        (1) truck-trailer combination; or

        (2) truck-wagon combination;

and its load, used in intrastate transportation, designed and utilized

as set forth in section 1(1)(A) and 1(1)(B) of this chapter, is
sixty-eight (68) feet.

As added by P.L.157-2001, SEC.5 and P.L.216-2001, SEC.1.
Amended by P.L.1-2002, SEC.41.