Article 19.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD OF VEHICLES
8-1904.Height and length of vehicles and loads;
exceptions to maximums.
(a) No vehicle including any load thereon shall exceed a height of 14 feet,
except that a vehicle transporting cylindrically shaped bales of hay as
authorized by subsection (e) of K.S.A. 8-1902, and amendments thereto, may
be loaded with such bales secured to a height not exceeding 14 1/2 feet.
Should a vehicle so loaded with bales strike any overpass or other
obstacle, the operator of the vehicle shall be liable for all damages
resulting therefrom. The secretary of transportation may adopt rules and
regulations for the movement of such loads of cylindrically shaped bales of
hay.
(b) No motor vehicle including the load thereon shall exceed a length
of 45 feet extreme overall dimension,
excluding the front and rear
bumpers, except as provided in subsection (d).
(c) Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 8-1914 and 8-1915, and
amendments thereto, and
subsections
(d), (e), (f), (g) and (h), no
combination of vehicles coupled together shall exceed a total length of 65
feet.
(d) The length limitations in subsection (b) shall not apply to a truck
tractor. No semitrailer which is being operated in combination with a truck
tractor shall exceed 59 1/2 feet in length. No semitrailer or trailer which
is being operated in a combination consisting of a truck tractor, semitrailer
and trailer shall exceed 28 1/2 feet in length.
(e) The limitations in this section governing maximum length of a
semitrailer
or trailer shall not apply to vehicles operating in the daytime when
transporting poles, pipe, machinery or other objects of a structural nature
which cannot readily be dismembered, except that it shall be unlawful to
operate any such vehicle or combination of vehicles which exceeds a total
length of 85 feet unless a special permit for such operation has been
issued by the secretary of transportation or by an agent or designee of the
secretary pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto. For the
purpose of authorizing the issuance of such special permits at motor
carrier inspection stations, the secretary of transportation may contract
with the superintendent of the Kansas highway
patrol for such purpose, and in such event, the superintendent or any designee
of the superintendent
may issue such special permit pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
contract. The limitations in this section shall not apply to vehicles
transporting such objects operated at nighttime by a public utility when
required for emergency repair of public service facilities or properties or
when operated under special permit as provided in K.S.A. 8-1911, and
amendments thereto, but in respect to such night transportation every such
vehicle and the load thereon shall be equipped with a sufficient number of
clearance lamps on both sides and marker lamps upon the extreme ends of any
projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of such load.
(f) The limitations of this section governing the maximum length of
combinations of vehicles shall not apply to a combination of vehicles
consisting of a truck tractor towing a house trailer, if such combination
of vehicles does not exceed an overall length of 97 feet.
(g) The length limitations of this section shall not apply to
stinger-steered automobile or boat transporters
or one truck and one trailer vehicle combination, loaded or
unloaded, used in transporting a combine to be engaged in farm custom
harvesting operations, as defined in subsection (d) of K.S.A. 8-143j, and
amendments thereto. A stinger-steered automobile
or boat
transporter
or one truck and one trailer vehicle
combination, loaded or unloaded, used in transporting a combine to be engaged
in farm custom harvesting operations, as defined in subsection (d) of K.S.A.
8-143j, and amendments thereto,
shall not
exceed an overall length limit of 75 feet, exclusive of
front and rear overhang.
(h) The length limitations of this section shall not apply to drive-away
saddlemount or drive-away saddlemount with fullmount vehicle transporter
combination. A drive-away
saddlemount or drive-away saddlemount with fullmount vehicle transporter
combination shall not exceed an extreme
overall dimension of 97 feet.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1904;
L. 1975, ch. 41, § 1
L. 1975, ch. 427, § 46;
L. 1977, ch. 304, § 16;
L. 1978, ch. 42, § 1;
L. 1981, ch. 47, § 1;
L. 1983, ch. 41, § 2;
L. 1986, ch. 44, § 1;
L. 1988, ch. 266, § 1;
L. 1989, ch. 44, § 1;
L. 1990, ch. 50, § 3;
L. 1994, ch. 194, § 2;
L. 2000, ch. 22, § 1;
L. 2006, ch. 6, § 1; March 2.
Article 19.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD OF VEHICLES
8-1904.Height and length of vehicles and loads;
exceptions to maximums.
(a) No vehicle including any load thereon shall exceed a height of 14 feet,
except that a vehicle transporting cylindrically shaped bales of hay as
authorized by subsection (e) of K.S.A. 8-1902, and amendments thereto, may
be loaded with such bales secured to a height not exceeding 14 1/2 feet.
Should a vehicle so loaded with bales strike any overpass or other
obstacle, the operator of the vehicle shall be liable for all damages
resulting therefrom. The secretary of transportation may adopt rules and
regulations for the movement of such loads of cylindrically shaped bales of
hay.
(b) No motor vehicle including the load thereon shall exceed a length
of 45 feet extreme overall dimension,
excluding the front and rear
bumpers, except as provided in subsection (d).
(c) Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 8-1914 and 8-1915, and
amendments thereto, and
subsections
(d), (e), (f), (g) and (h), no
combination of vehicles coupled together shall exceed a total length of 65
feet.
(d) The length limitations in subsection (b) shall not apply to a truck
tractor. No semitrailer which is being operated in combination with a truck
tractor shall exceed 59 1/2 feet in length. No semitrailer or trailer which
is being operated in a combination consisting of a truck tractor, semitrailer
and trailer shall exceed 28 1/2 feet in length.
(e) The limitations in this section governing maximum length of a
semitrailer
or trailer shall not apply to vehicles operating in the daytime when
transporting poles, pipe, machinery or other objects of a structural nature
which cannot readily be dismembered, except that it shall be unlawful to
operate any such vehicle or combination of vehicles which exceeds a total
length of 85 feet unless a special permit for such operation has been
issued by the secretary of transportation or by an agent or designee of the
secretary pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto. For the
purpose of authorizing the issuance of such special permits at motor
carrier inspection stations, the secretary of transportation may contract
with the superintendent of the Kansas highway
patrol for such purpose, and in such event, the superintendent or any designee
of the superintendent
may issue such special permit pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
contract. The limitations in this section shall not apply to vehicles
transporting such objects operated at nighttime by a public utility when
required for emergency repair of public service facilities or properties or
when operated under special permit as provided in K.S.A. 8-1911, and
amendments thereto, but in respect to such night transportation every such
vehicle and the load thereon shall be equipped with a sufficient number of
clearance lamps on both sides and marker lamps upon the extreme ends of any
projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of such load.
(f) The limitations of this section governing the maximum length of
combinations of vehicles shall not apply to a combination of vehicles
consisting of a truck tractor towing a house trailer, if such combination
of vehicles does not exceed an overall length of 97 feet.
(g) The length limitations of this section shall not apply to
stinger-steered automobile or boat transporters
or one truck and one trailer vehicle combination, loaded or
unloaded, used in transporting a combine to be engaged in farm custom
harvesting operations, as defined in subsection (d) of K.S.A. 8-143j, and
amendments thereto. A stinger-steered automobile
or boat
transporter
or one truck and one trailer vehicle
combination, loaded or unloaded, used in transporting a combine to be engaged
in farm custom harvesting operations, as defined in subsection (d) of K.S.A.
8-143j, and amendments thereto,
shall not
exceed an overall length limit of 75 feet, exclusive of
front and rear overhang.
(h) The length limitations of this section shall not apply to drive-away
saddlemount or drive-away saddlemount with fullmount vehicle transporter
combination. A drive-away
saddlemount or drive-away saddlemount with fullmount vehicle transporter
combination shall not exceed an extreme
overall dimension of 97 feet.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1904;
L. 1975, ch. 41, § 1
L. 1975, ch. 427, § 46;
L. 1977, ch. 304, § 16;
L. 1978, ch. 42, § 1;
L. 1981, ch. 47, § 1;
L. 1983, ch. 41, § 2;
L. 1986, ch. 44, § 1;
L. 1988, ch. 266, § 1;
L. 1989, ch. 44, § 1;
L. 1990, ch. 50, § 3;
L. 1994, ch. 194, § 2;
L. 2000, ch. 22, § 1;
L. 2006, ch. 6, § 1; March 2.
Article 19.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD OF VEHICLES
8-1904.Height and length of vehicles and loads;
exceptions to maximums.
(a) No vehicle including any load thereon shall exceed a height of 14 feet,
except that a vehicle transporting cylindrically shaped bales of hay as
authorized by subsection (e) of K.S.A. 8-1902, and amendments thereto, may
be loaded with such bales secured to a height not exceeding 14 1/2 feet.
Should a vehicle so loaded with bales strike any overpass or other
obstacle, the operator of the vehicle shall be liable for all damages
resulting therefrom. The secretary of transportation may adopt rules and
regulations for the movement of such loads of cylindrically shaped bales of
hay.
(b) No motor vehicle including the load thereon shall exceed a length
of 45 feet extreme overall dimension,
excluding the front and rear
bumpers, except as provided in subsection (d).
(c) Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 8-1914 and 8-1915, and
amendments thereto, and
subsections
(d), (e), (f), (g) and (h), no
combination of vehicles coupled together shall exceed a total length of 65
feet.
(d) The length limitations in subsection (b) shall not apply to a truck
tractor. No semitrailer which is being operated in combination with a truck
tractor shall exceed 59 1/2 feet in length. No semitrailer or trailer which
is being operated in a combination consisting of a truck tractor, semitrailer
and trailer shall exceed 28 1/2 feet in length.
(e) The limitations in this section governing maximum length of a
semitrailer
or trailer shall not apply to vehicles operating in the daytime when
transporting poles, pipe, machinery or other objects of a structural nature
which cannot readily be dismembered, except that it shall be unlawful to
operate any such vehicle or combination of vehicles which exceeds a total
length of 85 feet unless a special permit for such operation has been
issued by the secretary of transportation or by an agent or designee of the
secretary pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto. For the
purpose of authorizing the issuance of such special permits at motor
carrier inspection stations, the secretary of transportation may contract
with the superintendent of the Kansas highway
patrol for such purpose, and in such event, the superintendent or any designee
of the superintendent
may issue such special permit pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
contract. The limitations in this section shall not apply to vehicles
transporting such objects operated at nighttime by a public utility when
required for emergency repair of public service facilities or properties or
when operated under special permit as provided in K.S.A. 8-1911, and
amendments thereto, but in respect to such night transportation every such
vehicle and the load thereon shall be equipped with a sufficient number of
clearance lamps on both sides and marker lamps upon the extreme ends of any
projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of such load.
(f) The limitations of this section governing the maximum length of
combinations of vehicles shall not apply to a combination of vehicles
consisting of a truck tractor towing a house trailer, if such combination
of vehicles does not exceed an overall length of 97 feet.
(g) The length limitations of this section shall not apply to
stinger-steered automobile or boat transporters
or one truck and one trailer vehicle combination, loaded or
unloaded, used in transporting a combine to be engaged in farm custom
harvesting operations, as defined in subsection (d) of K.S.A. 8-143j, and
amendments thereto. A stinger-steered automobile
or boat
transporter
or one truck and one trailer vehicle
combination, loaded or unloaded, used in transporting a combine to be engaged
in farm custom harvesting operations, as defined in subsection (d) of K.S.A.
8-143j, and amendments thereto,
shall not
exceed an overall length limit of 75 feet, exclusive of
front and rear overhang.
(h) The length limitations of this section shall not apply to drive-away
saddlemount or drive-away saddlemount with fullmount vehicle transporter
combination. A drive-away
saddlemount or drive-away saddlemount with fullmount vehicle transporter
combination shall not exceed an extreme
overall dimension of 97 feet.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1904;
L. 1975, ch. 41, § 1
L. 1975, ch. 427, § 46;
L. 1977, ch. 304, § 16;
L. 1978, ch. 42, § 1;
L. 1981, ch. 47, § 1;
L. 1983, ch. 41, § 2;
L. 1986, ch. 44, § 1;
L. 1988, ch. 266, § 1;
L. 1989, ch. 44, § 1;
L. 1990, ch. 50, § 3;
L. 1994, ch. 194, § 2;
L. 2000, ch. 22, § 1;
L. 2006, ch. 6, § 1; March 2.