Size and Weight restrictions

Generally, the legal length requirements are as follows (KSA 8-1904):Single vehicle, 45 feetTruck and trailer, 65 feetTruck-tractor and semi-trailer, no overall length limitationSingle trailer, 59 ½ feet eachDouble or triple trailers, 28 ½ feet eachPoles, pipes, machinery, or other objects of a structural nature that cannot be readily dismembered, 85 feet, unless a special permit

The legal height is 14 feet tallexcept for cylindrically shaped (round) hay bales, for which the maximum height 14 ½ feet tall. (KSA 8-1904)

Generally, the legal width is 8 ½ feet (102 inches). There are some exceptions for farm tractors, hay bales, etc. found in KSA 8-1902.

A single wheel may not exceed 10,000 lbs. A single axle may not exceed 20,000 lbs. (22,000 lbs. on the Kansas Turnpike) A tandem axle (40 inches 96 inches from center to center) may not exceed 34,000 lbs. A triple axle (96 inches 132 inches from center of first to third axle), may not

No.The commercial zone of Kansas City only applies to operating authority and registration in Kansas.  The increased weight exceptions in the commercial zone are only in Missouri.

A special annual permit exists for vehicles to only carry agricultural inputs, farm supplies, biofuels, feed, raw or processed agricultural commodities, livestock, raw meat products intended by the shipper for further processing or farm products.The maximum weight is 90,000 lbs., with a minimum of six axles, and cannot be operated on the interstate.  A special

KAR 36-1-37 outlines legal axle weights for overweight permits, as follows: Single, non-drive axle: 22,000 lbs. Single, drive axle: 24,000 lbs. Tandem axle: 45,000 lbs. Triple axle: 60,000 lbs. Quad or more: 65,000 lbs.

The truck registration must have enough weight to cover the weight of the truck, trailer, and any load thereon.