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single-axle unit is closer than 10 feet, or 9 feet in the case of a | steering axle, to the axle center of the nearest axle of a tri-axle | unit, the 4 axles are a tri-axle unit. |
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| | Sec. 10. 29-A MRSA §2351, as amended by PL 1999, c. 164, §1, is | repealed. |
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| | Sec. 11. 29-A MRSA §2353, sub-§4, ¶E, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, | Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is repealed. |
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| | Sec. 12. 29-A MRSA §2357, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1999, c. 580, §8 | and affected by §14, is further amended to read: |
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| | 4. Six-axle combination. Notwithstanding subsection 2, a 6- | axle combination vehicle, consisting of a 3-axle truck tractor | operating in combination with a tri-axle semitrailer may not | exceed 100,000 pounds. The distance between the extreme axles of | a vehicle under this subsection, excluding the steering axle, | must be at least 32 feet and the vehicle must be registered for | at least 90,000 pounds. The maximum gross vehicle weight | permitted is reduced by 2,000 pounds for each foot the distance | is less than 32 feet between the extreme axles, excluding the | steering axle, measured to the nearest foot. |
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| | Sec. 13. 29-A MRSA §2382, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. | A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read: |
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| | 6. Scope of permit. A permit is limited to the particular | vehicle or object to be moved, the trailer or semitrailer hauling | the overlimit object and particular ways and bridges. |
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| | Sec. 14. 29-A MRSA §2390, sub-§1, ¶F, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, | pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read: |
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| F. A combination of truck tractor, semitrailer and full | trailer, or a combination of truck tractor and 2 | semitrailers, may be operated on the Interstate Highway | System and those qualifying federal aid primary system | highways designated by the Secretary of the United States | Department of Transportation, pursuant to the United States | Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, Public Law | 97-424, Section 411, with an overall length in excess of 65 | feet, if no semitrailer or trailer length exceeds 28.5 feet. | This vehicle combination may also operate on other highways | designated by the Commissioner of Transportation. |
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| | Sec. 15. 29-A MRSA §2390, sub-§1, ¶J, as amended by PL 2001, c. 267, | §13 and affected by §16, is further amended by repealing | subparagraph (6). |
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