New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 18 - TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS
Chapter 19 - MOTOR VEHICLE PROCEDURES, LICENSES, PERMITS
Part 8 - SIZE AND WEIGHT OF VEHICLES AND LOADS
Section 18.19.8.9 - SPECIAL PERMIT FOR IRREDUCIBLE LOADS - EXCEPTIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a special permit shall be issued only for an irreducible load. An applicant shall demonstrate that the load to be moved cannot reasonably be dismantled, reduced or disassembled. Reductions shall be made whenever possible, even if use of additional vehicles becomes necessary.
B. The following reducible loads may be issued a special permit:
C. The DOT may issue special permits for casks designed for the transport of spent nuclear materials and for military vehicles transporting marked military equipment or material.
D. When an integral part of a machine or other equipment is removable, and the load without that part is oversize or overweight, the DOT may allow that part to be included in the permitted load; provided that the inclusion of the removable part does not increase the dimensions of the load.