Between Sept. 1 and Nov. 30, local farmers will be able to transport heavier loads of harvested crops from fields to initial storage or processing facilities.
Wisconsin state law allows farmers to exceed a vehicle’s weight limitations up to 15 percent when transporting corn, corn silage, potatoes, cranberries, soybeans and other vegetables.
The law only affects truck weights and applies to vehicles registered between 50,000 to 80,000 pounds and all other laws for truck length, height and width must be observed. Heavier loads are not allowed on interstate highways except for a portion of I-39 between Portage and Wausau.
Overweight loads will be prohibited over Thanksgiving weekend beginning Nov. 24 through Nov. 27.
“This law is intended to assist farmers during the peak fall harvest period by temporarily waiving the need to obtain overweight permits from the Department of Transportation,” said Lt. Brian Ausloos with the Wisconsin State Patrol’s Motor Carrier Enforcement Section in a press release.
For more information, contact Ausloos at 608-266-0264 or e-mail him at brian.ausloos@dot.wi.gov.
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