PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL
Order in Council No.
0939 , Approved and Ordered
A. 31.1997
Lieutenant Governor
Executive Council Chambers, Victoria
On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council, orders that
effective October 1, 1997 B.C. Reg. 30/78, the Commercial Transport Act
Regulations, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.
Ministry of Transportation and Highways
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Authority under which Order is made:
Act and section:
Commercial Transport Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 58, section 11
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SCHEDULE
1.
Section 1.01 of B.C. Reg. 30/78, the Commercial Transport Act Regulations,
is amended
(a) by repealing the definition of "logging truck" and substituting the
following:
"logging truck" means a vehicle or combination of vehicles that
(a) is used principally for the transportation of logs or poles, and
(b) if in a combination of vehicles, has a pole trailer; , and
(b) by adding the following definition:
"tridem drive axle" means 3 equally spaced consecutive engine-driven
axles having an axle spread of not less 2.4 m and not more than
2.8 m, and an axle width for all the axles of not less than 2.4 m and
not more than 2.6 m;
"tridem tractor" means a logging truck equipped with a single steering
axle and a tridem drive axle; .
2.
Section 7.06 is repealed and the following substituted:
Weight allowances for the transportation of logs or poles
7.06 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person may, for the sole purpose of transporting logs or poles, drive or operate on a highway a vehicle or
combination of vehicles that exceeds the gross weights referred to in
this Division if the amount of excessive gross weight does rot
exceed the following amounts:
(a) during the period between March 2 and November 30 of a
calendar year
(i) for a single axle, 500 kg, not including the steering axle
of a logging truck or a truck tractor,
(ii) for a tandem axle, tridem axle or tridem drive axie,
I 100 kg, or
(iii) for a combination of vehicles, 1 500 kg;
(b) during the period between December 1 of a calendar year and
March 1 in the next calendar year
(i) for a single axle, 500 kg, not including the steering axle
of a logging truck or a truck tractor,
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(ii) for a tandem axle, tridem axle or tridem drive axle,
1 500 kg, or
(iii) for a combination of vehicles, 2 500 kg.
(2) Despite subsection (1),
(a) if a posted sign on a highway restricts vehicles by weight, the
posted restriction applies, and
(b) the gross vehicle weight must not, without a permit,
exceed 63 500 kg.
3.
Section 7.27 is amended by adding the following subsection:
(3) Subject to section 7.06 (2), a person must not, without a permit, drive
or operate on a highway a vehicle or combination of vehicles if the
gross vehicle weight of the vehicle or combination of vehicles
exceeds 63 500 kg.
4.
Section 7.31 is amended
(a) by repealing subsection (4) (a), and
(b) by adding the following subsection:
(6) A person must not, without a permit, drive or operate on a highway
a tridem tractor logging truck which is comprised of a tandem axle
pole trailer or a tridem axle pole trailer if any of the following apply:
(a) the steering axle weighs less than the axle weight indicated in
Appendix G of Division 7, except when carrying an unladen
pole trailer;
(b) the steering axle weight exceeds 6 500 kg;
(c) the steering axle weight exceeds 9 100 kg when the tridem
tractor is equipped with a self-loader;
(d) the tridem drive axle group weight exceeds 24 000 kg.
5.
The following section is added:
Logging truck prohibitions
7.39 (1) This section applies only to drivers or operators of logging trucks
exclusively hauling logs or poles.
(2) A person must not, without a permit, drive or operate on a highway
a tridem tractor in any vehicle combination unless all of the
following conditions apply:
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(a) the combination conforms to the dimensions and weights as
shown in Appendix G;
(b) no device is present which allows the driver to transfer or shift
axle weight within any tridem axle group in the combination;
(c) all tires in the tridem drive axles are in contact with the road
surface;
(d) an individual axle has a common type of suspension within the
tridem drive axle group;
(e) the control for the tridem tractor's drive axles differential lockup mechanism is accessible by the driver from inside the cab,
and the differentials remain unlocked at all times while the
tractor is operated on a highway;
(f) a warning label is visible to the driver stating that "During tight
cornering, all differentials of the tridem drive axle group must
be unlocked";
(g) the axle width dimension for the tridem drive axles
(i) is a minimum 2.5 m and a maximum 2.6 m if the tridem
tractor is manufactured after July 31, 1997, or
(ii) is a minimum 2.4 m and a maximum 2.6 m if the tridem
tractor is manufactured, or converted from a.
motor vehicle which was manufactured, before
August 1, 1997.
(3) Despite section 7.13 (3) (a) and in the event that the dimensions,
weights and other conditions stipulated for a tridem tractor and
tandem axle pole trailer or tridem axle pole trailer, as shown in
Appendix G, are in conflict with other provisions within this
Division, the requirements shown in Appendix G will prevail.
6.
The following Appendix is added:
Appendix G — Commercial Transport Act Regulations (CTAR) 7.39
TRIDEM TRACTOR TRIDEM OR TANDEM AXLE POLE TRAILER COMBINATIONS
DIMENSIONS
Overall Length
Max. 23 m
Single Vehicle Length
Max. 12.5 m
Front
Overhang
Max, 30 m
Log Bunk Must Be
Rear
Positioned Forward of
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Tridem Centerline
NMax. 5.0 m
Front hunk setting, Max, 0.5 m
forward of tridem centerline
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Overall
Height
Max 4.15 n
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Tractor wheelbase
Min. 6.6 ri
Stinger/pintle
Hitch Offset
Max. 3.6 m
Minimum Interaxle Spacing
Tridem/Tridem - 6 m©
Tridem/Tandem - 5.5 m
Steering axle
Tire width - nm. 0.315 rn
Axle Spread
see TABLE 1 below
(Typical)
WEIGHTS
Minimum
see table below
Max. Tridem (dr_Ive)
24000 kg (9)
Adjacent axles must be load
equalized to within 1000 kg.
Must Be Greater
Than 207. of GCVW
Minimum Steering
Axle 'deight
3 900 k.
4 400 k•
4 800 k
5 200 kg
5 500 k.
5 800 k.
6 100 kg
Corresponding Tridem Drive
Axle Group Weight
16 499 k. or less
16 500 to 17 999 k.
18 000 to 19 499 l.
19 500 to 21.I 999 kg
21 000 to 22 499 14.
22 500 to 23 999 kg
24 000 to 25 500 kg*
Max. 6500 kg4
(Self-loader
Max. 9100 kg)—
110 kg/cm
Pre
or 3000 kg ea.
(Typical')
Max. Tridem
24000 kg
Max. Tandem
17000 kg
Adjacent axles must be load
equalized to within 1000 kg.
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Single steering axle weight Is exempted from
seasonal axle weight restrictions
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The 25 500 kg shown Includes the maximum tridem axl
weight and the maximum 'Logging truck weight ckllowar
IF the tridem-tridem Interaxle spacing is 7 m or mar
© Logging truck weight allowances as per CTAR 7,06 ar
not applicable to the tridem drive axle if the trick,'
tridem interaxle spacing is less than 7 rn.
Maximum Gross Combination Vehicle Weight (GCVW)
Max. 54500 kg for 7 axle combination
Max. 57100 kg for 7 axle combination (self-loader)
TABLE 1
Single
Notes:
(All axles within an axle group
must have equal track width)
(con include tandem)
up to 1.0 m
AXt E SPREAD
Tandem
1.2 - 1.85 m
Tridem (Tractor)
2.4 - 2.8 m
Tridem (Pole Trailer)
2.4 - 3.1 r
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July 24, 1957
Minimum steering axle weight is not applicable when the tractor Is carrying
an unladen pole trailer.
'Logging -truck weight allowances' as indicated in the Commercial Transport Act Regulations
Division 7,06 are allowed in addition to the axle and gross vehicle weights
shown above, except the 25 500 kg marked by w , and if the tridem—tridem
Interaxle spacing is 7 m or more.