17 AAC 25.017 - Supplemental axles
(a) Unless a vehicle is authorized to use
supplemental axles under a permit issued under
17 AAC 25.320, supplemental axles
may be used on vehicles operating on the state highway system only as provided
in this section. Supplemental axles must have a manufacturer's rating equal to
the weight being carried on the axle, but no less than 10,000 pounds on the
axle.
(b) Supplemental axles may
only be used on trailers and rotating drum transit mix concrete trucks for
legal gross vehicle weight calculations. The weight adjustment controls for
supplemental axles must be located outside the driver's compartment and not
within reach of the driver while the vehicle is in motion. A rotating drum
transit mix concrete truck with a lift axle must comply with
17 AAC 25.015(a).
The up-and-down position controls for liftable belly axles may be located in
the driver's compartment on bulk tank delivery vehicles, but these controls may
only be activated when entering or exiting delivery terminals, including
service stations. Adjustable air ride suspension systems may be used, if the
tires are not lifted off the roadway.
(c) Repealed 10/7/2001.
(d) Belly axles may be used on trailers and
semitrailers operating on the state highway system. A belly axle on vehicles
first placed into service in this state after June 30, 1990 must be
self-steering. The department will use the vehicle registration required by AS
28.10 as evidence of the date that the vehicle or trailer was placed in service
in this state.
(e) Repealed
10/7/2001.
Notes
The definition of "supplemental axle", formerly set out in 17 AAC 25.017(e), has been relocated to 17 AAC 25.900.
Authority:AS 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.10.060
AS 44.42.020
AS 44.42.030
AS 45.75.050
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