N.D. Admin Code 69-10-02-21 - Shift test - Load-bearing and section testing

After January 1, 1996, all motor truck, motor truck dump, and railroad track/truck combination scales must be load-bearing and section tested. The load-bearing test must be conducted with a minimum standard of the lesser value of either ten thousand pounds [4535.9 kilograms] or one-quarter the device capacity in test weights, with the test weights centered, as nearly as possible, successively over each main load support. Section testing must be conducted with a minimum standard of either twenty thousand pounds [9071.8 kilograms] or one-half the device capacity in test weights, with the test weights centered, as nearly as possible, successively at the center of each quarter of the load receiving element. Applicable tolerances from NIST Handbook No. 44, scale section, T.N.3.1. and T.N.3.2., must be applied to the amount of test load used.

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N.D. Admin Code 69-10-02-21

Effective February 1, 1996. Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2020-379, January 2021, effective 1/1/2021.

General Authority: NDCC 64-02-03

Law Implemented: NDCC 64-02-02, 64-02-03, 64-02-04