Minnesota Truck-Weight Education Training | Minnesota LTAP
Admission
- Free
Description
Minnesota Truck-Weight Education Training | Minnesota LTAP
April 14 | 8:30am Check In 9am-3pm Training | Free | At CCHE
Educator and Partner: Tom J. Nelson, Technical Program Manager University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies
Register at: https://umn.qualtrics.com/jfe/
Who Should Attend
Trucking entities that want to load to the maximum legal weight possible. Scale operators, farm truck owners and operators, aggregate haulers, truck manufacturers who configure truck axles and tires, township and county authorities who influence truck route weights, any company representative who influences the purchase or alteration of new trucks, out-of-state companies who need to understand and comply with Minnesota's legal weight limits, and truck driving students
The Minnesota Truck-Weight Education Program addresses concerns from state, county, city, and township transportation authorities regarding damage from heavy trucks. Explanations are provided that explain road weights during various times of the year, including the winter load increase and spring load restrictions.
The program promotes voluntary compliance to reduce damage to public roads and highways from overweight vehicles. The goal is to provide information and explanations to attendees on how to haul the most legal weight without violating the truck-weight laws. The program is updated as needed to reflect changes in truck-weight legislation.
You'll learn about road-weight regulations during various times of the year, including the winter load increase and spring load restrictions. How trucks are configured—with proper axle spacing and tire size—makes a difference.
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Topics Covered
- Update of road weight limits and differences between the state and local systems
- Laws governing gross weights, axle weights, tire weights, road-restriction weights, and seasonally increased (winter and harvest) weights
- Road damage issues: how overweight trucks cost us all
- Overweight truck issues go beyond gross and axle weights
- Classroom exercises to help you identify concerns in your own trucks
- What’s different in axle spacing? Do I have the right tires for the weight?
- Issues to consider when purchasing a new truck or altering a current truck
- Introduction and demonstration of the new Minnesota truck-weight calculator, an online resource to help training attendees determine weights based on vehicle configuration
Instructors will provide professional, easy-to-understand take-home materials to assist you with your own configurations and options. The training is updated to reflect changes in truck-weight legislation.
Space is limited to 35. If the location is not visible when clicking the registration button, the session has reached capacity.
Please Note: This is not a “permitting” class for those who haul over-dimensional or overweight equipment that requires an oversize permit from either the state or county agencies. The class does cover the permit requirement for harvest and timber commodities and the 10 percent winter-load-increase (WLI) permit for trucks operating on Interstate highways.
https://mnltap.umn.edu/