South Carolina S 806: Pure Fishing, Inc.

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2025-2026 Bill 806 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 14, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 806

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 56-5-4140, RELATING TO GROSS WEIGHT OF VEHICLES, COMBINATIONS OF 
VEHICLES, AND LOADS, SO AS TO LIMIT THE GROSS WEIGHT OF FARM TRUCKS.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 56-5-4140 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
56-5-4140. (A)(1) The gross weight 
of a vehicle or combination of vehicles, operated or moved upon any section of 
highway, including the interstate highway system, except where the formula in 
item (4) allows for a higher weight, shall not exceed:

 (The following weight 
limits do not include applicable tolerances)

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 (a)

 Single-unit vehicle with two axles

 35,000 lbs.

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 (b)

 Single-unit vehicle with three axles

 46,000 lbs.

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 (c)

 Single-unit vehicle with four axles

 63,500 lbs.

 except, on the 
interstate, vehicles must meet axle spacing requirements and corresponding 
maximum overall gross weights, not to exceed 63,500 lbs., in accordance with 
the table in item (4).

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 (d)

 Single-unit vehicle with five or more axles

 65,000 lbs.

 except, on the 
interstate, vehicles must meet axle spacing requirements and corresponding 
maximum overall gross weights, not to exceed 65,000 lbs., in accordance with 
the table in item (4).

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 (e)

 Combination of vehicles with three axle

 50,000 lbs.

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 (f)

 Combination of vehicles with four axles

 65,000 lbs.

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 (g)

 Combination of vehicles with five or more 
 axles

 73,280 lbs.

 The gross weight 
imposed upon any highway or section of highway other than the interstate by two 
or more consecutive axles in tandem articulated from a common attachment to the 
vehicle and spaced not less than forty inches nor more than ninety-six inches apart 
shall not exceed thirty-six thousand pounds, and no one axle of any such group 
of two or more consecutive axles shall exceed the load permitted for a single 
axle. The load imposed on the highway by two consecutive axles, individually 
attached to the vehicle and spaced not less than forty inches nor more than 
ninety-six inches apart, shall not exceed thirty-six thousand pounds and no one 
axle of any such group of two consecutive axles shall exceed the load permitted 
for a single axle.

 The ten percent 
enforcement tolerance specified in Section 56-5-4160 applies to the vehicle 
weight limits specified in item (1), and subsections (B), 
and (C), and (D). 
However, the gross weight on a single axle operated on the interstate may not 
exceed 20,000 pounds, including all enforcement tolerances; the gross weight 
on a tandem axle operated on the interstate may not exceed 35,200 pounds, 
including all enforcement tolerances; the overall gross weight for vehicles 
operated on the interstate may not exceed 75,185 pounds, including all 
enforcement tolerances except as provided in item (4).

 (2) 
Enforcement tolerance is fifteen percent for a vehicle or trailer transporting 
unprocessed forest products only on noninterstate routes.

 (3) 
Enforcement tolerance is fifteen percent for a vehicle or trailer transporting 
sod only on noninterstate routes.

 (4) 
Vehicles with an overall maximum gross weight in excess of 75,185 pounds may 
operate upon any section of highway in the Interstate System up to an overall 
maximum of 80,000 pounds in accordance with the following:

 The weight imposed 
upon the highway by any group of two or more consecutive axles may not, unless 
specially permitted by the Department of Public Safety, exceed an overall gross 
weight produced by the application of the following formula:

 W = 500 (LN/N-1 + 12N 
+ 36)

 In the formula W 
equals overall gross weight on any group of two or more consecutive axles to 
the nearest 500 pounds, L equals distance in feet between the extreme of any 
group of two or more consecutive axles, and N equals number of axles in the 
group under consideration.

 As an exception, two 
consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load of 68,000 pounds if the 
overall distance between the first and last axles of the consecutive sets of 
tandem axles is 36 feet or more. The formula is expressed by the following table:

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 Distance in feet

 Maximum load in pounds carried

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 between the

 on any group of 2

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 extremes of any

 of 2 or more consecutive axles

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 group of 2 or

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 more consecutive

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 axles

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 2 axles

 3 axles

 4 axles

 5 axles

 6 axles

 7 axles

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 35,200

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 5

 35,200

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 35,200

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 35,200

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 8 and less

 35,200

 35,200

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 more t