§ 78-71. Weight limitations on wheels; axle limitations.

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No wheel on any vehicle operated upon any public road within unincorporated Fulton County, equipped with high pressure, pneumatic solid rubber or cushion tires shall carry a load which exceeds 8,000 pounds by more than 13 percent; or any, or an axle load which exceeds 16,000 pounds by more than 13 percent; an axle load shall be defined as the total on all wheels whose centers may be included between two parallel transverse vertical planes 40 inches apart. If the driver of any vehicle can comply with the requirements of this section by shifting or equalizing the load on all wheels or axles and does so when requested by the proper authority, said driver shall not be held to be operating in violation of this section.
State Law reference— Wheel loads limitations, O.C.G.A. § 32-6-26(b)(1).

(Ord. No. 98-1059, 8-5-98)

                    
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