Size & Weight
Requirements

Size

• Width – 14'
• Height – 14'
• Length:
  • 110' overall. Semitrailers longer than 53' may not carrier more than one item and may not be operated in a truck-tractor and semitrailer combination.
  • In Oregon, an unladen combination of vehicles may consist of the towing or power unit and not more than one jeep, one semitrailer and one booster, provided semitrailer length is not more than 62'. Movement is authorized unladen with fewer vehicles, or with the jeep and/or booster loaded on the semitrailer. However, the absence of both the jeep and the booster (carried as load or in use) invalidates this provision.

Weight

• 600 pounds per inch of tire width
• 21,500 pounds per axle
• 43,000 pounds per tandem axle
• 53,000 pounds per tridem (wheelbase more than 8' and less than 13')
• 160,000 pounds gross weight
• In no case may the gross weight exceed the sum of the permitted axle, group axle weights or the weight specified by the permit, whichever is less.
• A minimum of five axles
• The weight on any group of axles shall be determined by the Western Regional Vehicle Weight Table.

Operating Authority
Requirements

In Texas, prior to being issued a permit, you must comply with TxDMV Motor Carrier Registration (MCR) or Unified Carrier Registration (UCR). If not required to have TxDMV MCR or UCR, you must have a permit bond in the amount of $10,000 on file with TxDMV.

Motor Carrier Registration

Unified Carrier Registration

Permit Surety Bonds

Fees & Payment
Information

Fees are calculated and collected by the issuing jurisdiction based on the fee schedules of each jurisdiction (state) in route. However, fees are the same as if ordered directly from each state. You may access this information by contacting participating states at the websites and numbers listed below.

The Texas portion of your fee will be based upon the fee for a General Single-Trip permit.
Fees are payable by:

• MasterCard, VISA, Discover or American Express (a processing fee will be charged)
• Funds deposited in a pre-established escrow account
• Permit Account Card (PAC) or FirstPay Account established through Frost Bank San Antonio
• Personal check, business check, cashier's check or money order, payable to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
• Cash (MUST be delivered to a TxDMV Regional Service Center)

A permit fee will not be refunded after the permit number has been issued unless such refund is necessary to correct an error made by the Motor Carrier Division.

General Single-Trip Permit

Escrow Accounts