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    Title: Oversized, Overweight Vehicles: Single Trip Permit, Job Permit, and Annual Permit
    Alternate Title:
    Description: Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT)
    Subject: Commercial Vehicles
    Oversized Vehicles
    Creation Date: 9/11/2008 2:15:48 PM
    Modification Date: 9/2/2025 4:54:00 PM
    Agency Name: Transportation (MnDOT), Minnesota Department of
    Agency URL: http://www.dot.state.mn.us
    Agency Description: The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) provides a balanced transportation system. Responsible areas include aeronautics, highways, motor carriers, ports, public transit, railroads and pipelines.
    Agency Phone: 800-657-3774
    800-627-3529
    Agency Fax: Agency URL: http://www.dot.state.mn.us
    Agency Address: Transportation (MnDOT), Minnesota Department of
    395 John Ireland Blvd.

    St. Paul
    MN 55155-1899

    Unit Name: Oversize/Overweight Permits
    Unit URL:
    Unit Description:
    Unit Phone: 651-296-6000
    Unit Fax: 651-215-9677
    Contact person(s): ofcvopermits.dot@state.mn.us
    Unit URL:
    Audience: Hold Application URL: https://mn.gotpermits.com/#!
    Renewal URL:
    Versa URL:
    Requirements:

    Oversize/Overweight Permits

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    • Find out if you need a permit

      Generally speaking, you will need an oversize/overweight permit when vehicle and load dimensions exceed the following:
    Dimension Size/Weight
    Width 8' - 6"
    Height 13' - 6"
    Length 45' - 0" (Single vehicles)
    48' - 0" (Mobile cranes)
    75' - 0" (Combination vehicles)
    Weight

    80,000 lbs.




            

              



        



    A MnDOT permit is not valid on county, municipal, township or other local roads.

    Temporary weight increase permits
    Having an oversize/overweight permit does not increase your vehicle’s registered weight. 
    You can get a temporary weight increase permit from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.     


    Permit Types 

             Single Trip

              Single Trip Permit
               Valid for 7 days and issued for individual trips of non-divisible loads.
               See Minn. Stat. § 169.86, subd. 5(a) for legal requirements.

               Fee: $15
               Width: Varies
               Height: Varies
               Length: Varies
               Weight: Legal

              Single Trip (Oversize and overweight)
               Route approval required. See Minn. Stat. § 169.86, subd. 5(a) for legal requirements.

               Fee: $15 + Damage Assessment Fee
               Width: Varies
               Height: Varies
               Length: Varies
               Weight: Varies

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            Annual

              Baled Farm Products
                Allows the transport of oversized bales of hay, straw or cornstalks with a height of up
                to 15 feet on all roads except freeways in the seven county metropolitan which will remain at a height limit of 14’-6”
                Route approval required.     See Minn. Stat. § 169.86, subd. 5(a) for legal requirements.

                Fee: $60

                Width: 12'
                Height: 15' (14'-6" when in the Metro area)
                Length: 75'
                Weight: Legal

              Commercial Boat Hauler

                Boat Haulers - Call Before You Haul

                Boat Transporters should clean, drain and dry boats prior to transport.
                All boats being transported to any western state MUST     Call Before You Haul prior
                to transport by calling this toll-free number: 1-844-311-4873.
                For more information about the purpose of the program, visit Call Before You Haul

                -Oversize only

                Allows the transport of oversize boats, waterfront structures, portable boat docks and boat lifts
                by boat retailers, manufacturers, or for hire carrier.     Route approval required. 
                See Minn. Stat. § 169.86, subdivision 5(d)(6) for legal requirements.

                Fee: $120
                Width: 16’
                Height: 15’
                Length: 110'
                Weight: Legal
                
                -Oversize and/or overweight

                Allows the transport of oversize and/or overweight boats, waterfront structures, portable boat docks and boat lifts by
                the boat retailer or manufacturer or for hire carrier.     See Minn. Stat. § 169.86, subd. 5(a) for legal requirements. 
                Route approval required.

                Fee: See Annual Overweight Schedule
                Width: 16’
                Height: 15’
                Length: 110'
                    Weight: 155,000 lbs.

              Double Deck Bus

                Allows a double deck to operate with a vehicle height of up to 14’-3”. 
                See Minn. Stat. § 169.86, subdivision 5(d)(5) for legal requirements.
                Route approval required.

                    Fee: $120
                Width: 8'-6”
                Height: 14’-3”
                Length: 45'
                    Weight: Legal
                
              Construction/Farm equipment, machinery, and supplies                 

                Allows the transport of oversize construction supplies, machinery and equipment. See Minn. Stat. § 169.86, subd. 5(d)(2)
                for legal requirements. Route approval required.

                Fee: $120
                Width: 16’
                    Height: 15’
                Length: 110'
                    Weight: Legal

                -Oversize and/or overweight

                Allows the transport of oversize and/or overweight construction supplies, machinery, and equipment.
                    See Minn. Stat. § 169.86, subdivision 5(d)(2)(f) for legal requirements. Route approval required.

                Fee: See Annual Overweight Schedule
                Width: 16’
                Height: 15’
                Length: 110'
                    Weight: 155,000 lbs.

              Forest Products

                Allows a vehicle or combination of vehicles with 6 or more axles to transport raw or unfinished forest products at a gross
                vehicle weight up to 90,000 lbs. and 99,000 lbs. during winter weight increase season. Interstate travel is allowed on 
                    Interstate 35 in Minnesota from mile marker 235.4 to 259.552 under United States Code, title 23, section 127(q)(2)(D). 
                    See Minn. Stat. § 169.8261 for legal requirements.

                Fee: $300    
                Width: 8’-6”
                Height: 13-6”
                Length: 75’
                    Weight: 90,000 lbs.

              Livestock

                Allows a vehicle or combination of vehicles with six or more axles while exclusively engaged in transporting livestock to
                operate with a gross vehicle weight of up to 88,000 lbs.     Minn. Stat. § 169.824  and Minn. Stat. § 169.86, subdivision 5(j)
                for legal requirements. No travel on interstate.

                Fee: $200
                Width: 8'-6"    
                Height: 13'-6"
                    Length: 75'
                    Weight: 88,000 lbs.
                
              Manufactured Homes and Manufactured Storage Buildings

                This annual permit allows for the movement of manufactured homes and manufactured storage buildings.
                See     Minn. Stat. § 169.86, subd. 1(b) and subd. 5(d)(3) for legal requirements. Route approval required.

                    Fee: $120
                Width: 16'
                    Height: 15’
                Length: 110’
                Weight: Legal

              Mobile Crane/Self Propelled Vehicles

                This annual permit allows for mobile cranes with or without dollies, and other self-propelled vehicles.
                See     Minn. Stat. § 169.86, subdivision 5(d)(1) for legal requirements. Route approval required.

                -Oversize only

                Fee: $120
                Width: 12'
                    Height: 14’
                Length: 75’
                Weight: Legal
                
                Oversize and/or overweight

                Fee: See Annual Overweight Schedule
                Width: 12'
                Height: 14’
                Length: 75’
                Weight: 155,000

              New-Empty Trailers (Cargo/Horse/Stock Trailers)

                Allows the transport of trailers must be new from the manufacturer, empty, and cannot exceed 28” 6” long.
                A fifth wheel hook up is required between truck and the first trailer. See     Minn. Stat. § 169.86, subdivisions 5(d)
                (7) for legal requirements.

                Fee: $120
                Width: 8'-6”
                Height: 13’-6”
                Length: 75'
                Weight: Legal

              Non-Commercial Boat Hauler

                This permit allows an owner or user of an oversize boat to transport it on Minnesota state highways.
                See     Minn. Stat. § 169.86, subd. 5(c)(6) for legal requirements. Route approval required.

                Fee: $60
                Width: 14’-6”
                    Height: 14’
                    Length: 85’
                    Weight: Legal

              Refuse-compactor vehicle (Rubbish compactor)

                Allowable axle weights under the permit are: 22,000 single, 38,000 tandem and 46,000 tridem.
                A vehicle operating with a tridem weight up to 46,000 lbs. must not have a gross vehicle weight
                of more than 62,000 lbs. See     Minn. Stat. § 169.86, subdivision (5)(h) for legal requirements.

                Fee: $85 
                    Width: 8’-6”
                    Height: 13’-6”
                    Length: 45’
                Weight: 62,000 lbs.

              Road Construction Materials

                See Minn. Stat. § 169.869 for legal requirements

                -Six or more axles

                Allows a vehicle or combination of vehicles with six or more axles to transport road construction materials
                at a gross vehicle weight up to 90,000 lbs. and 99,000 lbs. during the winter weight increase season.
                No travel on interstate.

                Fee: $300
                Width: 8’-6”
                Height: 13’-6”
                Length: 75’
                    Weight: 90,000 lbs.
                
                -Seven or more axles

                Allows a vehicle or combination of vehicles with seven or more axles
                to transport road construction materials at a gross vehicle weight up to 97,000 lbs.
                and 99,000 lbs. during the winter weight increase season. No travel on interstate.    

                Fee: $500
                    Width: 8’-6”
                    Height: 13’-6”
                    Length: 75’
                    Weight: 97,000 lbs.

             
                 Special Sugar Beet Hauling Vehicle

                Permit Details:

    • Vehicle Type: 3-unit combination (28 ½ foot semitrailers)
    • Maximum Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW): up to 122,000 lbs.
    • Fee: $300
    • Dimensions:

                            -Width: 8’-6”
                            -Height: 13’-6”
                            -    Length: 75'

                Approved Route:

    1. US-2 from North Dakota border to Fifth Avenue NE.
    2. Fifth Avenue NE from US-2 to Business US-2.
    3. Business US-2 from Fifth Avenue NE to the sugar beet processing facility on Business US-2.

                
                Permit Conditions:

                Legal Reference:

                For detailed requirements, refer to Minn. Stat. § 169.8655

           
             Special Soybean Meal Hauling Vehicle

                This permit allows two-unit or three-unit combinations of vehicles transporting
                soybean meal, with a gross vehicle weight up to 106,000 pounds, to operate only on:

    • US Highway 75 in Crookston, MN to US Highway 2
    • US Highway 2 from Crookston to the North Dakota border.
      No seasonal weight increase allowed.       Minn. Stat. § 169.86, subdivision 5(c)(6) for legal requirements.


                 Fee: $850
                Width: 8’-6”
                Height: 13’-6”
                Length: 75'
                Weight: 106,000 lbs.

              
             Special Canola Hauling Vehicle

                Allows twin trailers up to 105,500 pounds gross vehicle weight on specific routes between Hallock and ND on MN175,
                Hallock and Donaldson on US75, and Donaldson and ND on MN11. See     Minn. Stat. § 169.866 for legal
                requirements.

              Fee: $850
              Width: 8’-6”
              Height: 13’-6”
                 Length: Legal truck trailer and semi-trailer units
                 Weight: 105,500 lbs.

             
             Special Farm Products (Ag Products)

                -Six or more axles

                Allows a vehicle or combination of vehicles with six or more axles to
                transport qualifying agricultural products at a gross vehicle weight up to
                90,000 lbs. and 99,000 lbs. during the winter weight increase season.
                No travel on interstate. See     Minn. Stat. § 169.865 for legal requirements.

                Fee: $300
                Width: 8'-6"
                Height: 13'-6"
                    Length: 75'
                    Weight: 90,000 lbs.

                -Seven or more axles

                Allows a vehicle or combination of vehicles to transport qualifying
                agricultural products at a gross vehicle weight up to 97,000 lbs. and 99,000 lbs.
                during winter weight increase season. No travel on interstate.
                See     Minn. Stat. § 169.865 for legal requirements.

                Fee: $500
                Width: 8'-6"
                    Height: 13'-6"
                    Length: 75'
                Weight: 97,000 lbs.

             
             Special Products Vehicle Permit (Two unit vehicle)

                This permit allows transport of paper products, finished forest products, or iron ore tailings.
                Allows 99,000 lbs. during winter weight increase season.
                See     Minn. Stat. § 169.864 subd. 2 for legal requirements.

                This permit only allows for travel on:

    • US-2 between Grand Rapids and the Port of Duluth
    • US-169 between Grand Rapids and US-53
    • MN-194 between US-2 and US-53
    • All of US-53

                   -Six or more axles

    • Fee: $300
    • Width: 8’-6”
    • Height: 13’-6”
    • Length: 75’
    • Weight: 90,000 lbs.

                 -Seven or more axles

    • Fee: $500
    • Width: 8’-6”
    • Height: 13’-6”
    • Length: 75’
    • Weight: 97,000 lbs.

             Special Products Vehicle Permit (Three unit vehicle)

                This permit allows transport of paper products, finished forest products, or iron ore tailings.
                Allows a three-unit combination of vehicles to operate on specified roads with a
                gross vehicle weight up to 108,000 lbs. No seasonal weight increase allowed.
                See     Minn. Stat. § 169.864, subd.1 for legal requirements.

                This permit only allows for travel on:

    • US-2 between Grand Rapids and the Port of Duluth
    • US-169 between Grand Rapids and US-53
    • MN-194 between US-2 and US-53
    • All of US-53

    • Fee: $850
    • Width: 8’-6”
    • Height: 13’-6”
    • Length: 75’
    • Weight: 108,000 lbs.

             Special Pulpwood Vehicle (Pole Length Pulpwood)

                Allows a vehicle or combination of vehicles with 6 or more axles to transport
                pole length pulpwood at a gross vehicle weight up to 82,000 lbs.
                See     Minn. Stat. § 169.863 for legal requirements. No travel on interstate.

    • Fee: $60
    • Width: 8’-6”
    • Height: 13’-6”
    • Length: 75’
    • Weight: 82,000 lbs.

             Special Tire-Hauling

                This permit authorizes a combination of vehicles with seven or more axles,
                consisting of a truck with leader and trailer, which may be equipped with an
                auxiliary dolly, used exclusively to haul earthmover tires while operating on
                specified highways. See     Minn. Stat. § 169.864, subd. 2a for legal requirements.

    • Fee: $850
    • Width: 12’
    • Height: 13'-6"
    • Length: 75'
    • Weight: 108,000 lbs.

             
             Tow Truck

                "Tow truck" or "towing vehicle" means a motor vehicle having a manufacturer's
                gross vehicle weight rating of 8,000 pounds or more, equipped with a crane and winch,
                or an attached device used exclusively to transport vehicles, and further equipped to control
                the movement of the towed or transported vehicle. See Minn. Stat. § 168B.11.12a

                Allows tow trucks to exceed weight and length limitations when towing a disabled or damaged vehicle
                to a place of repair or safekeeping. This permit covers all tow trucks owned by the permittee.
                See     Minn. Stat. § 168B.15 and Minn. Stat. § 169.829 subd. 2 for legal requirements.

    • Fee: $300
    • Width: 8’-6”
    • Height: 13’-6”
    • Length: Not restricted
    • Weight: Not restricted
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    Seasonal Permits

             Harvest Season Increase

                Allows first haul from the field of harvest to the first point of unloading on US and MN highways.
                Valid from the start of harvest to November 30. See Minn. Stat. § 169.826, subd. 1a for legal requirements.

    Fee: $60
    Width: 8'-6"
    Height: 13'-6"
    Length: 75'
    Weight: 10 percent above legal weights

             Rural Postal Carrier - Metal Stud Tire

                Allows US Postal Service vehicles, with no more than 25 percent of their route
                on paved roads, the use of studded tires. Proof of employment with the USPS
                and service map are required with application. Valid November 1 to April 16.
                See Minn. Stat. § 169.72, subd. 5 for legal requirements.

    Fee: None
    Width: 8’-6” (Auto or Pickup)
    Height: 8’-6” (Auto or Pickup)
    Length: 45’ (Auto or Pickup
    Weight: Legal

    Snow Plow

                Allows vehicles with snowplow blades up to a maximum of
                10’ wide between October 1 and April 1. See Minn. Stat. § 169.86, subd. 1b for legal requirements.
     
    Fee: $60
    Width: 10'
    Height: 13'-6"
    Length: 45’
    Weight: Legal

                -Winter Increase
                
                Allows 10 percent over legal weights on interstate highways.
                No permit is required for the 10 percent increase on MN and US highways.
                The dates for the winter weight increase vary based on the freezing index.
                See Minn. Stat. § 169.86, subd. 1a for legal requirements.
     
    Fee: $60
    Width: 8’-6”
    Height: 13’-6”
    Length: 45’ truck or 75’ combo
    Weight: 10 percent above legal weights

              Multi Trip

                -Job Permit

                 Oversize
                 This permit is valid for 60 days and issued for like loads (same product, weight, and dimensions)
                 transported on a specific/designated route with the same power unit.
                 See Minn. Stat. § 169.86, subd. 5(b) for legal requirements. Route approval required
     
    Fee: $36
    Width: Varies
    Height: Varies
    Length: Varies
    Weight: Legal

             Oversize and/or overweight

    Fee: $36 + Damage Assessment Fee multiplied by number of moves anticipated.
    Width: Varies
    Height: Varies
    Length: Varies
    Weight: Varies


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