OAR 734-073-0140: Specialized Equipment for Transporting Logs or Poles

(1) As used in OAR Chapter 734, Division 73, the following two combinations of vehicles are considered the same as a truck-tractor with semitrailer and trailer combinations: (a) A combination of vehicles capable of carrying no more than two loads of logs placed end to end consisting of a log truck and pole trailer pulling a trailer; or (b) A combination of vehicles transporting logs and consisting of a log truck and two load carrying stinger-steered pole trailers with the first stinger-steered pole trailer supporting one end of logs loaded on the log truck and one end of logs loaded on the second stinger-steered pole trailer. (2) The following conditions apply to the vehicle combinations described in section (1) of this rule: (a) These combinations of vehicles may not travel unladen and must only be used to transport logs or poles; (b) The distance measured from the log bunk on the truck to the rear of the second stinger-steered pole trailer or trailer shall not exceed 68 feet; (c) The reach of a pole trailer may not extend more than five feet from the end of the tunnel housing; and (d) The overall length is not restricted. (3) No part of any load carried on the trailer or the second stinger-steered pole trailer shall extend beyond the rear more than five feet. (4) The routes approved for operation of these combinations of vehicles consist only of those highways listed in Code of Federal Regulations Title 23, Part 658, Appendix A and other approved highways as displayed on Route Map 7, revised August 2023. Route Map 7 is by reference made part of Division 73 rules and is available from the CCD Over-Dimension Permit Unit.