Heavy vehicle guidelines and class permits
The Department of Transport and Main Roads, in cooperation with other agencies, local government and industry, has developed numerous guidelines and policies to facilitate the movement of large vehicles and vehicles carrying large indivisible articles within Queensland in a safe and efficient manner. These guidelines and policies provide a balance between the needs of industry and the impact of heavy vehicles on the road network and the community.
The regulation mass and dimension rules are described in the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Mass, Dimension and Loading) Regulation 2005 (PDF, 707 KB). Guidelines provide an exemption from regulations and are considered a legal authority. These guidelines enable access to the road network, in some cases, without the need for obtaining individual permits.
A detailed reference of various combinations and their axle masses are indicated in the axle mass limits in Queensland comparison table (PDF, 57 KB). These masses are a guide only and may change. They are only a reference to Queensland legislation and should not be taken to override the legislation.
It is not a requirement in Queensland to carry a guideline in the vehicle. Operators should, however, be fully aware of all the conditions and restrictions that apply when considering operating under the legal authority of a guideline.
| Guidelines | Form number |
|---|
14.6m long and 4.6m high semitrailers (trailer only) |
Form 5 |
14.9m long refrigerated trailers |
Form 19 |
Agricultural vehicles and agricultural combinations |
Form 14 |
B-doubles, road trains, B-triples, AB-triples |
Form 1 |
Concessional mass limits |
Form 21 |
Conditional registration |
Form 17 |
Cotton modules |
Form 16 |
Excess dimension:
Vehicles carrying indivisible articles
Special purpose vehicles
Vehicles that require a pilot or escort The excess mass and dimensions page provides more detailed information for conditions of operations for excess mass and dimension vehicles. |
Form 4 |
Excess mass special purpose vehicles to 40t and vehicles carrying indivisible item to 59.5t |
Form 11 |
Higher mass limits |
Form 10 |
Increased front steer axle mass in Queensland |
Form 20 |
Livestock loading |
Form 3 |
Motor truck and dog trailer combinations |
Form 18 |
Special use trailers |
Form 26 |
Installation of auxiliary revolving or flashing warning lamps |
Form 22 |
Installation of alternative tyres, rims and wheels on light goods vehicles |
Form 24 |
| Class/type permits for types of vehicles | Permit number |
|---|
Aggregate spreader boxes (cockeral boxes) - Class permit 092-TH-13 has been withdrawn until further notice.
|
092-TH-13 |
Agricultural – relaxation of vehicle standards for agricultural farm trailers and implements |
051-TH-11 |
Agricultural machines and cane bin trailers towed behind agricultural machines or tractors fitted with flotation tyres, used for farming purposes |
102-TH-12 |
B-doubles – transport of sugar cane by B-doubles in Sunshine Coast region |
137-TH-12 |
Car carrier – single trailer car carrier combinations constructed to a length of 19m and/or 4.6m high |
129-TH-12 |
Comb Trailers being towed by either an agricultural machine or a complying motor vehicle |
172-TH-12 |
Controlled access buses (overall length not exceeding 14.5m) |
127-TH-12 127-TH-12 — Schedule A Part 1 127-TH-12 — Schedule A Part 2 127-TH-12 — Schedule B |
Extended road train trailers for the transportation of round cotton modules |
126-TH-13 |
Fitment of flotation tyres to tandem drive axle groups on cane haulout trucks |
504-TH-12 |
John Deere 7760 Cotton Harvesters – over size and over mass concession |
125-TH-13 |
Left-hand drive controls on dual control vehicles |
056-TH-10 |
Load platform operating unladen |
084-TH-12 |
Port of Brisbane mass management |
211-TH-11
211-TH-12 |
Roll over tarpaulins on trucks and trailers where total width is no more than 2.6m |
076-TH-12 |
Semitrailer base mobile machinery |
304-TH-12 |
Towing oversize recreational boats (width over 2.5m up to 2.9m) |
220-TH-12 |
Transportation of baled cotton |
584-TH-12 |
Triaxle low loader trailers |
085-TH-12 |
Type 2 road train access - Burke Developmental Road from Mungana to Ootann Road intersection (west of Almaden)
- Ootann Road
|
02-TH-12 |
Information bulletins
Disaster assistance package
Disaster assistance package information bulletin
Drought assistance package
Drought assistance package information bulletin (PDF, 106 KB)
Grain harvest management scheme
The scheme is administered by AgForce. More information is available from
AgForce*.
Load Restraint Guide
In April 2004, the National Transport Commission released a second edition of the Load Restraint Guide.
The revised guide has been developed by road agencies led by the Roads and Traffic Authority, New South Wales in conjunction with the National Transport Commission and industry groups.
The Load Restraint Guide is available from the Government Bookshop. The Load Restraint Guide is also available from the National Transport Commission*.
Log timber concession
Mass Export Management Scheme
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