a We are engaged in heavy haulage and carry indivisible loads.
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Is it possible to carry two loads of this nature on one vehicle?
ARegulation 20 (P) of the Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) General Order 1973, deals with this matter.
It states that, in general, no vehicle or combination of vehicles shall carry more than one indivisible load.
However, if all the requirements of the Construction and Use Regulations about the laden weights of vehicles and the weight g transmitted to the road surface, are complied with, it shall be permissible for a vehicle or a combination of vehicles to carry more than one abnormal ,indivisible load of the same character, or articles of a similar character.
If the vehicle does not fall within these provisions, more than one abnormal indivisible load of the same character can be carried if the sum of the weights transmitted on the road surface by all the wheels of the vehicle does not exceed .76,200kg (75.03 tons); that the overall length of the vehicle shall not exceed 18.3 metres (60ft 0.468in) or, if the length of one of the loads precludes this, 27.4 metres' (89ft 10.74in); that the overall width of the vehicle and any lateral projection of the load does not exceed 2.9 metres (9ft 9.168in) or, if the size one of the loads makes if impossible to achieve that width, 6.1 metres (19ft 11.82in); and all the loads carried are loaded at the same place and conveyed to the same destination.