The gross weight upon a solid tire upon a vehicle shall not exceed 600 pounds upon any inch of the channel base width of such tire.
WeightTire Limits
Section § 35600
This law states that vehicles with solid tires can't weigh more than 600 pounds per inch of the tire's width where it meets the road.
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Section § 35601
This law states that vehicles with metal tires cannot have more than 500 pounds of weight resting on any inch of the tire's width while in contact with the road. However, this weight restriction does not apply to traction engines or tractors that use movable tracks instead of wheels to exert power, as long as the tracks in contact with the road are flat.
The gross weight of any vehicle and load resting upon any metal tire in contact with the roadway shall not exceed 500 pounds upon any inch of the width of such tire but this limitation shall not apply to traction engines or tractors, the propulsive power of which is not exerted through wheels resting upon the roadway but by means of a flexible band or chain, known as a movable track, when the portions of the movable tracks in contact with the surface of the roadway present plane surfaces.
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