Wisconsin Administrative Code

Trans 305.49 Axle control valves.

Trans 305.50 Bed and body on trailers and semitrailers.

Trans 305.51 Brakes on heavy trucks, trailers and semitrailers.

Trans 305.52 Coupling devices.

Trans 305.53 Fenders and mud guards.

Trans 305.54 Frames on heavy trucks, trailers and semi-trailers.

Trans 305.55 Lighting devices.

Trans 305.56 Rear end protection.

Trans 305.57 Suspension system on heavy trucks, trailers and semitrailers.

Trans 305.58 Wiring. tered in a foreign jurisdiction and temporarily operated in Wisconsin. (i) Homemade or reconstructed vehicles registered as homemade or reconstructed vehicles in Wisconsin before January 1, 1975. (2) Except as provided in sub. (4): (a) Subchapter II applies t…

Trans 306.01 Studded tires. Note: Chapter MVD 16 was renumbered chapter Trans 306 under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., Register, December, 1994, No. 468. Trans 306.01 Studded tires. (1) Tungsten carbide studded tires may be used on vehicles specified in this subsection annually fr…

Trans 307.01 Purpose. The purpose of this rule is to establish standards for tiedown devices used to securely fasten logs to motor vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers operated on Wisconsin highways. History: Cr. Register, October, 1991, No. 430, eff. 11-1-91.

Trans 307.02 Definitions. Words and phrases used in this chapter have the same meanings as those in ch. 340, Stats., except as otherwise defined in this section. (1) XAggregate working load limitY means the working load limit multiplied by the number of tiedowns used to secure ca…

Trans 307.03 Applicability. (1) GENERAL. This chapter applies to any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer transporting logs on a highway within this state. (2) EXCEPTIONS. This chapter does not apply to any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, including an implement of husba…

Trans 307.035 General requirements. (1) PROHIBITED OPERATIONS. (a) No person may operate, or allow the operation of, any vehicle carrying logs on a highway, except in compliance with the requirements of this chapter. Any violation of this chapter shall be treated as a violation o…

Trans 307.04 Approved means of securing logs. (1) VEHICLES TRANSPORTING LOGS GENERALLY. Except as provided in sub. (3), each stack of logs shall be secured to a vehicle by tiedowns in the manner required by this chapter. (2) VEHICLES CARRYING LOGS CROSSWISE. (a) Vehicles carrying…

Trans 307.05 Chains. (1) All chain used as a tiedown device shall be free of cracks, breaks and separations. (2) Chain shall be constructed of welded steel links, at least 5/16 inch diameter and rated grade 7 or higher, with a minimum working load limit of 4,700 pounds. Grade 4 c…

Trans 307.06 End devices. (1) All end devices shall be installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer[s instructions and operate properly. All end devices shall be free of cracks, breaks, and excessive wear. (2) All end devices shall be constructed of metal with a manufac…

Trans 307.07 Webbing straps. (1) Webbing straps shall have a minimum working load limit of 1,000 pounds per inch of width. (2) Webbing straps shall be marked by the manufacturer to indicate its working load limit or breaking force limit. (3) Webbing straps that have been repaired…

Trans 307.08 Wire cable. (1) All wire cable shall be a minimum of 3/8 inch diameter with a minimum rated working load limit of 3,000 pounds. (2) No person may use wire cable that has been repaired or spliced. (3) No person may use wire cable with more than 3 broken wires in any s…

Trans 307.09 Stakes. (1) All stakes shall be metal and of sufficient strength to support the load carried. (2) Each stake shall be secured to the bed or frame of the vehicle by one of the following means: (a) Welded to the bed or frame of the vehicle, including as an upright part…

Trans 307.10 Center device. (1) A vehicle with a load surface more than 33 feet in length, transporting logs carried crosswise, or at right angles to the side of the vehicle, shall be equipped with a center device located approximately one-half the distance from the front to the …

Trans 307.11 Tiedowns. (1) Tiedowns shall encompass the entire load of logs and extend from frame to frame for each stack of logs on the vehicle, except as otherwise provided by s. Trans 307.10 (3). (2) The aggregate working load limit of tiedowns shall be at least 1/2 times the …

Trans 307.12 Other regulations. In addition to compliance with this chapter the operator of a vehicle shall exercise reasonable care under the circumstances and shall comply with all applicable federal and state statutes and regulations. The requirements of this chapter are in ad…

Trans 308.01 Emergency braking. (1) Every truck or truck tractor equipped with air brakes, when used for towing other vehicles equipped with air brakes, shall be equipped with 2 means of activating the emergency features of the trailer brakes. One of these means shall operate aut…

Trans 308.02 Brake tubing and hose, adequacy. Brake tubing and brake hose shall be: (1) Designed and constructed of proper material and so installed and maintained as to insure proper continued functioning; (2) Sufficiently long and flexible as to accommodate without damage all n…

Trans 308.03 Brake tubing and hose connections. All connections for air, vacuum, or hydraulic braking systems shall: (1) Be adequate in material and construction to insure proper continued functioning; (2) Be designed, constructed, installed and maintained so as to insure, when p…

Trans 308.04 Brake lining. The brake lining on every trailer type vehicle shall be so constructed, installed and maintained as not to be subject to excessive fading and grabbing and shall be adequate in thickness, means of attachment, and physical characteristics to provide for s…

Trans 308.05 Brakes to be operative. All brakes with which trailer-type vehicles are equipped shall be operative at all times except brakes need not be operative on disabled vehicles being towed. History: Cr. Register, July, 1968, No. 151, eff. 8-1-68; renum. from MVD 8.05, Regis…

Trans 308.06 Single valve to operate all brakes. Every motor vehicle, the date of manufacture of which is subsequent to June 30, 1953, which is equipped with power brakes, shall have the braking system so arranged that one application valve shall when applied operate all the serv…

Trans 308.07 Warning devices and gauges. (1) AIR Every truck and truck tractor using compressed air for the operation of its own brakes or the brakes of any towed vehicle shall be equipped with a warning signal readily audible or visible to the driver, which will give continuous …

Trans 308.08 Electrical brake connections. All electrical wiring shall be mechanically and electrically adequate and free of short or open circuits. Suitable provision shall be made in every such detachable connection to afford reasonable assurance against connection in an incorr…

Trans 308.09 Brake performance. Every combination of vehicles, at all times and under all conditions of loading, upon application of the service brake, shall be capable of stopping from a speed of 20 miles per hour in not more than 50 feet. History: Cr. Register, July, 1968, No. …

Trans 308.10 Trailer and mobile home classification and standard minimum strength requirements of hitch and coupling. (1) HITCH DEFINITION. The hitch is that part of the connecting mechanism, including the coupling plat- 2 form and its attaching members or weldments, which is att…

Trans 308.11 Minimum strength ratings, coupling and ball, trailers and mobile homes. Minimum strength ratings for the coupling and ball for trailers and mobile homes are as follows: Maximum Gross Wt. 2000 lbs 3500 lbs 5000 lbs over 5000 lbs Minimum Ball Minimum Ball Diam. Bolt Di…

Trans 308.12 Safety chains or cables for trailer and mobile homes. (1) NUMBER OF LENGTHS OF CHAIN REQUIRED. Two separate lengths of safety chain or cable shall be required on all trailers and mobile homes. This requirement shall not apply to semitrailers having a connecting devic…

Trans 308.13 Leveling bars. The strength rating of each leveling bar, or part of such unit, shall be not less than: (1) Longitudinal tension—gross load of trailer-type vehicle in pounds x 3 (2) Longitudinal compression—gross load of trailer-type vehicle in pounds x 3 (3) Transver…

Trans 308.14 Safety chain or cable for full trailers or trailer converter dollies connected by means of a pintle and tow bar eye. (1) DEFINITIONS. (a) Full trailer means a truck trailer whose weight is carried entirely on its own wheels. the chapter was last published. Trans 308.…

Trans 309.01 Purpose and scope; construction.

Trans 309.02 Definitions.

Trans 309.03 Inspections and enforcement.

Trans 309.04 Specialized emergency medical care vehicles.

Trans 309.06 Sale or lease of new or used vehicles for use as ambulances.

Trans 309.07 Variances.

Trans 309.08 Documentation. Subchapter II—Vehicle Standards

Trans 309.09 Patient compartment interior dimensions.

Trans 309.10 Doors.

Trans 309.11 Bumpers, steps and stepwells.

Trans 309.12 Tires and wheels.

Trans 309.13 Batteries.