Vermont oversize permit office
Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles - Commercial Vehicle Operations (OS/OW permitting). Call 802-828-2064, Monday-Friday 7:45 AM to 4:00 PM (third Wednesday of each month opens at 8:45 AM) Eastern time.
From Vermont's own pages, checked 2026-10-24. Fees and rules change: the state's page is the last word.
- Apply online
- VT Haul PassSource
- How to get one
- Apply, pay and get the permit online in VT Haul Pass, including emergency moves after hours.
- Single trip fee
- Single Trip Permit $48.00; Single Trip Over Length Permit $34.00Source
- Legal without a permit
- Width 8’ 6” – All Highways · Height 13’ 6” – All Highways · Length 53’ semi-trailer in a truck tractor semi-trailer combination (no overall limit on the National Network); 75’ combination vehicles on all highways · Weight 80,000 pounds maximum allowable gross weightSource 1Source 2
- Superloads
- An Engineering Inspection is needed at 15' wide or more, over 100' long, over 14' high, or 150,000 pounds or more (except on town highways).Source
When you can move
- Daylight
- Over-width, over-length or over-height loads move only in daylight: 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset, unless the permit says otherwise.Source
- At night
- Only overweight-only loads that keep up with traffic may travel at night.
- Weekends
- No Saturday or Sunday moves on state highways for loads over 108,000 lbs, over 12 ft wide or over 100 ft long, unless the permit says otherwise.
- Holidays
- New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day. Loads over 108,000 lbs, 12 ft wide or 100 ft long can't move on the holiday; the DMV Commissioner may also restrict days before and after. Next datesSource
- Rush-hour curfews
- 3 in Vermont, such as Rutland (when marked on the single trip permit): Weekdays 7-9 a.m. and 3-6 p.m. All of them