Route for heavy loads above 50 tonnes

Weight and exemption

An annual exemption for indivisible loads goes up to 100,000 kg, with axle loads up to 10,000 kg (pendulum axle 12,000 kg), only on the green roads of the DWO. Above 50,000 kg you must show that the vehicle can carry the weight, with a certificate or SERT document. In the port of Rotterdam extra requirements apply between 80,000 and 100,000 kg on a number of overpasses, such as two transport escorts.

How to plan it in Truckroute

Choose abnormal load and enter the weight together with the other dimensions. Truckroute then only uses roads where the RDW itself can grant an exemption for that weight, and also avoids bridges and roads with a lower weight limit. The route planner calculates up to 100 tonnes; above that it warns you.

Read also

• Route for abnormal loads: Enter the dimensions of your transport and Truckroute plans over the roads where the RDW can grant an exemption for them: height, width, length and weight.
• Exemption for abnormal loads: annual or one-off: Annual exemption up to 27.50 m, 3.50 m, 4.25 m and 100,000 kg on the green roads, or a one-off exemption per route. How to choose, and how to plan the route.
• Legal dimensions and weights of a truck: Height 4.00 m, width 2.55 m, tractor and semi-trailer 16.50 m, 50,000 kg: the legal maximums in the Netherlands, and when you need an exemption.