Long loads
Route for long loads
A tractor and semi-trailer is legally 16.50 m long, a truck and trailer 18.75 m. With an indivisible load a tractor and semi-trailer may be 22.00 m long. Longer requires an exemption.
Length and exemption
An annual exemption for indivisible loads goes up to 27.50 m, only on the green roads of the DWO. Longer, you apply for a one-off exemption per route; up to 60 m long it can be valid for longer than 4 weeks. At tight junctions and roundabouts the length often decides whether a route works.
How to plan it in Truckroute
Choose abnormal load and enter the length. Truckroute then plans only over roads where the RDW itself can grant an exemption for that length. Above 50 m long Truckroute does not plan.
Frequently asked questions
Is an LHV a long load too?
An LHV up to 25.25 m has its own exemption and its own network. In Truckroute, choose LHV instead of abnormal load.
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.
- Route planner for LHVs (longer heavier vehicles): Choose LHV under dimensions and weight and Truckroute plans only over the roads of the RDW LHV network, with at least 25.25 m and 60,000 kg.
- Route for wide loads: Legally 2.55 m wide, up to 3.00 m due to an indivisible load, up to 3.50 m with an annual exemption. Truckroute plans over the roads where your width fits.
Sources: RDW: overview of dimensions and weights in the Netherlands (version 2025-01), RDW: annual exemption for abnormal loads, RDW: one-off exemption.
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