Configurations
Overview 
Vehicles hauling logs and exceeding regulated dimensions and weights must operate under permits.
These permits include conditions that a vehicle must obey when the dimensions and weights exceed the regulated limits.
The following vehicle configurations are accepted in Alberta for the purpose of hauling logs:
9, 10 and quad axle application forms
9 and 10 axle B-Train
- Permit Application for the Operation of 9 and 10 Axle Log Trucks
- Permit Application for the Operation of a Tridem Drive – Quad Axle Semi – Trailer
- Quad Axle Training Guide
Regulation summary
This section includes:
- regulated limits
- equivalent to regulated limits for some configurations
- permitted conditions for log haul configurations allowed to haul dimensions and weights exceeding regulated limits
Standard log truck
- Straight Log Truck
- Standard Log Truck and Tandem Pole Trailer
- Standard Log Truck and Tridem Pole Trailer
- Standard Log Truck and Tandem Semi-Trailer
- Standard Log Truck and Tridem Semi-Trailer
- Tridem Drive Truck and Tandem Pole Trailer
- Tridem Drive Truck and Tridem Pole Trailer
- Tridem Drive Truck and Tridem Semi-Trailer
Single axle jeep logger
7 axle tandem jeep
- Log Truck and 4 Axle Trailer
- Tridem Drive Log Truck and 4 Axle Trailer
- 7 Axle Tandem Jeep Logger
- 7 Axle B-Train
8 axle tandem jeep/B-train
- 8 Axle Tandem Jeep and Tridem Pole Trailer
- 8 Axle Tandem Jeep and Tridem Semi-Trailer
- Tridem B-Train
- 8 Axle B-Train
9 and 10 axle B-train
Quad axle – Semi-trailer
Dimension/winter weight log haul permit conditions
Standard log truck
- Straight Truck – Winter Weight
- Tandem Pole Trailer – Winter Weight
- Tandem Pole Trailer – Narrow Track
- Tridem Pole Trailer – Winter Weight
- Tridem Pole Trailer – Narrow Track
- Tandem Semi-Trailer – Winter Weight
- Tandem Semi-Trailer – Narrow Track
- Tridem Semi-Trailer – Winter Weight
- Tridem Semi-Trailer – Narrow Track
- Tridem Drive Truck and Tandem Pole Trailer – Winter Weight
- Tridem Drive Truck and Tridem Pole Trailer – Wide Track
- Tridem Drive Truck and Tridem Pole Trailer – Narrow Track
- Tridem Drive Truck and Tridem Semi – Wide Track
- Tridem Drive Truck and Tridem Semi-Trailer – Narrow Track
- Tridem Drive Truck and Tridem Semi-Picker – Wide Track
- Tridem Drive Truck and Tridem Pole Trailer – Narrow Track
Single axle jeep logger
7 axle tandem jeep/B-train
- Log Truck and 4 Axle Trailer – Winter Weight
- Tridem Drive Log Truck and 4 Axle Trailer – Winter Weight
- 7 Axle Tandem Jeep Logger – Winter Weight
- 7 Axle Jeep Logger – Narrow Track
- 7 Axle B-Train – Winter Weight
8 axle tandem jeep/B-train
- 8 Axle Tandem Jeep and Tridem Pole Trailer – Winter Weight
- 8 Axle Tandem Jeep and Tridem Semi-Trailer – Winter Weight
- 8 Axle B-Train – Winter Weight
- Tridem Drive B-Train – Winter Weight
Configurations requiring approval
9 and 10 axle B-train
- 9 Axle Tandem Drive B-Train – Winter Weight
- 9 Axle Tridem Drive B-Train – Winter Weight
- 9 Axle Equipment Exemption Permit Conditions
- 10 Axle B-Train – Winter Weight
- 10 Axle Equipment Exemption Permit Conditions
Quad axle – semi-trailer
Additional permit requirements
Tridem drive trucks
A tridem drive permit is no longer required with the exception of configurations using pole trailers.
See the Conditions for Tridem Drive Trucks .
Log pickers
For information on log haul vehicles equipped with a picker, see:
For weights exceeding 7,300 kg on the steering axle:
For weights exceeding 7,300 kg on the steering axle of a picker truck: