Stakeholders in Washington are pushing for a dry bulk 10% load shift axle variance to be included in the 2024 Farm Bill currently in committee. To combat these efforts, TRAA, as a member of the Coalition Against Bigger Trucks (CABT), has sent a letter to House and Senate Agriculture Committee Leadership urging them to reject language that would increase truck weight or length.

TRAA has long opposed increases in truck weight. Increasing truck weight would only increase the amount of time our operators would be roadside splitting combination vehicles and in harm’s way. And, unfortunately, Congress has failed to enact legislation that would provide an exemption for towers for both length and weight.

TRAA is actively participating in CABT Hill meetings and is playing a lead role in the CABT with over a dozen Members of Congress.