Washington runs deep-water freight and inland rail. Ports work at Seattle, Tacoma, Longview, Kalama, Anacortes and Aberdeen, the strategic seaport is at Everett, and roll-on/roll-off terminals run at Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver and Aberdeen. Petroleum terminals sit at Anacortes, Bellingham, Everett and Kalama, intermodal ramps at Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane and Olympia, and rail yards from Auburn and Arlington to Pasco.
A Kenworth day cab off a Tacoma berth, a Freightliner sleeper out of Spokane, a Mack dump truck near Longview or a Ford dually out of Yakima are all handled the same way: photos and the details come to us, an offer goes back, and from there we can collect it, buy it remotely, or you can drive it to us.
Washington’s trucking industry is a major West Coast freight state anchored by the Ports of Seattle and Tacoma and strong tech, agricultural, and manufacturing logistics demand.
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The statute does not resolve to a single figure. Washington’s maximum gross is 105,500 lb. The statute bars more than 20,000 lb on any single axle, and lets two consecutive sets of tandem axles carry 34,000 lb each where the first and last axle sit 36 feet or more apart, with the groups in between governed by the bridge formula. The department of transportation by rule for state highways, and a local authority for a road under its own jurisdiction, may extend that table to 115,000 lb. Seasonal limits work the same way, and Washington writes down something most states leave implied. A local authority may restrict a road that rain, snow or thaw would seriously damage — and the ordinance is not effective unless and until the signs are up and being maintained. The sign is the rule.
RCW 46.44.041 on axle loads and the extension to 115,000 lb, and RCW 46.44.080 on local seasonal restrictions.
In Washington, a vehicle whose destruction has been reported to the department under RCW 46.12.600 by an insurer. In Washington, a vehicle whose destruction has been reported under RCW 46.12.600 by the owner. In Washington, a vehicle whose certificate of title has been surrendered under RCW 46.12.600 due to destruction or total-loss declaration, or for which there is documentation that it has been declared salvage or damaged to the extent that repair is uneconomical.