Oregon trucking permits
Trip, fuel and oversize/overweight permits for Oregon — what the state requires, how it prices them, and how to get them filed.
How Oregon prices a permit
In Oregon, what you pay turns on how heavy the load is, how far over legal it measures and how far you travel in the state. Because distance is part of it, a short crossing of Oregon costs less than running its length.
States do not use a common formula. Oregon charges on weight and distance together, weight over the limit, per mile, dimension bands and an axle-weight matrix, per mile, depending on the permit and the configuration:
- weight and distance together
- A rate per mile that rises with how heavy the load is, so both the weight and the length of the crossing move the price.
- weight over the limit, per mile
- Each increment of excess weight is charged across the miles travelled — long heavy crossings get expensive quickly.
- dimension bands
- Length, width and height are read together against a set of bands, and the band you land in sets the fee.
- an axle-weight matrix, per mile
- A published table of gross weight against axle count gives a per-mile rate — the most precise, and the most sensitive to how the load is spread.
What Oregon permits cost
The state's own fee, plus what we charge to prepare and file it. Your total depends on the trip, so the quote is the number that counts — these are the floors we hold on file.
| Permit | Oregon fee | Our fee |
|---|---|---|
| Trip Permit | from $45 | $29 |
| Fuel Permit | by weight, axles and distance | $29 |
| Oversize / Overweight | by weight, axles and distance | $39 |
A handling fee applies to each permit line. Nothing is charged until you have seen the total.
Fees and limits on this page were last checked in September 2026. States change fee schedules, legal limits and office hours without notice, and some fees depend on details we only know once you tell us the trip. Oregon is the authority, not this page — treat these as a guide and the quote as the number.
When you need an oversize permit in Oregon
Width and gross weight are federal everywhere — over 102 inches wide or 80,000 lbs and you need a permit in Oregon and in every other state. What changes at the state line is height, trailer length and what the axles may carry.
- Height
- 14'
- Semi-trailer length
- 53'
- federal baseline 53'
- Tandem axle
- 34,000 lbs
- federal baseline 34,000 lbs
- Oregon allows 14' of height where the federal baseline is 13' 6" — a load that needs a permit elsewhere may be legal here.
Overhangs, single and tridem axles and the full table are on the Oregon regulations page.
The Oregon permit office
Who issues the permit, when they are open, and where they take applications. We deal with them so you do not have to — but if you would rather call them yourself, this is the desk.
Oversize/ Overweight
- Phone
- (503) 373-0000
- Weekday hours
- Mon–Fri 8:00 AM–5:00 PM
Trip/ Fuel (Temporary Pass)
- Phone
- (503) 378-6699
- Weekday hours
- Mon–Fri 5:00 AM–12:00 AM
- Portal
- State permit portal
Oregon publishes an axle-weight rate table
Overweight permits here are priced from a published grid of gross weight against axle count, giving a rate per mile — 5,322 combinations in all. It is the most precise way a state prices, and the most sensitive to how the load is spread: adding an axle can move the rate as much as shedding weight would. Our quote reads the same table the state does.
Crossing more than Oregon?
Most trips need permits in more than one state. Pick another, or price the whole route at once.