Tennessee trucking permits
Trip, fuel and oversize/overweight permits for Tennessee — what the state requires, how it prices them, and how to get them filed.
How Tennessee prices a permit
In Tennessee, 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 Tennessee costs less than running its length.
States do not use a common formula. Tennessee charges on weight over the limit, per mile, a flat fee by weight band, dimension bands and a flat fee by dimension, depending on the permit and the configuration:
- weight over the limit, per mile
- Each increment of excess weight is charged across the miles travelled — long heavy crossings get expensive quickly.
- a flat fee by weight band
- The fee steps up at set weight thresholds and does not change with distance.
- dimension bands
- Length, width and height are read together against a set of bands, and the band you land in sets the fee.
- a flat fee by dimension
- Priced on how far over legal the load measures, not on how far it travels.
What Tennessee 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 | Tennessee fee | Our fee |
|---|---|---|
| Trip Permit | from $56 | $29 |
| Fuel Permit | from $53 | $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. Tennessee is the authority, not this page — treat these as a guide and the quote as the number.
When you need an oversize permit in Tennessee
Over 102 inches wide or 80,000 lbs gross, a load needs a permit in Tennessee as it would anywhere. Height, trailer length and axle weight are where states differ, and here is where Tennessee sits.
- Height
- 13' 6"
- 13' 6" in the strictest states
- Semi-trailer length
- 53'
- 53' in most states
- Tandem axle
- 34,000 lbs
- 34,000 lbs federal Interstate limit
Tennessee allows no more than those figures on any of the three, so a load over them needs a permit here.
Overhangs, single and tridem axles and the full table are on the Tennessee regulations page.
The Tennessee 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
- (615) 741-3821
- Weekday hours
- Mon–Fri 8:00 AM–4:30 PM
- Portal
- State permit portal
Lunch 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p. m
Crossing more than Tennessee?
Most trips need permits in more than one state. Pick another, or price the whole route at once.