Heavy vehicles

• Apply for NT livestock loading scheme permit
  You can apply for a NT livestock loading scheme permit so you can transport specific densities where increased load limits are not acceptable under normal circumstances.
• Change or cancel heavy vehicle configuration
  How to change or cancel your heavy vehicle configuration.
• Apply to operate innovative combination
  How to apply for approval to operate an innovative vehicle combination.
• Buying and selling a heavy vehicle
  When buying a heavy vehicle, you can transfer the registration to your name if you are the registered owner, or the nominated operator and have written authority to do so.
• Heavy vehicle accreditation and driving interstate
  Information on registering your heavy vehicle in the NT, including driving across state borders.
• Securing loads for heavy vehicles over 12 tonnes
  Using tarpaulins, load covers and load nets to restrain a load in a heavy vehicle over 12 tonnes.
• Transporting concrete panels
  How to restrain and transport heavy tilt-up precast concrete panels in a heavy vehicle.
• Heavy vehicle inspection standards
  Minimum requirements for heavy vehicle standards for a heavy vehicle to pass registration, including the Northern Territory inspection manual for heavy vehicles.
• Heavy vehicle modifications
  How to conform to safety standards when modifying heavy vehicles in the Northern Territory, including applying to modify your heavy vehicle.
• Oversize or overmass vehicles
  Guide to oversize or over mass vehicles, including dimension and mass limits and recommended routes.
• Register an imported heavy vehicle
  To register an imported heavy vehicle in the NT you may need a vehicle import approval issued by the Federal Government, steering conversion modifications, engineering certification if required and a roadworthy inspection.
• Register your heavy vehicle in the NT
  How to register your heavy vehicle in the NT, application forms and information about national heavy vehicle plates.
• Renew or cancel your heavy vehicle registration
  How you can renew or cancel your heavy vehicle registration online, by phone, mail or in person at an MVR office.
• Road train routes
  Maps of the recommended routes for road trains around Darwin.
• Check the weight of your heavy vehicle
  Find out how to check the weight of your heavy vehicle, including locations of weighbridges.
• Where to stop and assemble your heavy vehicle
  Rules for using the Truck Central Darwin road train assembly area.
• Heavy vehicle registration fees
  Information on heavy vehicle fees in the Northern Territory.