So what is DD Form 1266? The short answer: a Defense Department document, officially DD Form 1266, Request for Special Hauling Permit, September 1998, used to Request for Special Hauling Permit. Anything else you need follows from that.
Will you need a different form because of where you serve? No. DD forms are Department-wide instruments, and that scope is what separates them from service publications. One edition, all branches, defense agencies included.
Who is behind it? not stated maintains the form, and not stated is the publication that requires it. Those two names answer most questions about why you are being asked to submit anything at all.
Which edition should you have? not stated, listed as not stated. A copy dated otherwise is a copy worth replacing.
What the form asks for
- 9.b. time, line 1
- 9.c. state line, line 1
- 9.b. time, line 2
- 9.c. state line, line 2
- 9.b. time, line 3
- 9.b. time, line 4
- 9.c. state line, line 3
- 9.c. state line, line 4
- 12.a., description, line 1. Truck , column b., type - 2 ton, et cetera
- 12.c.1, number of trucks
- 12.d.1, registration number
- 12.e.1, height
- 12.f.1, length
- 12.g.1, length
- 12.h.1, weight, empty
- 12.c.2, number of trucks - tractors
- 12.d.2, registration number
- 12.e.2, height
- 12.f.2, length
- 12.g.2, length
- 12.h.2, weight, empty
- 12. Vehicle, column a., description, line 2. Truck - tractor, column b., type - 2 ton, et cetera
- 12. Vehicle, column a., description, line 3. Trailer, column b., type - 2 ton, et cetera
- 12.c.3, number of trailers
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 2 pages, about 144 entry fields.
Why do two kinds of pdf exist? Because two kinds of user exist. One completes the form on screen and forwards a file; the other prints a blank and fills it by hand. The fillable release has interactive boxes, the printable release is a static image of the same page.
Should you type or write? Type, whenever the choice is yours. The reason is what happens after submission: the record gets copied and scanned, and every pass costs handwriting legibility that typed entries never lose.
Why will not the xfdl file open? Because it is not a pdf. Xfdl belongs to IBM Lotus Forms, long the Department's electronic form format, and it needs IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or an equivalent reader installed first.
Is there a charge? No — free, all formats. Where should you open the file? In a full pdf application on your own machine. Browser-embedded viewers handle field properties unpredictably.
Where do you start? At the top. Identification first, the substance of the entry second, certification last. Why that order? Because fields lower on the page often depend on data you established in the header, and filling out of sequence produces contradictions.
What if your copy is old? Replace it. Check the date printed on the form against not stated. Old blanks circulate for years in shared folders, and because a DD revision lands across the whole Department at once, the receiving office will be working from the new layout.
Is the form its own instruction manual? Partly. The rest sits in not stated, which is also the authority where the two texts conflict.
What happens after you finish? It routes to the office specified in not stated or in local guidance. And your own record? Save a duplicate first; nobody regrets having one.
How do you find a form referenced inside this one? By its number alone. The DD sequence runs across the entire Department, so a number identifies exactly one document regardless of which service cited it.
Can you assume a matching number is the same form? No, and this is where downloads go wrong. Read the prefix. Army numbering and Department numbering are independent systems, so the digits alone tell you nothing about which document you need.
How often does a form like this change? Unpredictably — revision follows directive changes, altered collection requirements and updated notice language. What is the practical defence? Verifying not stated every time you download rather than trusting a saved copy.
Will your completed form be accepted? That is not a question this page can answer. What you have here is a published Department of Defense document, a description of it and instructions for filling it out. Nothing on the page is legal advice, and nothing here determines what any office does with a submission. Where do the remaining questions go? To not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1266?
- DD Form 1266, Request for Special Hauling Permit, September 1998
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?