Re: D.O.T. Regulations

Posted by trucker40 on August 27, 2008 at 19:43:23 from (69.152.173.98):

In Reply to: D.O.T. Regulations posted by DRL on August 27, 2008 at 16:14:16:

13ft 6inches tall,102 inches wide on most roads,some state roads are only 96 inches wide.If its wider than 102 you need a permit,and I think if its over 14 feet tall.Most overpasses are 17 ft tall,and most electric wires are 17 ft tall.Telephone and cable wires are lower.Thats on main roads,in town can be a nightmare.If you have to have a permit,you might have to have a flag car,especially if its over 14 feet tall.Depending on how tall a permit load may have to travel hundreds of miles just to get under an overpass,then a hundred or more back to where you were,its complicated,and even then wires could be too low.I drove a flag car for a while and its not easy.Lots of times we lifted wires especially cable and telephone wires so a big tank would go under them.Nearly every town you get into that,and even some the power company has to cut,but that was with 17 foot tall tanks once they were on a drop deck.Wide loads arent as bad if its under 12 feet and you can take the Interstate,but in some states you might need a flag car maybe a flashing yellow light on the back of it maybe both.Its been a long time since I did that so some rules might have changed.Not every state has 17 foot tall overpasses,and some of the ones on the interstate arent that high.Detroit has a 14'2" on I75 if I remember right.Indiana seems like has low ones somewhere,and for sure up around Chicago,especially Joliet on some roads is 13'2".Kansas City has a low one on 24 highway,every big city and lots of towns have low overpasses,trees,sign posts,wires,lights,especially expensive traffic lights that hang off of power lines,that sag this time of year,and stuff you might not normally notice.The length is even different.I never was in on moving anything real long,so Im not sure about them,but if its very long,or sticks over the back of a trailer very far like 10 feet or something you might need a permit and a flag car.Most permits you can only move in daylight hours,you have to have insurance for it,and they give you the routes you have to take.If they catch you off of that route,even if you made a mistake,it could be a big fine.You can understand that though because if you come around a corner at 60 and there is a low overpass you cant stop for,lots of bad things can happen to your load,the bridge you run it into,and the traffic thats blocked for hours if not days or even weeks if you do enough damage.

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