03-07-2012, 10:25 PM
I've hauled 110' laminated poles. Not a big deal if you take care. Really. You don't go in unless you know you can make it all the way. Easy enough to reconnoiter. The worst was a pedestrian bridge that I hauled that I was assured I could take around a cloverleaf. Unfortunately it was too high to get under that cloverleaf's bridge. Fortunately I had the state patrol to help and I was able to do a u-turn on the freeway; BTW the u-turn was quite the trick because the median was too low for the trailer so I had to shorten the trailer while loaded. The bridge was less than 100 feet.
Long is easy, really easy, except at certain points like in the graphic. Wide is really, really hard. I won't haul wide. Going down an interstate and knowing you have three inches on each side to clear a bridge is not for me. High is really, really hard. I won't haul high. Going down an interstate and knowing you have one inch overhead to clear a bridge is not for me, especially when you really don't have an inch. Then there is the oddball stuff that is long, wide, high and heavy. Loads that require a driverless pusher truck that the front trucker operates.
Long is easy, really easy, except at certain points like in the graphic. Wide is really, really hard. I won't haul wide. Going down an interstate and knowing you have three inches on each side to clear a bridge is not for me. High is really, really hard. I won't haul high. Going down an interstate and knowing you have one inch overhead to clear a bridge is not for me, especially when you really don't have an inch. Then there is the oddball stuff that is long, wide, high and heavy. Loads that require a driverless pusher truck that the front trucker operates.