Thought some of you might like to see what I do. So here are some pics.

























These are of a couple of John Deere excavators I hauled back in Jan.

 

that a impressive set up dont think ive seen a low loader set up like that in new zealand,ours run smaller wheels 4 rows of 8 and unload from rear.

 

Thanks, this is really a small setup here as I can only gross 120,000lbs on with that truck and trailer. We have got trailers with ramps off the back but, I like these better. Though I'm hoping to get a Landoll slinding axle next.

 

I always enjoyed it when I had a load like that. The company only had double-drops, no RGNs, so block up the side of the trailer and load from the side. Only two axles on the trailer, so along with over-width, we also had to have overweight as well. But the first one I had went from IA to WI, and then several more from IA to NV and WY. We also had to string the lights when we flagged the load. Didn't have the nice flashing lights on the equipment like you do now. Only one strobe on the tractor. I'd say it's safer these days, along with being easier to flip a switch than to string wires and lights.

 

Windwalker on these two I had to run overweight trip permits as the 240 put me about 97,000lbs and the 350 put me at 119,000lbs. I have a annual 90,000lb gross permit and allows for up to 12ft wide. Also if you can't tell I'm slightley addicted to my flashing lights.

 

The overweight permits I had allowed me to go as high as 20,000 per axle. If memory serves me right, that includes the steers. I never got that high, but with a 5 axle rig, 92,000 is plenty. Right after that, I read about DOT stopping coal buckets in VA that were more than 80,000 overweight. Between 160,000 and 200,000 on just 5 axles. I can't even imagine loading a truck like that. Unless I'm pulling a Michigan Heavy Hauler.

But, yeah, we used to string wire from spools like we were decorating a Christmas Tree. Lights on the extremeties, some states wanted amber, some wanted red, some wanted them flashing, some did not. Don't know if that's been standardized across the country today or not. Even at that, I always considered those to be "GOOD LOADS".

 

Windwalker, the permits I ran on these allowed for 20,000 on a single axle 50,000 on tandems and 60,000 on the tri axle but, couldn't go over a 120,000 gross.