[Wide Load] when cargo inside flatbed dimensions?

Oh boy. I can now see this thread turning a whole new direction now....

For the record, I'm an advocate of responsible environmental stewardship of the planet myself. I don't drive excessively slow to do it, but I do preach things like minimal idling, etc.

However, did you ever think of getting a more efficient vehicle that wouldn't impede traffic while getting great fuel mileage and therby, maintaining that tree hugger status? Possibly a hybrid SUV that could do the speed limit? I wouldn't give an Expedition a 5 star Eco-friendly rating.

Thank you.

I tried to come to Mr. Gifts defense here in the name of peace-keeping, and I'm sure I didn't win any popularity contest because of it. And what frustrates me as I type this, is after all the explaining, just the fact that the light were annoying are reason enough to automatically assume they are being run unnecessarily.

They probably weren't. There were enough intelligent responses here to make me want to believe that the driver of said vehicle was doing his job correctly.

It's like the arrow signs coming into construction zones, for your benefit and safety, Mr. Gift. Do you realize that they are at eye level to most tractor-trailer drivers and basically are so bright and blinding, that most of us have to blink so we can see once we pass them?!?

Completely annoying, but we deal with it, so you can have a safer trip.

We know a lane is closed way before the general motoring public does. We read the signs, so we don't need a big old dummy arrow telling us to move over. Just food for thought.

 

Thank You...Thank You!!!!!

 

50 MPH on an interstate?...Please us US 6 then.....If you drive like an old lady on a Sunday drive....Stay on 6.....As for myself....My loads have to be there "Yesterday"....And Just for you....I'm running 4 strobes on the deck and....all strobes for the tail lights...All HID....Just for you buddy.......

 

BTW...I have talked to my CO escort services...They've all agreed to use HID strobes for my OD loads from now on.....OD loads have to be visible at night..."Safety First" ya know.....

 

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Go to the 2:30 mark for this one

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I don't know about anyone else.....But if you don't get a "woody" from watching these videos....You're either a female or you're dead......Just saying......

 

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To the OP.....Those of us who run OD and Heavy-haul loads are not amateurs....
We take our profession seriously....We have to live or die by rules and regs....
Without us...Your roads could not be built.....Your skyscrapers would not exist......

A little inconvenience of having to deal with strobes and slow trucks should be the least of your worries in life.....

 

The one ld. was being moved by Perkins out of Mn.
Friend of mine works there. That ld. was going to Clive,Ut.
It took a year of planning to move it..
The trl. alone was over 1 millon dollars, just to build it.
They had some of the running gear, but to make it right and do the job without failure took planning and beefing up every thing.
Plus all the support vechiles in the move.
Not for the wanna be's or cheap haulers.

 

True that....That's why I like running OD loads.....No Bottom Feeding NAFTA drivers to deal with on those loads....