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Permit reads all four corners of the vehicle, and it widest point of the load. I put them on the bumper for good measure, half that, and half that the magnets I use to help keep the banner on have flags attached to them. I can't speak for every state but Connecticut only requires banners over 10 foot wide. Under that is just flags.

My trailers have Flag holders at four corners. So might as well use them. Makes it nice and easy.

Each trailer has eight or 10 red flags on dowels, six or eight flags on magnets, four oversize banners, some flags on bungee sleeves of orange and red. I feel like it's just better to have it in case if something breaks, wears out, gets dirty, or whatever.

 

Nice to know. Our steps have those flag holders... super nice to have.

I’ve pulled a whopping two oversized loads this year so... gotta pick someone’s brain time to time...

Appreciate it

 

How much extra do they pay you to do oversize?

 

Really, Wilmington? 20 years in Ohio hauling oversized, never had a flag in the front of the trailer and never been bothered.

 

You’d laugh. Trust me.

Granted the widest they permitted me for is 11 8.

I’ve done a few where they permit the drives for 40k... and I still got oversize pay despite not being overwidth/length...




It’s something like 0.06/mile. Hot garbage...

I vaguely remember a load from Decatur Texas to Oxon Hill Maryland (exit 4B water plant by the apartment complex)... I made an extra like 70-80 bucks on the whole #### thing lmao. I’d have to check my pay stubs to give you an exact number but it was nothing to be ecstatic over lol

 

Yeah I mean it doesn't really matter what I think iterns of what the rate is, I guess I was just asking more in terms of like percentage versus your regular pay. Regardless of the money in dollars and cents, it doesn't seem like 10% more than all over size is really worth it at all.

 

It wasn’t. That load...Jesus that load now that I’m thinking about it.

I got bent over on that one. Pretty sure I loaded it Monday afternoon...couldn’t leave till Tuesday morning. Had to get permits at a Loves...drive back to shipper to rework a bundle of steel railings. Finally got out of dodge towards Texarkana. Jackson TN Wednesday night. Made it into Virginia Thursday night. Finally got it off Friday afternoon at like 3pm just to sit in DC traffic and get a load of coils outta Baltimore?

So an extra 60 bucks... on a 1400 mile run.

Legal load? Could’ve had it off the wagon Wednesday. But it took me five days due to being a rookie and sunrise to sunset only.

60-70 bucks. Haha #### me.

Fortunately I didn’t damage crap

 

Sunrise sunset is over 11 hours right now, so that's out the window for legal.

 

This was in the winter months, pushing 80k, in a crappy underpowered mega-fleet spec truck that had difficulty staying at 65mph up I81...

I’m no slouch and I struggled getting in 400 mile days on that load..

Gotta love those Tennessee scale houses...

 

That and plus: put in (assuming pre and post trip plus, fuel, half hr break) 12 hours, 10 off, 12 more, 10 off etc pretty soon your clock is starting earlier with legal freight and you can get ahead.


I can think of several scenarios that you'd make more money running legal freight if all they pay is 10% more.

Legal overwidth I charge 70% more than legal legal size, as a reference.