Oversize Load Wedged Beneath A Bridge-I-93-Medford,MA

Just because they write permits doesn't mean they know what they're doing. I once had a permit want me to get off a perfectly good divided highway for no particular reason to go on an adventure. Nope.

 

Interesting is it possible that shipper said that load is shorter then it is ?
For example cargo hight is 7 feet BUT no one is counting that it's 7 feet + trailer height iseft.
Do you flatbed guys have like a measure tape to see if your load is actually let say 7 feet high from a ground?
Who responsible in this case.
You paperwork said 14 feet , but in real life it's 14'2 , you hitting bridge... Is it still your fault?

 

What the shipper says is only useful until you see the load and it's on your trailer.

Every competent driver knows what the loaded dimensions are and has a way of confirming that.

It doesn't matter what the shipper says, what the paperwork says, if the state's permit office says the route is good or even what the highways department says the bridge height is... you hit it, it's your fault.

 

Know how?
Driver can tell difference between 14 feet and 14,3?

 

Well, it isn't guesswork...

 

Before leaving the shipper the load is measured by the driver and sometimes by the shipper and the driver together. The driver verifies that the height of the load on his trailer is equal or less then the height on the permit. Occasionally it is not, and a new permit Has to be issued.

 

Had that happen. Also had a couple that were supposed to be 14 and some change high and came in over 16. The loads had to be "modified"

 

If he puts little KY jelly on that load it should slide right through....he's doing it wrong.

 

Where do you truck that every bridge is marked for height???

 

Isn’t there some standard where all bridges on an interstate are 16 feet or something , and anything less than that is labeled with a small sign on the overpass ?