Hauling a Versa-Lift 40/60 in Ohio

And Ohio has requirements for slowing to a certain speed on bridges

sometimes requiring a police escort to stop the other traffic on the bridge so your truck is the only vehicle on the bridge etc

Ohio does NOT mess around regarding overweight loads .


Are y’all going to be owning this lift and hauling it around frequently ?

or is this a one time move for a customer ?

 

If i was going to do this myself - I would look for a paver style 3 axle hydraulic neck short well lowboy - 35 ton be more than enough rating for this machine with counterweights.
The paver will have lower angle entrance ramps to get on the trailer than an equipment type lowboy.

Because the machine has hard wheels, you want to run 4” wide steel strips down both side of the well for the wheels to drive on. This will keep you from punching through the deck with the hard small forklift wheels.

scaling this will not be an issue if you run the machine to the back of the well - farther back in the well the heavier you will load the tridem to keep some weight off the drives. The short well will make it easier to get in tight places. Also, an airlift 3axle will make it easier to get around in tight places.

as far as OH and permits - my suggestion is get them every time. Ohio is famous for the extra fanatical enforcement issues.

I would guess that your overall gross would be in the range of 105-110k. This is basically 45k for truck and trailer and 60k for machine. Axle weights 12k (assuming using a 3 axle freight. Style tractor), 46k -50k on tandem drive axles (depends on spacing) and 60k on tridem - should yield a max gross weight 118k - 122k.

hope this helps

 

https://oversize.io/regulations/annual-permits/ohio
Annual is $2970 up to 120k,truck specific and get a route for each trip.

 

That permit is issued with a route between 2 points only. It's not a state wide annual permit to go anywhere. Can only haul freight one way between the 2 specified points when you buy it.

Be careful with the non state OS/OW websites. They commonly have incorrect information.

Source:
https://www.transportation.ohio.gov...-information/types-of-permits#90DayContinuing

 

Steel mesh or diamond plate welded across the deck will help keep wheels from punching through deckboards and also give you traction to climb up the tilted trailer. Those smooth tires on wet wood might as well be ice when it comes to traction.

If you are going to leave the counterweight on when hauling at least attach them to the machine somehow. If you never plan to remove them just throw some shorts welds between them in a few spots. Then they can't say they are removable either. If you even need to take one off a few minutes with a grinder will work.