weight restrictions

First thing is to plan ahead. Might want to be looking for a place to turn around. Bridges are expensive.

Second is to remove 5,000 lbs to be legal in the first place.

 

Your right bridges are expensive but it would help if he said what state he was talking about before you assume he's illegal.

Doesn't KS and a few other states give the grain haulers more weight during harvest?

 

This happens all the time in MA, going down a state road which you looked up to make sure had no restrictions when all of a sudden 1/2 mile before a bridge theres a sighn saying 10 ton weight limit what to do, i just run over it sure the hell can't turn around. Alot of times its an old sighn they forgot to take down after bridge work. And yes alot of states giveyearly permits for more than 80k for certin commoditys.

 

Colorado lets anyone run at 85000 on all secondary roads.

 

I run "legal heavy" in Colorado all the time, I'm also licensed to run at 87,000 in Nevada, 84,000 in Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana...

So....Should I take the weight off?
There are obviously circumstances that you're not aware of regarding GVW and some of the western states!

 

True, but I thought he had just made a mistake on the amount.

The secondary roads around here had lower limits and also different size limits than the interstate at one time.

Even so, would you cross the bridge over the limit?

 

Yes....I do it all the time.

 

I can remember three that I crossed when I was in the big truck.