Someone EXPLAIN this Sign ?

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  1. Miami Trucker

    Miami Trucker Light Load Member

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    I-80 at White Haven,Pa., Exit Hwy. # 940 East.

    A BIG White Sign that says : ' Semi-Trailers with Underclearance Less than 15 inches Prohibited '.

    O.K.,..What is The Underclearance ?

    And Less than 15 Inches of What Number ! ?

    I mean I have Read this Sign Over,and Over ! And I don't get it !

    Is it just me ? Or does someone need to tell Pa. D.O.T.,to SIMPLYFY This Message !
     
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  3. scottied67

    scottied67 Road Train Member

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    Probably trailers like lowboys, or steps maybe HHG movers and NASCAR haulers, California skirted van trailers and reefers etc.
     
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  4. pumpkinhead

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    I think its so that no one gets stuck on a hump, like a railroad crossing. I think, not 100% sure.
     
  5. brian991219

    brian991219 Road Train Member

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    It simply means no lowboy type trailers, you need at least 15 inches between the lowest point on your trailer, for example the landing legs on a dry van, so that you do not get high centered or hung up on the roadway. They must have a poor design of the roadway at that point that will make your trailer hang up if it is too low.
     
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  6. sherlock510

    sherlock510 Road Train Member

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    The message is actually quite simple, so it is just YOU lol.
     
  7. w.h.o

    w.h.o Road Train Member

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    Rumor has it, op is still sitting in front of the sign scratching his head
     
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  8. j_martell

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    hmmm....."under"- below....."clearance"- distance between.....i think i got it.....
     
  9. Blackshack46

    Blackshack46 Road Train Member

    Under under under... Probably means under truck. Clearance of under truck that is less than 15 inches can't go thy way due to RR tracks, dips, hill crests.... It's PA so it probably has to die more with the six foot deep potholes all over the state. But any low trucks... Car haulers, lowboys, lowered trucks, moving trucks like United or North American. This is why you raise your landing gear up all the way. Less than 15inche and you couldn't go.
     
  10. mc8541ss

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    Things that make you go hmmm!
     
  11. Blackshack46

    Blackshack46 Road Train Member

    Some days your the adult. Some days your the adult with the bouncer house.
     
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