Flagging oversize load

In Montana you have to flag once you hit 10'. Did have to flag the 9' wide trailer in Wyoming even when empty.

 

Ohio is anything over 8' 6". No signs required until 10' unless your permit states your over 10' then you have to flag regardless of actual width, found that out the hard way.

 

I always flag any over-width on either side; unless there is a law stating that one must NOT flag, I think I will be safe.

Having said that, flagging something that does not stick out any further than ones mirrors does seem kinda silly.

 

I agree with the "silly" part. How many times have we seen the moron 4 WHEELER coming at us and panic at the sight of the OVERSIZE sign & slam on the brakes and dive onto the shoulder all for a 9' wide load.

 

Precisely.

 

Sorry, that was me - furiously reading my permits for the next state. And it was 9' 2" wide

All flagged and signed and lit up like I knew what I was doing!

 

Side note - I loaded next to a guy with a step that had a ton more experience than me with OS. Both going to same place.

When we both deliver, he says "Man - that was a nightmare, Maryland changed the rules and now you can't run Sunday !"

I said "Yeah, or Saturday past noon"

So - rookie trumps veteran by following veteran advice , "Always read your permits".

 

Depending on what my permits and provisions say no matter which state or country I am running in as to how I mark off my load, when in doubt due to wording overkill it

 

Lol I had one coming at my 12' wide load on a 2 lane bridge. I was doing 60 in my lane with the entire load and she pulled over against the guard rail and stopped in the middle of the bridge. I laughed for the next 5 miles. Sorry but it amuses me.

BTW it is not limited to 4 wheelers. I have seen many trucks in the dirt when I was still in my lane.

The fun really begins when you are 12 wide and you meet a 23 wide on a Montana 2 lane.

 

I have always said there are three groups of drivers, those who stop when they shouldn't, those don't stop when they should, and the very very small group who seem to have a clue. The ones who go where you don't want them to piss me off, but I don't know how many times I've been trying to make a turn or something and there's one car that is freaked out, I'm like "just fricken move already".