Rear over hang tolerance for a 53 ft ?

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Pennsylvania has just recently started enforcing the no overhang on 53' high mounts, hitting it hard on the I-380 and I-84 corridor. NY doesn't care on the Thruway, but watch yourself on I-84, I-684, and especially if you cross into Dutchess County (Poughkeepsie), there is one MCE officer (Trooper Spak F-57) that loves to cite you for this. His hangouts are the Mid-Hudson Bridge, church parking lot on 9W in Marlboro NY, and all along I-84 from the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge to the PA line.

Can't help you with the other states, I rarely get out of my cage in NY/PA. Maybe Stan @KANSAS TRANSIT will be kind enough to chime in here, he runs all 48 with 53' high mounts and has been for a long time.

 

NY is the only one to watch out of that list. I did have a buddy get a ticket in SC but I believe that is a rare thing. I'll let @brian991219 chime in about the specifics of NY overhang I think he knows it better than he cares to lol

Edit: Speak of the devil he beat me to it!

 

Mount one of these to the tractor. It would at this point have the capacity to carry a motor vehicle on the power unit. Now you would qualify as a car carrier and be allowed the overhangs.

 

I run PA every day with a high mount and haven't been pulled in yet for overhang and I run with the "if it fits it ships" attitude. NY on the other hand I tend to be more aware of length but have been lucky there recently. It's all a gamble with the attitude of the officer in my opinion.

 

Too be honest we have had no issues anywhere in the N.E. or down the coast for that matter, (one ticket in Fl. but I am convinced that was a newbie deal) "BUT" that doesn't mean we haven't just been lucky.

One of the main reasons of selling my lowboys and going to the 4 car was just this, in the past we may of had 3 big pickups on with overhang front and back all flat loaded, now that same load we may have a little overhang off the front (and nobody bothers us without the flippers out) but we tilt the second truck and tuck the 3rd, so no rear overhang, I am sure it has lowered our "profile" quite a bit, or at least that is what I would like to think?

Our biggest issue now seems to be Toll Booth collectors that will not believe you when you hold 3 fingers up, so they mosey out to the back of the trailer counting the axles on their fingers, then they come back scratching their heads, had one lady walk all the way around the truck, maybe she thought we were hiding another set of tandems on the other side?
lol

 

One other note I will add, I instruct my guys to run the most practical route WITH a Toll Road, it limits our exposure esp. with the "Rest Area" inspection cops, in the end it saves us time and money.