Tall loads

That is correct, weight distribution, it does add a bit of stability but if that piece really gets off kilter then those beams will give way.

Wasn't really posting that pic as a solution to what you are dealing with, the added height would negate what you are trying to accomplish.

At this point I am still a student on the truly big moves myself. Just fortunate to be a part of some amazing moves & am still awestruck at some of the things the really big boys do.

Managed to get myself involved with this move, the heaviest in Texas history, but only as a support truck. It was quite impressive & slow at the same time.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...a4a2lA&usg=AFQjCNEilRq9IUTDR-Jl2aFs6tKohlKxDg

The biggest I have done as a solo act is 9 axle stuff, 174,000 pound gross.

 

Just curious. When the trailers get that big with that many axles how does the state weigh them to make sure they aren't cheating?

 

Never seen them check the axle weights on a load like that, as in putting them on a scale. I'm assuming that they are accepting the weight info they are given & the calculations provided by the engineers with the shipper & transport company as well as their own engineers.

Now I have seen the state engineers surveying/assessing the bridges before & after the load has moved over them for any potential damage.

You'll notice in the video the steel ramps laid over the bridge span to accommodate the weight without stressing the span of the normal road bed, but as far as over-stressing the other parts of the roadbed, I think it comes down to calculations on paper.

 

There aren't very many companies that do this type of work. They don't "cheat". They don't have to, they have every conceivable item at their disposal to do this type of job if they need it.
This isn't some driver out moving a load. The driver basically has "no say". They do, of course, but there are so many layers of engineers, planners, etc.
There is literally a blueprint laid out by the engineers, and that gets sent out to outside auditors to verify that no mistakes were made.
Engineers are professionals, and they aren't going to "sign off" on something knowing the crew is going to cheat. They can't, because if a bridge fails, or the suspension beam breaks, or ???, the engineer that signed off is liable...ain't gonna happen.
If the transport company cheats, and something goes sideways, the engineers will figure it out and the transport company is liable.
And that's the easy part!
If the transport company cheated, they're done! The liabilities are so huge that they will never get another job again! Nevermind trying to get a permit if it's proved they cheated.
It's not gonna happen.

 

Md. Will bring out portable scales and weigh them. Old friend of mine works for Barnhart runs a Prime mover trk for them, then my other buddy runs a 19 for a company in Oh. He has been weighed also on portable scales as well. Pa does it also.

 

So does Ohio, or at least the have I'm not sure they always do it but I've seen it.

 

I think most of us that haven't been involved in something like that would jump at the chance to see something so cool up close...

 

a friend hauled 2 19 tall loads from Reno,NV to Portland OR for $9K each.

 

To him after all costs or gross money
Big difference