Beam Hauling - Flat Deck

Hey guys. I'm Nick, the one in the video that started this thread. 1st off, I'd like to thank everyone for the great feedback on the way we run our business. I'm surprised there wasn't one negative comment, that gives me great hope!

To those asking how we stay clean...it's the vest. The vests we wear serve 2 purposes, and it's why you'll ALWAYS see us in them...#1, it makes us wearing a true tie on tie OSHA compliant, because it is retained and unable to fall into machinery. #2, it takes the brunt of all the dirt and saves our shirts / ties. Obviously our pants get it a little bit, but we do laundry regularly, and most of the stuff comes right out.

As to the other options to haul this...we actually do have a 3 axle, 53'-90' Manac extendable flat bed that would have worked for this piece. Unfortunately, we were supposed to get a larger (longer and heavier) beam that would have been too big for the 3 axle stretch, so we came in with this set up. Once we got there, the beam we were supposed to get was about 4,000lbs heavier than we were told, and that took us out of what states would allow on our 4 axle set up, (AR only allows 68,000 on a quad and FL only allows 72,000 with our inner bridge being what it was) thus we ended up with this "smaller" beam.

As far as some more information about the load. It was specifically permitted as a bunk and non-steerable dolly set up. We checked with each state we were running through and were given the ok to run it. The state of FL pulled us into the scales and came out and shot the #### with us about the load and the unnormal way it was done. The DOT officer was impressed and very nice. Didn't even look twice at anything other than just being kinda taken-a-back by the whole set up. A little light hearted conversation, and we were on our way.

To the comments about the landing gear being the danger point. It was a factor we took very seriously. You can see we actually removed the feet prior to traveling. All of the straps you see on the front of the trailer, were there to pull the arch out of it and bring the nose of the trailer as close as possible to the bottom of the beam. That gave us approximately 1' of ground clearance at the lowest point.

I have gotten so many questions about this load, and have enjoyed answering all of them. We love getting to do stuff that is not in the realm of the traditional norm. Thanks again for all the kind comments. Hope y'all get a chance to do something like this someday. It was challenging, and that's just the way we like it.

- Cheers!