5 pick up trucks on a 7 car high mount trailer

For running high mounts for 20 years you don't know much. It's entirely possible. Just because it is near the limits of the law does not make it a 'cowboy' load.

We put 5 trucks on 3 cottrell 5307 XL's daily, crossing multiple scales and rarely have damage.
They are 14' and under 34,000 on the trailer. I think I could hit 13'6" with 2 Chevys on the tail. It would require letting the air out of everything though. That trailer is designed specifically for hauling trucks. I have a picture on here of 5 suburbans on a 5309. It was completely legal also.

 

Reread the post, it depends on what states you run in. Keep in mind, most of the country 13'6" is legal, and no overhang is permitted. Yes, a few states allow overhang on a high mount, and 14' clearnace but they are the exceptions.

I will stand behind my statement, although it may be possible, it is not usually a legal dimension load. If you are in a state where the required dimensions are legal, then go for it. Again, it falls on the dispatcher to know what loads are legal on the route they are dispatching and the driver to not accept loads they can't legally load.

Lastly, if you have to let the air out of the tires then the load doesn't belong on your truck, that is very unprofessional. Not to mention, you say you rarely have damages, how about you shoot for never and don't try to squeeze loads that don't belong on your trailer.

So go cowboy it up BigSky, run your arse off with those 5 truck loads and I will take my twenty years of experience, call it wisdom, and stick to my beliefs that running legal is the right way to do things. That way, should I ever have a claim, I know it wasn't because I was trying to squeeze by with a load that didn't quite work out.

Stay safe and best of luck, you're going to need it.

 

I have done 5 full size pickups on a Cottrell 5309

 

What's so horrible and unprofessional about letting air out of tires to make a load legal height. I guess if you feel more comfortable about running tall and hitting something thats great. Not everyone gets a full load of corollas and civics. As long as you air the tires back up I see no problem with it.

 

It’s not really an issue of putting air back in the tires, but here’s a point of issue with OEM. It’s an issue of warranty. If you let the air out of the tires and someone that cares (the OEM or the dealer) discovers that you did that you could cause issues with warranty in some part and pieces. And ultimately, they could come back on you for a claim, which could be significant. Does that matter to you, only you can determine that for yourself.

All that being know, yes, it’s unprofessional to do that with new units. Now then with preowned units it becomes less problematic, but for myself, draining tires is something I don’t do regardless of age.

 

5 pick ups on Miller
Ford ranger on back. Another bigger pick up on back will bring the height over 13.6.

 

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Five trucks cover a lot of ground, if you don't know the specs of each truck it's your bad assuming it Will fit on any truck.