Blame permit,gps or stupid driver?

Well you wouldn’t- cause there are no overhead obstructions under like 20’ up there.

Pole car is just a lead pilot car running a high pole to detect overhead obstructions by hitting them at a preset height

 

That's the lead car that should be a good distance ahead of the load with a height measurement pole mounted to the front. The pole is usually set 3-6" higher than the load. The driver of that vehicle uses the pole to check vertical clearance before the load gets there. If he hits the load stops moving until they determine if they will clear the structure or if they need to reroute around it.

 

I suspected that but every time I typed "pole car" into Google I got endless photos of cars wrapped around telephone poles.

 

7 minute mark of the video. Most pole cars mount the pole to the front bumper. This one, in a metro area, had a guy riding in the back of the pickup with the pole. Their biggest danger was wires. They had a bucket truck riding behind the load to take wires down or lift them if needed.

 

Neat stuff. I've been involved somewhat with a couple oversize load moves but it was only ever on the takedown or assembly end of the equipment being moved. Crazy to see the amount of planning and work that goes into actually moving the load.

 

The only thing that everyone sees is the DRIVING.

“Oh, I can do that...it’s JUST driving.”

Riiiiiiight. Even with a team of people around, pilot cars, cops, tire truck, bucket truck....etc, all of this is still on the driver. He makes the call. He runs the show. I link this video often. Anyone can watch this video and realize that there’s so much more to it than sitting in a seat, holding a steering wheel.

Everyone is on point in this video. To me, that’s the really amazing part. Seems to me that half of all pilot cars approach the job like they’re on holiday. Hardest thing in the world is to get them to show up on time. And the ones that do show upon time, you have a percentage of them that aren’t flagged up. Sitting on the on ramp, supposed to catch you on the fly, and they aren’t flagged up. Does that even make sense? Or they have to fuel. Seriously.

Yessir, this driver has surrounded himself with a really good crew. Even with a good crew around, you still have lots and lots to do. It’s not an easy job.

 

Yes it's a kahboyz star.

 

He’s a slacker on holiday. Useless to working people.