Overweight permit in ohio 55mph?

I've been permitted for oversized across Tx, La, MS, Al, Fl, Ga, Nc, Sc and they all limit my speed.

All except Tx, and Ms limit me to daylight driving hours only, and Sc is the only state that won't restrict my route.

There's a difference between overweight divisible , nondivisible, and bulk.

A lot of bulk commodities are excluded from the overweight restrictions with a blanket permit. Most are agricultural related and then there's fuel.

Most bulk loads are divisible but they're still allowed a blanket permit which lets them get to 88k or 90k on five axles legally (each state is different).

States that do a lot of logging are allow allow the match sticks to run heavy even though the load is divisible , (just take a log off). Fuel is divisible (just 4000gal instead of 7000gal) but they're allowed blanket permits.

If an excavator weights 60k lbs, it'll put a 5axle truck over gross, so you get a permit and keep on trucking. Now take that same excavator and remove the bucket from it. You loose 10k lbs and it's a legal load, but sit the detached buck on the trailer, it's now an overweight divisible load and it can not be permitted .

Same concept with coils a single could that weighs 60k and puts a 5 axle truck over weight can be permitted. Two coils that are 30k a piece can not be permitted because it's a divisible load.

I'm pretty sure the state's that move a lot of coils have provisions that allow multiple coils to be loaded and permitted but it's not a "cross the board" deal.

And very few states still have "DOT" officers. Most states certified their Highway Patrol or State Troopers so that they may assume the duties of the DOT. In which case they police the motoring public and commercial vehicles all with one department.

 

South Carolina most certainly does restrict your route! Even if you are running the blanket you better download the truck route map. If it’s a single trip it is routed. They don’t however restrict your speed other than what’s posted

 

What side of the country you on? Divisible loads are completely different than non divisible. I can show you any state’s axle and wgt limitations

 

Everyone of my Sc permits has this instead of a prescribed route.

 

Those are not for overweight. Which is what this thread is about.

 

Per 350.201 (c) ALL states are required to have a separate DOT program. They have to designate an agency to handle all of their CVSA activity statewide. Some states do this through their highway patrol and some through other agencies. In Georgia, it used to be the public service commission. Today it is handled through their DPS. One of the divisions of the DPS is the truck safety division.

What you have noticed is a reduction in budgets. Some of us old-timers remember when most states kept their scales open 24/7. They don't do it much anymore. You can get a basic idea of who is who in this look here. Not so much the name, but the agency they work for.

 

Western side. And I've already had the talk with all but AZ and CA. Even fined in Oregon because they have lower bridge.

 

I’m telling you it’s a completely different game for non divisible loads.

 

At the beginning of my post I stated that I hauled "oversized" and gave my experiences with permits in regards to the speed restrictions.

Then I mentioned how some states will restrict my route with an oversized load, while Sc will not.

 

And your experience has nothing to do with hauling over weight. There are lots of states that make you crawl speed across bridges. That is something that only happens when overweight. Things are different when weight is involved.