An old man's career goes flat, Snackbar moves to open deck

Is that the power only load you mentioned?


Dispatch said I was picking up a Boeing container and gave me an RGN trailer number, it that one of those tall cans you pick up out of Baltimore?

 

Just got a chance to download the permits thus far. (Haven't seen TN or SC) 14'11" high, 85' total length. This will be the tallest OD I've done. 2nd longest behind the Savannah Skin trailer. Heck of a load to start back on OD

 

I appreciate any advice/guidance you can give. I'll be there tomorrow morning...that shingle load across 70 over Vail and Ike took longer than I anticipated so I won't make Wichita until morning.

 

At 15', I believe I'll need a high pole all the way to the SC border(haven't dug into my permits to verify just yet) Still haven't seen my TN or SC for routing, but my GA permit has me coming down 75 out of TN and my MO permit has me hitting TN off of 155 so it shouldn't be to tough of a route.

Correction - I will look again in the morning, but a 14'11" x 85' load won't require escorts. Ga wants an 8" amber light on the rear corners of the load or an escort...not sure if our battery powered eagle-eye lights qualify for that requirement.

 

I think the toughest part of this run will be getting a stretched RGN out of the Wichita gate and finding parking for an 85' long load. That and the Sunday curfew in the Bible (thumper) belt states..."Thou shalt not haul Oversized on the day of the Lord" (I think it was the 11th commandment, but it was deleted before publication). Also, the east coast daylight only restrictions suck for me because I am usually up at 2 or 3 am ripping and ready to roll. I think the reason I was thinking I needed an escort was the new permit lady in Wichita sent me a pilot car form with my permits...I now have it saved to my phone and will save it to my cloud storage for future use

As far as the GA scales, on the weekend, I usually get a blank sign, but pulling in anyway, whether they're open or closed would give me a good excuse to do a load check.