Post your flatbed load pictures here

I thought the same thing Cluck as soon as I saw it.

 

I've got a question. I hauled a container a month ago and I had a new driver riding with me to learn paperwork and stuff. He wanted to leave the container hanging over the edge so it would be easier to unload. It was a 53' Landoll trailer (43' step).

I ended up dragging it up all the way but would it have been legal to let it overhang a couple inches so it rests on the ground when I unload?

 

That's a good question in a state that allows 57' trailers. In state that doesn't, no, 53' is max, no overhang without permit, and your permit would be invalid if you still had room to push the container up further with no other reason than easier to unload.

 

Hurst,did you load the pipes last?
And were they your first drop?

 

First off, it is only legal to do if the container is EMPTY.

If it is empty, then you have to check each states laws for overall trailer length laws. Some states allow 57' overall before needing permits, some allow 57+ and some only 53'. This is OVERALL length (trailer plus load)

 

Some floor paneling for an office tower in Boise from Antioch, CA.


Stopped a mile down the road to tighten straps and got 4-6 clicks out of the top straps. Stopped again at 4 miles and got the same thing, then looped a couple straps around a top-mid bundle and back down to the same side, hoping to stop it from shifting right from the crown/sluffs in the "old river bottom" road. All the odd height tapered bundles made it kinda interesting.

 

I wasnt aware that I was blowing bubbles or acting like my head is swelled. Just posted some pics in the pics section for others to enjoy. Nothing more.

I dont know the exact ruling pertaining to 53' flats,.. but when hauling cars I was allowed up to 24" as long as it was flagged.
And that particular load went from Ogden Ut to Meridian Ms. So either every inspection station I went through looked the other way or I did it to their satisfaction. Either way the load was delivered with out drama.

Hurst

 

I picked up a load of coils in Middletown Oh and delivered them to Ogden Ut. Then the same place I just delivered had a load going out to Ms. 1 stop.

The tall stack was loaded first. The coil second and then smaller pipe stack 3rd. I had some misc pipe ends stacked on top of the shorter pipe stack in the back as well as some larger pipe ends on the upper deck that you guys see.

I wanted to get the guy to load the coil sideways to shorten the length of everything but they only had a medium size fork lift to load everything with. I offered to hook the coil with chains and a couple clevis so I could turn it but it was after 3pm and the guy wanted to go home or I assume he probably would have taken the time to allow it.

It looks longer in the pic but it was only 26" of over hang off the back. I had 3 flags and a strobe light back there. DOT never looked twice.

Hurst

 

Thats good to know Forty,.. I can only assume that DOT assumed I had a permit. I did not have any over size banners up, so I honestly dont know. I guess I just got lucky. This was the longest over hang I have ever done with this trailer. I had some minor 6" to as much as 10" of over hang on a few loads in the past. I always flagged them and have never been hassled. (Knock on wood).

Hurst

 

Just so its clear, its not about overhang. It is about the total length of trailer and load. If you have a 50' trailer, you would be legal. With a 51' you would not be. The issue is that your load was divisible. You can not exceed maximum legal dimensions if your load is divisible. In other words, you can not put 2 5' wide pieces next to each other and permit for 10' wide. You can not stack 2 4.5' tall pieces on a flat and permit for 14' high. You can not have 53'1" of trailer and load and permit for it. The DOT would say that you should have left a stack of pipe of to get under 53' of trailer and load. I am sure someone is going to bring up one state that allows this, but I am correct in 95% of the states.