I am the O/O of a firm that provides custom harvesting services for dairy farms. Most work is regional, within 150 miles of home. For this I have a 2007 T800 and a '99 35 ton Dynaweld hyd detach. Normally I will shuttle the chopper to the customer's farm a day in advance, then go home to retrieve my F-250 CCSB and fuel trailer.
I have the opportunity to pick up large job about 800 miles away this year, but the cost and time frame prevents me from making the extra trip. My solution is to leave the fuel trailer behind and keep all my spare parts, tools, and a 300 gal fuel tank in my truck bed.
The problem that arises is the length of the two units I need to transport. With a header, the chopper is approximately 31 feet long and the pick up is about 19 feet. They will not fit on my detach.
I see there are extendable lowboys available, but the lack of a floor on the extended portion would be an issue.
Hiring the trucking out is not feasible as the timeline of agriculture is far too demanding and unpredictable. It is not possible to wait for transportation for several days upon completion, nor can I afford to pay a trucker to wait on me for 1-2 days.
What are my options?
TIA!
Example photo below for illustration. My machine is the same physical size, just one series older.
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Transporting Multiple Machines
Discussion in 'Heavy Haul Trucking Forum' started by Ciras, Feb 25, 2016.
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how long on job site?
would it be worth it to "hire" a person to follow you up with pick-up and trailer? -
Assuming minimal interruption, 20 days.
Flying a driver back and forth would be cheaper than trading for a new trailer. -
Find a responsible young person you can trust that wants to earn a few bucks, have them drive the pickup following you, fly or bus them home & then back when the job is done.
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Which state are you in?If it is one that allows longer trucks, you could pull the pickup as a extra trailer, maybe?Ask the DOT if that's allowed?
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The other guys are dancing around the answer to your question.
Generally speaking you will not be able to open an extendable trailer past 53 or 57' depending on state law to accommodate a divisible load loaded end to end.
That being said there are some goofy ag specific exemptions that may or may not allow for this but one of the Midwest based guys might have a specific answer for your specific case -
Nah, I can't dance. Just figured hiring someone to drive the pickup down would be easier & cheaper than a trailer upgrade. Of course depending on how big the fuel trailer is could throw it into a hazmat situation I suppose.
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Generally you cannot create an oversize condition with multiple pieces of anything. Can't stack stuff side-by-side and be overwidth, on top of each other to be overheight, or end-to-end to be overlength.
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Unless you haul some sort off farm related material,in certain states.
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With respect to ag exemptions, there just a few I am aware of. Some states allow 10% over gross on non federal highways if leaving the field or site where scales are not available.
Also, farmers are exempt from hours of service, drug testing, and CDL requirements when operating intrastate in a 150 mile radius.
None of this applies to me as the truck has commercial plates, I am operating interstate, and my farming enterprise is separate from the trucking and harvesting entities.
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