What would you have done differently??

[Ricky]

(11-23-2020 )Papa_Buck Wrote:  Here’s a list of what’s wrong with what you just posted.

1, that’s 60’ bar on what looks like a 48’ trailer. I can see at least 2’ overhang on the front which means he has a 10’ overhang on the back. With the droop, we’ll say 9’. That puts his overall length at about 82’ (He really needs a longer wheelbase if he hails this regularly). Maryland oversized overhang starts at 6’ and doesn’t require escorts until his overall length is over 85’.

2. Signs are not required unless overwidth (which he is not) or over 10’ overhang. He might be that, but just barely.

3. Escorts are not required until overall length is over 85’. Again I don’t think he is as from the above math.

4. I can see his lights in the picture, but that might change if we were behind him, you said you couldn’t so k.. no lights

5. Your unhappy with the droop. There is no law against that. There is about touching the ground, but you said it came close. That’s legal. If he would have piled then all in the center if would have stiffened them up a little, but they can’t do that with coated bar.

6. As you said back east is a different story, that’s probably why it’s not on a stretch trailer. It’s sometimes hard enough to get a 48’ spread axle around a corner, but a stretch trailer out to 60’ is impossible, that’s why they loaded it on a 48’

7. There is nothing wrong with you refusing the load, I have hauled that droopy stuff all the time, been through ports with it, been inspected with it on, delivered to construction sites for all sorts of state projects with it, no problems.

8. If you were able to take a picture with “that many problems” I wish you would have reported his but to the cops. When you see illegal stuff, call it in so the bad people can be stopped and us legal people don’t get a black eye over their stupid moves. If you thought it should not be legal, why didn’t you call it in?

So, after this in-depth commentary, we decided we might not be able to see his lights, which I can in the picture, we might not see his sign, (which he might not need) but I can in the picture, his load might flex and touch the ground, which you say didn’t happen but came close.

You are pretty spot on on most of what you said, most but not all. You can not haul rebar or anything else that hangs down that far blocking the view of the taillights. I make 90 percent of my living from overlenth loads. This guy is a pure money hungry clown for hauling that hanging like that. If a DOT officer would see that he will be pulled. It will pretty much stay where it's loaded but you CAN'T see the taillights. Most states are pretty easy on length as long as the overhang is flagged or flags and lights if enough overhang. I'm 80 feet long empty and I have ran with 19 feet of rear overhang with a rear escort. That driver should have the right equipment to haul that. If he got hit from behind he would be living in a cardboard box after a good attorney got done with his dumb self.