Heavy Haul Trucking of Over-dimensional and Overweight shipments, known as Heavy Haul shipments or Heavy Haul Trucking pose special challenges for shippers. Often times a shipment is both over-dimensional as well as overweight in nature and therefore may require special routing in order to travel only on the highways that permit vehicle weights that can accommodate them in the Continental United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Heavy Haul Trucking frequently requires special trucks and trailers that can carry the size of what you’re shipping. They may also require the purchase of special permits issued by the various governmental agencies, States, and municipalities through which your shipment will travel.
The experienced team at Great Western has the knowledge and access to required equipment that can handle your Heavy Haul Trucking needs.
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Heavy Haul Trucking Details
When a flatbed truck is insufficient due to the shipment being too tall, wide or heavy, a heavy haul trucking method is your only option.
Heavy haul trucking, also commonly called: super load, oversize, overweight or over dimensional, is explained below.
In the US a super load is a truck tractor with an attached trailer with an over-dimensional or over weight object (the load) on it. Usually, a super load is more than 13′ 6″ high, 8′ 6″ wide and 80′ in length. The load must be non-reducible (cannot be reduced to legal dimensions). Both the size and weight of a super load are regulated by the state the oversize and over weight load is moving in. An overweight load is also an oversize load, which usually weighs more than 80,000 pounds.
Heavy Haul Equipment
Equipment that may be required for heavy haul:
- Double Drops
- Extendable Trailers
- Removable Goosenecks (RGN)
- Stretch Trailers
- Trailers may be 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13 and 20 axle
Legal Requirements for super loads:
Knowing how to deal with the legal considerations, permits and the technical challenges of pulling a heavy load is crucial to having a successful oversized load shipment.
States require that certain oversize loads have certified Pilot/Escort Vehicle Operators (P/EVO) to protect the motoring public and the oversize load. The purpose of a P/EVO is to safely escort a super load from its beginning location to its final destination without damaging the load, motorists, highways, roads, bridges, control devices, signs, wires, overhanging objects or property.
Great Western Transportation will manage the transportation of your super load shipment from start to finish, including obtaining special permits for each state – and county permits as needed, pilot cars or other escort vehicles and any additional equipment required to move your heavy load in a safe manner.
Great Western Transportation will arrange the logistics for even the most challenging shipments your company may need delivered in a safe, timely and cost competitive manner.
Below is a list of common heavy haul examples:
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If your heavy haul item is not listed in the examples above please contact us, we will let you know if we can arrange shipment for your super load item.
When it comes to heavy haul trucking background, we’ve shipped it all. Certain loads may require multi axle trailers or custom made components, but rest assured that our vast understanding and resources in heavy haul trucking will ensure even special circumstances will be handled with the utmost level of professionalism and customer service. Above all, safety is our top priority not only for drivers, but also for the general public that may come within close proximity to heavy haul or over dimensional freight.