Quick Points to Remember While Transporting Heavy Equipment

While writing this blog, I went through some of the facts that one should always keep in his mind are the dimensions and weight. These are some of the things which vary legally from place to place, country to country and even regions within a country. To avoid such problem one should always get the permit, if required. This permit usually specifies a route that loads has to follow along with specific date and time during which the load is allowed to travel. There are certain restrictions as well like it cannot exceed the limitations which are not listed in the terms and conditions.  All these precautions are been taken by the govt. because According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Large Truck Crash Causation Study 7% of U.S. trucking accidents are caused by improper cargo transportation.

Heavy equipment transport is done using heavy equipment trucks or heavy haul trucks. Here in The United States we have ‘Flatbed Hauling Quotes, Inc.’ serving across the country as well as in Mexico and Canada. The reasons what make them to look different is the availability of trucks in several designs. Today, in contemporary world needs have also been changed or rather changing everyday as per the demand of the society.

Here we have a list of different types of available trucks:

·         Legal flatbed Trailer

·         Legal Step Deck Trailer- Single Drop

·         Double Drop Trailer-Low Boy

·         Detachable Goose neck Trailer

·         Stretch Flatbed Trailer

·         Stretch Single- Drop Trailer

·         Stretch Double –Drop Deck Trailer  

All these types come with different capacity, design and style. The availability of these trucks varies from companies to companies.

Did you know, In the United States the normal oversized carriage in wider than 8’6’’ though other dimensions may vary from one state to other? And also there are different rules for Non divisible and divisible goods.