TheBuggyman
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Ditto on that!jasonjc said:The thing you need to look at is the fact that you will be close if not over the 80,000lbs. That take permites. No mater what. And what is going to happen is the scoer mom in the minivan full of kids talking on her cell phone is going to pull out in front of you. And you in the deuce pulling 60,000lbs is going flatten that minivan killing her and the 8 kids. Not only will you lose every thing you have. But some lawer/polation is going to say that these old army trucks are deadly and they ALL need to be removed for the roads. And there goes all are truck's. Is it woth all that. A use OTR truck and trailer is not that much.![]()
I hire a company to haul my excavator (72k lbs) and it requires overwidth and overweight permits. The overwidth also dictates what time we can haul the unit. My dozer goes with a different company and although it "only" weighs 38k, they still have a "blanket" permit to cover the weights. Also consider the "bridge laws" which dictate axle spacing/wheelbase etc. for given loads. Of course, I have talked to guys who haul more in their dumptrucks that the registration lists because they say that the fine is cheaper than the apportioned tags at the higher (legal) weights..........