Illinois OVERSIZE LOAD questions...

In the case of TX - a blanket is golden. The state will route you round the mulberry bush.

 

One thing to remember , if you get a permit way wider than your actual width because it's the same price, you will be routed for that greater width. Can result in alot of extra miles and time sometimes.

 

No. If you roll into a scale and get checked though you better have a new one for the next trip. Like you said, at $15 each it's not breaking the bank to order another one.

As long as you are within the dimensions on your permit you are fine. I almost always order my permits for exact dimensions of the load. Sometimes that 1" extra for height or width could mean the difference between an easy cruise down the interstate or the permit office playing darts on a map to determine your route.

If you get there and the load has a larger dimension than your permit you shouldn't move until you have a correct permit or they remove that piece.

I had that argument with a place in Phoenix last December. They had to spend 2 hours taking the machine apart to remove the door that made it wider than my permit. It was either that or they pay for a new permit.

A week before that one of our trucks got busted in Arkansas for 2" wider than his permit. The load was a piece on a large wooden skid. They transferred it in our yard and loaded it turned 90° from how it came it thinking the skid was a square. Turns out the skid was 144" x 142". They voided the permit and wrote him a ticket. Had to sit there and wait while we got him a new permit. If the cop really wanted to be a dick he could've made him call a wrecker and turn the piece.

.If the state permit doesn't include local routes it will usually say so. IL permits will tell you which roads they can't authorize with the county or city name in brackets after the road name. Again you could probably get by 99/100 times but that one time you get caught will throw your savings out the window.

Follow the permit. If it says to take that road take it.

Always permit for extra. Only time I wouldn't go for extra is if the difference puts you over into super load territory.

Sure you could but why would you? Get correct dimensions for what you are hauling. If your customer can't figure out how to operate a tape measure or send you a drawing then go measure it yourself.

You should already know the answer to this question if you had read the ENTIRE permit. At the bottom of the last page of ALL Illinois permits it says that electronic copies are accepted. Use something with a larger screen than your phone. I use a 10" tablet and have presented that several times at scales with no problems.


Other things to keep in mind. IL state permits are NOT valid on any toll roads. If they route you that way you have to stop at the first plaza you hit and purchase a permit from them. It takes all of 10-15 minutes to do. Up to 12' Wide, 14'6" High, and 100' Long is $15. Overweight up to 104,000 lbs is $35.

I don't have an IL annual so I'm not sure what their limits are.

I'm from WI so I carry a WI annual. $550 a year gets me 14' wide, 16' high, 100' long, and 120,000 lbs. It covers any state or federal HWY in the state. Routing is my choice. I do have a copy of the WI bridge clearance chart that shows all bridges in the state that have a clearance of 16' or less. I don't do over height that often though.[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]

 

Read provisions on permit for # 6, 2 years ago an electronic PDF was good enough unless they removed that

 

Yea it’s still better than the books at the truck stops. Those have so many errors and outdated. Gotta love the print, looks like it was made in someone’s garage. Some of the pages are printed at an angle or ran off a copier run by a ten year old.