O/S permit services

I use "The Permit Company" they seem to be good

 

there are services out there. they didn't seem very bright. and the costs were much higher then just going to the individual states.

i hauled a load that weight 80,700 pounds. i was empty on fuel. going from washington to denver colorado. i was looking at $750 total for overweight permits. for all traveling states. through a 3rd party vendor.

idaho said they would sell. $90. montana and wyoming said they wouldn't sell for a reduceable load. but montana has a 1000 pound extra. and wyoming licenses for 117. colorado don't allow on the highways. permit or not. but your allowed on the back road.

didn't hit any scales in washington. went around idaho. rolled through montana scales on empty tanks. fueled up and rolled through wyoming. back road past the scale in colorado. and delivered the load.

your better off getting your own permits. it's cheaper and you get first hand information from the states themselves. so you don't get into trouble becuase some vendor said you could and sold you the permit.

 

I use Comdata for my permits.

As for curfews and such, each state is different and they list them all and the rules in their provisions sheets that come with the permits. I would highly suggest 2 books for OS information, they help a lot and give u all the info you need as well... Lastly, I like using Comdata because they will walk you thru each state and let you know if your requested route is restricted by a certain size limit, and I always get my permits (except Michigan) within 4 hours, and usually in a hour.

http://www.iowa80.com/DirectionsWEB...rsized+Load+Regulations+&+Pilot+Car+Directory

http://www.iowa80.com/DirectionsWEB...=185430&itemdesc=Oversize+Load+Reference+Book

 

Com Data is the highest around unless you're with landstar who owns com data. You can order most states on your own and save the fee's
except Pa. and Tn. this is just states I will haul OD in. I find OD rates right now aren't worth the trouble in most cases.
You have travel restrictions and the little extra they pay now isn't enough to make them worthwhile in most cases.
Last OD load I hauled was 102, 3/4 wide and the shipper couldn't understand why I wouldn't haul it without permits.
They finally paid an extra 150.00 on a 135 mile trip. 700 total to me.

 

Landstar does not own Comdata, they just have an inhouse Comdata office. They are not very expensive at all i think. I just ordered 5 states worth of permits and it cost me $25 fee for all of them. I had them in 1 hour on a holiday except for Kentucky, which was closed and I had it a 7am on the following day. Like i said tho, that is just my preference. You can get them however you want, I just find it easier to have them get them for me and I can spend my time loading or driving and not on the phone.

as for rates, you must be hauling for some cheap brokers then, because the last 3 OS loads i have hauled were all over $6 mile and easy loads to haul. Plus that rate was not including permits, which were paid for by the customer once I submitted the total invoice. It just all depends on what and who you haul the load for. I've seen some OS steel plate loads that pay crap because everyone gets in on them, including the mega carriers like TMC and Maverick.

And you are correct MJ, it makes finding a load a whole lot easier if you are more versitle on what you can haul.

 

I use fleetone, they charge $20.50 for every permit. you tell them the route you want or they'll send you all over. The permits will come with guidelines for daylight or rush hour curfews.

But if you want to haul oversize you really need to either know somebody who knows that you can call and ask or else look up every state before you go. example - the other day I hauled straw from Minnesota to Wisconsin. I didn't use fleetone, got the permits myself. But the WI lady tried to give me a hay permit. great deal, it was free, but did not cover my load of straw. You have to look up the rules yourself, cuz when you get pulled over ain't nobody gonna be there with you !!

 

some states require opening an account and an insurance filing in order to get permits either directly or through a permit service, Indiana is one. this can delaynyournorder if it is not done in advance. If I remember correctly you can find the list on WCS permit web site along with a fairly good listing of what the permits will cost from the state. They have 2 tables one for justn OS and one for OW/OS. I use fleetone and pay $17.50 per permit

 

louisiana all you can order on your own is pre paid permits you have to call in and activate them the state charges $10 for just a wide permit but Comdata charges $52 and you do all the work, Comdata in my book is high

I add $100 for each state some are less some or more but if you add that $100 a state your covered. like someone else said lots of brokers seem to be low balling oversize loads some I call on don't even pay $2.00 a mile also the wider the load the more I charge I'm not going to haul a 12ft for the same price as a 10ft wide load