Abnormal, bulk and special loads: what makes a load abnormal, the permit conditions that follow, and the cargo that needs a particular kind of truck.
August 16, 2026
Bulk trailers are short. General freight trailers are long. That is not a styling choice — it is the density problem, solved in steel. Look at two trailer types side by side…
August 16, 2026
Special cargo is the freight where the truck is ordinary and everything else is not. It fits inside every legal limit. It needs no permit for its size. And it will still…
August 16, 2026
Overhang and projection are two different things, and mixing them up is how a legal truck becomes an illegal one. Overhang is the vehicle’s own body extending beyond its axles. Projection is…
August 16, 2026
A permit does not just say yes. It attaches conditions — escorts, flags, lights, boards, speed limits — and those conditions are the real cost of moving an abnormal load. The useful…
