hauling a 7060

I'm looking at MAYBE buying a 7060.Not knowing everything about hauling I found out today that it is 122 inches wide which makes it a smidge over 10 ft wide.
Would you guys worry about less than 2 inches over width and just put red flags on it and haul it.
Reason I'm asking is it's in Arizona and home is Indiana.
I would be hauling it with a pickup and gooseneck trailer.

Legal width is 102" (8' 6"). Legally you are suppose to have Over Size load permits for each state. The only way you can do that is to be a USDOT Common Carrier with a minimum of 1million dollar liability insurance to get oversize permits.

Now the old farmer trick is out the window when you cross that many state lines. You cant haul oversize through Oklahoma, missouri, or Illinois during night hours. So its a big gamble you take. In Missouri caught oversize, with no permit, its a $2500 ticket. Just fyi. Goodluck to you.

Edited by Bradleytrench - 15 Feb 2019 at 7:55pm

Should be able to find one closer.

It would have to be one heck of a deal to make it worth it.

I’m Missouri your allowed 12’ wide day or night as a farmer and 14’ I believe max width as a farmer transporting equipment. I haul a rogator sprayer a lot with floaters on it that is over 12’, but I built the trailer 11’ 11” and it has flag mounts and strobes on both ramps. Passed a lot of dot and never a problem. Called Jeff city when I built the trailer to make sure it was legal. I contacted Iowa dot a week ago because I’m hauling a mower conditioner home and they said I don’t need a oversized load and only need a temp fuel permit at 13’ wide as long as I’m not on the interstate. The best thing to do is go overkill. Flags flashing lights and I would buy fuel permits so they can get their tax money.

Edited by 7060 - 16 Feb 2019 at 6:12am

That's a big tractor for a pickup and gooseneck , but maybe you have each heavy enough for the job, id load it up and go,, prolly never get stopped DOT are looking for comerical rigs to check, been to a few states hauling never got stopped even in Iowa

Edited by DougG - 16 Feb 2019 at 9:44am

If your truck and/or trailer is registered to a farm and not your personal name you’re are commercial. Farming is a business. You still have certain exemptions which non-farming businesses don’t get, but once you travel outside of the 150 mile range you’re exemptions are void. You can be held accountable to every regulation on the books.

They won't mess around with a farmer hauling his tractor, never heard of Dennis thing with license under a personal name???? Just have good equipment and you won't have any problems

Tractor Data shows exhaust at 117 inches so its probably about 10 feet tall or so to top of cab? Can measure mine tomorrow if that helps. Weight is around 14000 I believe.

This is when I brought the beater/project 7080 home.   I did measure the exhaust at the time and it was not high enough to even worry about, I can't recall what it was though.

DougG wrote: They won't mess around with a farmer hauling his tractor, never heard of Dennis thing with license under a personal name???? Just have good equipment and you won't have any problems

What I was referring to is that the law enforcement officers approach to the situation I may be different. I’ve ran from east coast to west coast many times. I have no business name or dot numbers on the on truck. The truck and trailer are registered in my name not a business. Dot officers pull behind me and run the plates and have never pulled me over. The law is the law but we all know that officers use their own judgment in different situations. A guy that buys something and is just trying to get it home may get some slack vs a “ professional “ driver. I would go get it if it was mine. I would also recommend that you add the flashers and flags. It shows that you’re trying to be as safe as you can.

If you are running farm plates on a pickup or larger you only allowed a 150 miles from your address. DOT in our area will stop you if they see something that they don’t like on truck. Lacking chain on load, safety chains, lights, and tires. I’d run by dot rules and keep copies lodging charges to prove you are resting. Michigan is where we live

Some years back I was in to re-tag my gooseneck and wanted to just put farm tags on it.

old farmer wrote: If you are running farm plates on a pickup or larger you only allowed a 150 miles from your address. DOT in our area will stop you if they see something that they don’t like on truck. Lacking chain on load, safety chains, lights, and tires. I’d run by dot rules and keep copies lodging charges to prove you are resting. Michigan is where we live

Odd I had a MSP trooper tell me a farmer bringing home is own equipment is the least of their worries. I’ve on multiple occasions had leo’s give me a neighborly wave when I was knowingly towing illegally.

Edited by victoryallis - 17 Feb 2019 at 7:31pm

As an individual vs a common carrier, the law enforcement typically doesn't bother you unless the load is not tied down correctly, lights dont work, etc. Tie down rules require 4 binder chains, typically they are a gold color chain, and 1 chain per 10,000 lbs. 14,000 lbs would require 6 chains. Flag the end of the axles. Any load is considered oversized if it extends past the edge of the trailer whether 8' or 8.5' wide. Oversize load permits are usually $10 for 24 period. Call each state before you leave, they email a permit and off you go.
Also, make sure the truck is tagged to cover the weight of truck, trailer and load combined. 24,000 lbs plus requires a CDL.

Funny you should mention that John, a friend and I move a 10,000 gallon fertilzer tank much the same way. We used a flat bed dump truck, so a little more trouble leaning it on to the truck bed but went OK. But then the Oh ,how tall is that thing. It was in town on a dead end street so no choice about the first 1/2 mile. Then we did a little scouting. May have tickled some cabel TV wires but don't know that we took any down. I think the local officals saw us but didn't want to look.