Need to move home shop 2250mi.,one way truck rental question
Question:
I need to move some home shop equipment from Chicago to Washington State. I have made the trip previously in Ryder and Budget trucks while moving furniture and household goods, but this last trip is a bit different due to the weight of the load. Most 24 foot trucks seem to have about a 13,000 lbs net capacity. I know that my load exceeds this by about a thousand pounds. I would like to know if anyone has any knowlwdge of one way rental trucks with greater capacity. I realize that I might get away with towing a trailer to at least keep the axial weight safe and legal on the truck, but I would like to avoid this approach if possible. Any comments would be much appreciated,
Answer:
Truck shows up and leaves an empty trailer.
You Load it and they come back and pick it up and spot it at the other end.
This was a commercial trucking company, not bekins home movers or something
and I understand it's standard practice.
I'm doing something similar right now.
I'm using a 20 foot shipping container to fill and move 90 miles.
Max load is 48,000 pounds, but as I don't have lifting facilities it's
being done by tilt-tray truck, max all-up weight about 8 tons. The
container weighs about 2 1/2 tons. Different trucking companies may have
other weight limits.
Check with the local Ryder office that handles the commercial
trucks..ie the rigs, flatbeds and so on. They might have a flat bed or
box truck that you can one-way that will handle the load, but you are
probably pushing the limit for needing a CDL...26,001#s gross.
It might be a heck of a lot cheaper to just rent a 20 foot container
and have it delivered and moved as a low priority load. Also, you
might call a shipping broker and see about finding a rig that is going
to be deadheading that way.
All trucks that fall within the weight and size limits are required to stop.
Whether it is rented or not, many large trucks on the road are either rented or
leased also, they all stop. The operator is responsible to follow all the operating
laws. Fines can be steep for overweight loads also, that means for over the tonnage
your rental truck is registered for. Each state has its own restrictions, such as
engine fuel type no# of axles and weight, these trucks may require a PUC permit or
cost a per mile fee to cross a state. There is a farm exemption status also for
your own truck for PUC costs. As far as I know any truck that reaches 26000+ GVW
requires a CDL, any truck towing anything that is 26000+ GVW requires a class "A"
CDL. That means a truck that has a 23000 GVW and pulling a 4000 lb pickup or
trailer requires a class A CDL.
Ports of entry may or may not be a weigh station. They are not the same and as far
as I know no state uses length as requirement factor within OL & OW loads
limitations. But the 26000 lb GVW ( combination weight) seems to be the universal
weight for a CDL. But not for other rules such as stopping at scales. Washington
rule is that EVERY truck that is 16000 GVW tonnage demurrage stops. Oregon is 20000
tonnage demurrage stops in both this means even if empty. All out of state trucks
stop at all Ports of entry usually trucks 12000 GVW are except from these rules
unless pulling a trailer. It is generally recognized that national rental companies
have a permit to cross the state but not necessarily true. So if you rent a truck
make sure you check the papers on the truck they are renting to you has the papers
for the states you intend to cross. Also the type of fuel, and how many axles you
have may determine whether you pay a permit to cross a state. For example If you
have a Washington Truck of over 20000 GVW empty or not, using Diesel fuel or more
than a single front and rear axle, to drive into Oregon, you have to either have a
permanent Oregon PUC permit or pay $.05 per mile in Ore. & buy a temp permit good
for 10 days. All these conflicting rules crossing the US have been a problem for
real truckers for a lot of years, they are costly and a pain in the "A" to comply
with. One thing do not depend on the weight that is painted on the side of the
truck, make sure that it matches the weight on the tonnage paper work, which is
usually the registration but may not be if there is excess tonnage been bought. I
have had a few trucks that I have used in my business and usually have not have had
problems such as these because all were under 22000 GVW. But I now have 2 GMC 7000s
which are border line heavy trucks and finding out more of these weird rules. But I
am able to bypass most now by licensing as Farm exempt complying with both Wa &
Ore. rules for farm use. I can haul only my own stuff on these. And anything
between my farms. Other than being an empty pit for gasoline sometimes at near
$2.00 per gallon they are working out pretty well. Just one thing to add Washing
state is a tough place to drive as these people enforce the law to the decimal
point. They are out for the money, people who are Washingtonian's know that, but
look out if you are from out of this state. That's why the state patrol here are
called "Bulls". Radar detectors need to be standard equipment here. :)) Just so you
know when you are being watched like watching the watcher.
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