Dayton, Ohio, our home base
Heavy Haul in Dayton
Our office and yard are at 7660 W Third St in Dayton. Transformers, gensets, machinery and superloads leave from here on our own trucks, permitted, routed and escorted by our own team.
This page is general information only, not legal advice and not a permit. Rules change often and each state's permit and official rules are the final word. Always confirm limits, escorts, routes and travel times with the state permit office before moving a load. Reliable Transport LLC is not responsible for decisions made using this information.
Home base heavy haul
Hauled from our own yard
Reliable Transport LLC is a Dayton company. Our 16 trucks, all 2025 or newer, and 40 trailers in setups from 8 to 22 axles work out of the yard at 7660 W Third St, and our permitting, routing, escort, bucket truck, maintenance and driver teams are in house. For a Dayton load there is no long deadhead: we file the ODOT permit, plan the route and send the truck from across town. Need to hold units before delivery? We also store gensets in that yard: see genset storage in Dayton.
Hauling through other states? Use our permit map and route planner
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Where Dayton loads move
Each local fact is linked to its source and confirmed by a second one.
I 70 and I 75
I 75 meets I 70 just north of Dayton, near Dayton International Airport, Vandalia and Huber Heights, which puts our yard at the crossing of Ohio's main north and south and east and west Interstates. (ODOT statewide study, Dayton to Cincinnati corridor, I 75 in Ohio)
Wright Patterson
Wright Patterson Air Force Base, northeast of Dayton, is the state's largest single site employer, with about 38,000 military, civilian and contractor staff inside its gates in 2024. (WOSU / WYSO, Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce)
Ohio rules
Dayton oversize rules at a glance
The local rush hour rule first, then the Ohio rules every Dayton load runs under. The full list is on our Ohio oversize permit rules page.
Ohio
Official sources linked| Where | Restriction |
|---|---|
| Rush hours | Montgomery County is on ODOT's list: loads over 12'W may not move there from 6:30 to 9:00 a.m. or 4:30 to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Plan Dayton pickups and deliveries around those windows. (ODOT OS 1A) |
| Legal limits | Without a permit, a load in Ohio can be up to 8'6"W and 13'6"H, at up to 80,000 lbs gross. (ODOT OS 8, Ohio Revised Code 5577.05, 5577.04) |
| Height escort | A load over 14'6"H needs one lead escort with a height sensing device; over 14'10"H, a lead and a rear escort, and the move is coordinated with the owners of overhead signs, signals and utilities. (ODOT OS 1A) |
| Width escort | A load over 13'W needs one lead escort, or one rear escort on multiple lane highways; over 14'6"W, a lead and a rear escort. (ODOT OS 1A) |
| Travel hours | Permitted loads move in daylight, from one half hour before sunrise until one half hour after sunset. (ODOT OS 1A, Ohio Administrative Code, permit conditions rule) |
| Weekends | Loads over 12'W may not move from 3 p.m. on Saturday or Sunday until one half hour before sunrise the next day; from April 1 through November 30, the same applies from 3 p.m. on Friday. (ODOT OS 1A) |
| Holidays | Oversize loads stop from noon the day before a holiday until sunrise the day after. Thanksgiving 2026: noon November 25 to sunrise November 27. Christmas 2026: noon December 24 to sunrise December 28. (ODOT hauling permits holiday notice, ODOT OS 1A, Ohio Administrative Code) |
Rules change often. We checked these on October 9, 2026 against the official sources linked in each row, and each one against a second source. Rules we could not confirm twice are left off this page. Our permitting team confirms the current rules for every move.
Services we haul here
What we haul in Dayton
Our moves
Heavy loads we have moved
Two of these were Ohio transformer moves; the dryer drum shows the size of load our team permits, routes and escorts.
160,000 lb transformer
Delivered to Obetz, Ohio, on the southeast edge of Columbus, in December 2024, with permits by our own team.
150,000 lb transformer
Pocatello, ID to Akron, OH in early 2024, at 240,000 lbs gross and 16'H loaded, with help from the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
207,000 lb dryer drum
Louisville, KY to Richmond, VA in December 2025, at 300,000 lbs gross and 165'L x 13'6"W x 17'H loaded, with a crew of 15.
Moving something in Dayton?
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Questions
Dayton heavy haul questions
Where is your Dayton yard?
Our office and yard are at 7660 W Third St, Dayton, OH 45417. Call dispatch at (937) 949-4761.
Can wide loads leave Dayton at rush hour?
Not over 12'W. Montgomery County is on ODOT's list, so those loads may not move from 6:30 to 9:00 a.m. or 4:30 to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
When does an Ohio load need a height escort?
Over 14'6"H, one lead escort with a height sensing device. Over 14'10"H, a lead and a rear escort, and the move is coordinated with the owners of overhead signs, signals and utilities.
What equipment runs out of Dayton?
16 trucks, all 2025 or newer, and 40 trailers from 8 to 22 axles, including a 19 axle 150 ton trailer for loads up to 300,000 lbs and a 90 ton perimeter trailer for gensets and transformers.
How heavy a load can you haul?
Our superload service handles loads up to 300,000 lbs, with permits, routing and escorts by our own team.
Hauling through other states? Use our permit map and route planner
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Dayton, Ohio, our home base
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This page is general information only, not legal advice and not a permit. Rules change often and each state's permit and official rules are the final word. Always confirm limits, escorts, routes and travel times with the state permit office before moving a load. Reliable Transport LLC is not responsible for decisions made using this information.