Moves: Wide load, Texas to Arizona
19'W to 24'W Loads, Port of Houston to Arizona
In June 2024 we moved 5 loads from 19'W to 24'W and 2 long loads at 134'L out of the Port of Houston, on the Houston Ship Channel, to Arizona. At the port the ship's crane set loads straight onto our trailers, and our own team escorted, permitted and routed the convoy, with police escorts and utility trucks along the way.
Video
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Gallery
Photos from the move
Quick facts
June 2024- Wide loads
- 5 loads, 19'W to 24'W
- Long loads
- 2 loads, 134'L
- Route
- Port of Houston, Texas to Arizona
- Loading
- Ship's crane straight onto our trailers
- Support
- Police escorts and utility trucks
- Permits and routing
- Our in house team
- When
- June 2024
The challenge
Up to twice the width of a 12' lane
At 24'W, the widest loads were as wide as two 12' traffic lanes, and width drives most of the Texas rules a load like this meets. TxDMV permits no more than 16'W on the Interstate system, so a 19'W to 24'W route has to be built on other highways. Any load over 20'W needs a route inspection certification by the applicant on file before the permit is issued.
Escorts scale with size. TxDMV requires one front and one rear escort on all roads for a load over 16'W, and the same for a load over 125'L, so the 134'L loads needed them too. Over 125'L, Texas also needs a route inspection certification. In the TxDMV Houston District, which takes in the port, a standing restriction dated January 8, 2018 requires front and rear law enforcement escorts for any load over 20'W. On holidays, Texas permits top out at 14'W and 110'L, so none of these loads move on a holiday.
Sources: TxDMV Texas size limits; TxDMV escort and equipment requirements; TxDMV permit restrictions, Houston District.
How we did it
Port work, step by step
Ship to trailer
At the Port of Houston, the ship's crane lowered the loads straight onto our trailers.
Route inspection
Over 20'W or over 125'L, TxDMV needs a route inspection certification from the applicant on file before it issues the permit. Our in house permitting team handles the permits and the routing.
Off the Interstate
With TxDMV capping Interstate permits at 16'W, the route for the widest loads is built on other highways from the port outward.
Escorts
Private escorts front and rear are required over 16'W or over 125'L on every road, and the Houston District adds front and rear law enforcement escorts over 20'W.
Convoy to Arizona
The loads moved as a convoy from Texas to Arizona, with police escorts and utility trucks, permitted and routed by our own team.
Sources: TxDMV size limits; TxDMV escorts; TxDMV Houston District.
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