height of rig
My hubby just measured our Big Country's height. 13' 6". Thats pretty high in my book. What do you guys use to help navigate and stay away from low bridges? We certainly don't want to rip the air c...
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The site PawPaw_n_Gram pasted that info from was from 2007. Woodhall has additional sites stating the same bogus information, the most recent being 2011.
I know for a fact that the Illinois height information is wrong. Since none of the other information matches current nationwide publications for designated highways I would assume that all of the height information is wrong.
As stated before, if you don't want to hit an overpass, or get in a situation where you have to try to back up because you didn't see the sign in time, then there are two things you can do:
(1) get a Rand RV GPS which will warn you in advance of a height restriction.
(2) pre-plan your next days route by consulting a Trucker's Atlas.
What you don't want to do is count on seeing the sign in time for all the overpasses. As already has been pointed out, due to re-paving and other issues sometimes the exact height is incorrectly reported on signs, or maybe some juvenile misfit stole the sign, whatever the case it is pretty reckless driving down a secondary roadway with no idea what height restrictions lay ahead.
But, just like all the other posts on the subject, this is just my opinion.
I know for a fact that the Illinois height information is wrong. Since none of the other information matches current nationwide publications for designated highways I would assume that all of the height information is wrong.
As stated before, if you don't want to hit an overpass, or get in a situation where you have to try to back up because you didn't see the sign in time, then there are two things you can do:
(1) get a Rand RV GPS which will warn you in advance of a height restriction.
(2) pre-plan your next days route by consulting a Trucker's Atlas.
What you don't want to do is count on seeing the sign in time for all the overpasses. As already has been pointed out, due to re-paving and other issues sometimes the exact height is incorrectly reported on signs, or maybe some juvenile misfit stole the sign, whatever the case it is pretty reckless driving down a secondary roadway with no idea what height restrictions lay ahead.
But, just like all the other posts on the subject, this is just my opinion.
