Height restrictions
does anyone have any recommendations what to use for knowing bridge heights while traveling? Any info will help.
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laknox wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:
Our 5th wheel measures 13'4" actual height when hooked yo to truck.
There are no issues when traveling Interstates which we rarely used.
We traveled secondary/back-roads for 7 yrs. of full time travel.
Bridges/overpasses are marked PRIOR to encounter with signage.
Only came across 2 low clearance issues w/o signage far enough ahead to take alternate route in all our travels.
What did we do???
Turned around and went different way. Big Deal!
If you know YOUR actual height you can easily determine YES/NO.
IF in doubt go around. Simple. No GPS required just pay attention.
Campgrounds are more of an issue then Interstates/Highways/Routes.
And yet it's not hard to find stories of lost A/C's or other coach damage from a marked bridge, but where the lower road was re-paved and is actually 4" higher than original. So, you see a 13'6" clearance sign with your 13'4" rig and think, "I've got 2" to spare", then the next thing you know, you're picking your A/C up off the road. I know there are several posts here where people have stated that they move closer to the center of a span on =any= suspect clearance, even if it means blocking traffic a bit.
Lyle
And yet in 7 yrs traveling every week over 100,000 miles rarely on an Interstate I never whacked the top of my TALL 5vr except in a few CGs low hanging tree branches.
Pay attention and dang if you can drive accident free.
And all done w/o GPS which has lead MANY folks astray due to bad data.
Defense Driving....pay attention.......LOOK.......and common sense
Same advise for car, van, motorcycle......and now a days walking due to Iphones/Tablets :S
