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Jerry49
Explorer
Oct 21, 2016

Height restrictions

does anyone have any recommendations what to use for knowing bridge heights while traveling? Any info will help.

17 Replies

  • Buy a Trucker's Atlas at a truck stop. Any route a truck can go on, you can travel on the route safely too.
  • Trucker's Guide and overpass, bridge signs. We measured our fifth wheel both front and back, highest point, typed it on a piece of paper, laminated it and taped it to the front inside upper left windshield with another in the glove box for backup. With this, the driver can glance at it. You'd be surprised how easy it is to forget your exact height.
  • If you're using a GPS you can get low height warning data base. It works pretty well. There aren't really that many heights below thirteen and a half feet in the country, all things considered.
  • Most are posted. This is useless information if you do not know the actual heigth of your rig. Measure
  • I bought a truckers guide that lists low clearance. Something like this and put a sticker on my dash board with my height.
  • Usually it's the sign on the bridge. Actually I have had this problem exactly once in 14 years.
  • There are many RV GPS devices out there that allow you to enter the information size, weight, height etc. Then they will route you around any obstructions out there! Has worked very well so far