Width was always a thing that I hated about them. The ones I pulled were 108″ wide, anytime I had to bump a dock with it I always found myself offset to the driver’s side because I was slightly angled trying to see the rear of my trailer in the mirror. Also, Jersey has a 102″ restriction on I80. I never got jammed up over it but I’m sure if DOT was being picky they would pull you.
I hauled a lot of lumber back out of New England, a lot of it they would stack to 13’6″ on an open flatbed. They’d get irritated when you came with a Conestoga cause it’d have to be a bit shorter. For steel hauling though, they were the way to go.
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