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Pilot Car and Route Surveying Services in New Hampshire

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New Hampshire Pilot Car Services

Wide Load Shipping offers quality and customizable pilot car services in New Hampshire. We have over 15 years of experience guiding the state’s oversized loads of all shapes and sizes. You can use our services for both local and out-of-state shipments. We handle the acquisition of permits, insurance covers, utility company consent letters, and police escorts. We also compensate these entities for any costs incurred. Clients can also acquire cranes, trailers, and towing trucks from us. Pilot cars are a legal requirement for their role in ensuring road safety. Over-dimensional loads can occupy multiple lanes or travel on multiple lanes, posing enormous risks to drivers and motorists. We serve multiple industries in the state, including construction and agriculture.

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When Are Pilot Cars/ Escort Vehicles Required in New Hampshire?

You will be required to have pilot cars in New Hampshire if you are any of the following:

  • Length: If over 150′, one rear escort is required.
  • Width: If you are over 12′ wide, one pilot car/truck escort is required. If over 18′, you will require two pilot cars/truck escorts and may be required to have a state police escort (on some routes, two of them). When requesting state police, you must give at least 48 hours of advanced notice.
  • Height: If it is over 13′ 6″, the state will require you to have a route survey. A height pole escort may not have to accompany the load once the survey is completed. It’s up to the state, depending on how high the load is and the route.
  • Weight: As long as the load can maintain minimum speed limit requirements and does not require special bridge restrictions, you will probably not be required to have a pilot car/escort.
  • Overhang: Over 15′ in length required one pilot car/escort. If you are on a two-lane undivided highway, you must have two pilot cars/truck escorts if over 12′ wide as well.

New Hampshire Pilot Car/Escort Vehicle Requirements

What is required to operate in the state of New Hampshire:

  • Escort vehicles shall be the size of a compact car or larger. 
  • The drivers of escort vehicles shall maintain visual and 2-way radio contact with the permitted vehicle at all times. 
  • When one escort is required, it shall precede a load on undivided highways and follow it on divided highways.
  • The escort vehicle shall be operated with headlights on in the low beam position when escorting a move.
  • Escort vehicles preceding oversized loads shall display a warning sign affixed to the front with a legend reading, “OVERSIZE LOAD.” The escort vehicle following oversized loads shall display a warning sign affixed to the rear with a legend reading, “OVERSIZE LOAD.” The signs shall have not less than 10-inch high black letters of a 1.4-inch stroke on a yellow background, and signs shall be made of durable material unaffected by moisture. The sign’s shape shall be varied to fit the escort vehicle but shall be at least 5 feet 0 inches wide and 12 inches high.

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Oversize Load Route Surveying Services in New Hampshire

The law requires route surveying to ensure an oversized load can safely move through a roadway without endangering the public and road infrastructure. The authorities also need this data to set the requirements for permits and pilot cars. During road surveys, permits are required to check for overhead power lines and signs, turnpikes, railway crossings,  height clearances, and bridge weight limits. We must inform utility companies when oversized loads are passing near their infrastructure for adjustments and representatives or consent letters. Additionally, railway authorities must be informed of over-dimensional loads going through crossings to adjust train schedules or the load’s travel plans. When moving heavy hauls in New Hampshire, consider the following routes:

  • Interstate 93 (I-93): connecting the north to south from Massachusetts to the White Mountains region.
  • Interstate 95 (I-95): traversing the southeastern coast, acting as a link to and from the southern part of New Hampshire
  • Interstate 89 (I-89): joining I-93 and I-91, linking to the central and northern region of New Hampshire
  • U.S. Route 3: running north to south  

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