Pilot Car and Route Surveying Services in Pennsylvania

If you max out over any of the below, you will be required to have at least one pilot car or escort vehicle:

• Length: On all roads, if your shipment is over 90′ in length, you will require at least one rear (chase) pilot car.
• Width: Two lanes over 13′ wide require one front and one rear pilot car/escort. Three lanes up to 13′ only require one chase.
• Height: If your shipment is over 14′ 6″ in height, you will need a high-pole escort vehicle to transport it.
• Weight: Not required as long as the truck can maintain minimum posted traffic speeds.
• Overhang: This is decided on a case-by-case basis.

NOTE:

• If the permit requires reduced speeds over bridges, one escort is necessary. If the permit requires a load to be the only vehicle on a bridge or occupy more than one lane of traffic, two escorts are required.
• In Philadelphia, police escorts are required when a load is over and of the following: 11’5″ wide, 14′ high, 75′ long, 145,000 pounds.
• Dozers with blades exceeding 12′ in width but less than 15 feet may be hauled when a traffic protector guide rail device is secured to the dozer. A detached blade cannot be hauled on an overweight load.