wide loads
Extra-lane freight
Wide loads are vehicles or cargo exceeding standard width limits for roadways, requiring special permits and warning signs during transport.
The term applies to oversized equipment, mobile homes, or industrial machinery that needs escort vehicles and advance notice: Traffic slowed behind a wide load carrying a wind turbine blade.
Used disparagingly, wide load is a cruel term for an overweight person.
- oversizedExceeding typical dimensions
- truckingRoad-based freight shipping
- convoyGuarded traveling group
- police escortOfficers accompanying for safety
- highwayMajor road for travel
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- trucking ruleshours of service, logbooks, weight limits, weigh stations, safety compliance
- cargocargo, freight, shipment, payload, goods
- freight transportfreight train, freight car, cargo ship, container, cargo plane