Every state, province, and territory sets its own limits for width, height, length, and weight, and its own rules for permits, escorts, and travel hours. Pick your jurisdiction for the plain-language guide, read the topic guides below for how the system works everywhere, or just quote your load: our engine prices the permit and escort reality of your actual route in about 60 seconds.
Quote an oversize load →Ontario
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide · escorts from 13.1 ft
Quebec
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
British Columbia
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Alberta
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Manitoba
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Saskatchewan
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Nova Scotia
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
New Brunswick
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide · escorts from 12 ft
Newfoundland and Labrador
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Prince Edward Island
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Yukon
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Northwest Territories
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Nunavut
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Alabama
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Alaska
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Arizona
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Arkansas
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
California
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Colorado
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Connecticut
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Delaware
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Georgia
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide · escorts from 8.5 ft
Florida
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Hawaii
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Idaho
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Illinois
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Indiana
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Kansas
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Kentucky
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Iowa
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Louisiana
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide · escorts from 12 ft
Maine
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Maryland
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Massachusetts
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Michigan
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Minnesota
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Mississippi
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide · escorts from 12 ft
Missouri
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide · escorts from 12.33 ft
Montana
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Nebraska
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Nevada
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
New Hampshire
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
New Jersey
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
New Mexico
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide · escorts from 14 ft
New York
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
North Carolina
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
North Dakota
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Ohio
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Oklahoma
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Oregon
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Pennsylvania
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Rhode Island
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
South Carolina
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
South Dakota
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Tennessee
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide · escorts from 12.5 ft
Texas
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Utah
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Vermont
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Virginia
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Washington
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
West Virginia
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Wisconsin
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide
Wyoming
Oversize over 8.5 ft wide · escorts from 16 ft
Superload thresholds by state & province
Where each jurisdiction's biggest-move line falls, side by side.
Who issues the permits
Issuing offices, online systems, and phone lines for all 63 jurisdictions.
Escort & pilot car triggers
The verified width, height, and length bands where escorts attach.
Data breathes: see what changed and when we last checked.
Trailer Types & Load Classes: What Ships on What
Which trailer your freight actually needs: hotshot, flatbed, step deck, RGN and lowboy explained, plus the ladder from legal load to oversize to superload, and the loads that must be broken down.
Pilot Cars & Escort Vehicles, Explained
When an oversize load needs a pilot car or escort vehicle, what escorts actually do, height poles, police escorts, and how escort costs reach your freight quote.
Oversize & Overweight Permits, Explained
How oversize and overweight permits work: single-trip vs annual permits, routing conditions, trip and fuel permits (IRP and IFTA), and who obtains what for your shipment.
Frost Laws & Seasonal Weight Restrictions
What frost laws are, why spring thaw cuts legal axle weights, when restrictions typically apply, and how seasonal windows change heavy haul planning and pricing.
Oversize Load Flags, Lights & Banners
How oversize loads are marked: OVERSIZE LOAD banners, red or orange corner flags, amber beacons, night-move lighting, and why marking rules exist.
Truck Tire & Chain Regulations
Commercial tire tread and condition rules, when chains are required or merely permitted, studded tire windows, and how winter equipment rules affect freight schedules.
Manufactured & Mobile Home Transport
How manufactured and mobile homes move: toters and running gear, oversize permits and escorts, route surveys, utilities, and what owners must prepare before moving day.
Oversize Travel Times, Curfews & Road Conditions
Daylight rules, city curfews, weekend and holiday restrictions, weather stand-downs, and how travel windows shape oversize transit times.
The Second Permit: Turnpikes, Toll Roads & City Permits
Why a state oversize permit is often not the only one you need: turnpike and toll authority permits, big-city oversize rules, and municipal permits on the first and last mile.
Oversize Shipping Into Mexico: Cross-Border Overview
How oversize freight crosses into Mexico: the border transfer model, Mexican federal permits and norms, escorts, and how door-to-door service is coordinated.
A real shipment usually crosses several jurisdictions, and each one's rules apply on its own roads. That is the advantage of quoting with LoadLoom instead of reading rules alone: the pricing engine applies the thresholds of every jurisdiction along your actual lane, prices permits and escorts where your dimensions require them, and dispatch confirms current local rules on every permitted move. Licensed freight forwarder FF-53801 · USDOT 3852466.
