Tuesday, 7:12 a.m., Denver
A transformer on a 9-axle lowboy: 14' 8" wide, 15' 4" high, 105' 0" long and 118,000 lb gross, oversize and overweight in all 8 states. It leaves at sunrise, the first moment Colorado lets a load this wide move.
Sample trip
One load, Denver to Pittsburgh
A transformer on a 9-axle lowboy, 14' 8" wide and 15' 4" high, planned by RoadFellow for Tue, Dec 22, 2026. Every time, stop and state answer below comes from the rule engine and its Move plan. Scroll to drive it.
Colorado: daylight and the right lane
A load this size may not move in Colorado in the dark, and it keeps to the right-hand lane. Colorado wants no escort for it. It crosses into Kansas at 11:34 a.m. CST.
Kansas: two escorts, any day of the year
Kansas wants a front and a rear escort for this load. It stays off the road from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise, but Kansas lets permitted loads move every day of the year, holidays included. It enters Kansas at 11:34 a.m. CST. It parks near Junction City at 5:43 p.m. CST.
13 h 34 min stopped · moves Wed 7:17 a.m. CST
Overnight near Junction City, Kansas
13 h 34 min parked. Kansas does not let this load move in the dark, and the next legal start is 7:17 a.m. CST Wednesday. The driver's 10 hours off fit inside it.
Missouri: one escort on the interstate
On a divided highway like I-70, Missouri wants a rear escort for a load this wide. The rush-hour curfews around Kansas City and St. Louis travel with the permit as checks for the driver. It crosses into Illinois at 2:38 p.m. CST.
Illinois: two escorts and Saturday mornings
Illinois wants a front and a rear escort for this load. It moves from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset, and on Saturdays only until noon. It parks near Effingham at 5:06 p.m. CST.
13 h 36 min stopped · moves Thu 6:42 a.m. CST
Overnight near Effingham, Illinois
13 h 36 min parked. Illinois does not let this load move in the dark, and the next legal start is 6:42 a.m. CST Thursday. The driver's 10 hours off fit inside it.
Red in Indiana: a superload
Indiana treats this load as a superload, which an INDOT engineer reviews before it issues, so it is one of the first permits to order. It may move only from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on weekdays, and the permit is not valid on I-70 inside the I-465 loop, so the route goes around Indianapolis. It enters Indiana at 8:46 a.m. EST.
Red in Ohio: a superload
This load is past what Ohio's online system issues by itself, so the permit goes to ODOT's permit office for review. It needs a front escort with a height pole and a rear escort, and it stays off the road from 3 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. It enters Ohio at 11:57 a.m. EST.
91 h 23 min stopped · moves Mon 7:23 a.m. EST
Parked for Christmas
Ohio holds oversize loads from noon the weekday before a holiday until half an hour before sunrise the day after, and with Christmas Day on a Friday the hold runs on through the weekend. The truck waits near Lewisburg, Ohio, from 12:00 p.m. EST Thursday until 7:23 a.m. EST Monday, and the crew gets the holiday.
West Virginia: fourteen miles
Its stretch of I-70 is 14 miles, and it still has rules: a front escort with a height pole and a rear escort, and travel Monday to Friday only. It enters West Virginia at 11:41 a.m. EST.
Pennsylvania: the last miles
Pennsylvania holds permitted loads from sunset to sunrise, after noon on Saturdays and all day Sunday. For this load a pilot car follows on a multi-lane road, with a height-pole escort ahead. It enters Pennsylvania at 11:57 a.m. EST.
Mile 1,456. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Drive time is the easy number. The rest of the days go to darkness, a holiday and the driver's rest, and RoadFellow shows every one before you quote the job.
28 hours of driving. 7 days on the road.
8 states · 8 permits · 3 escort changes
Answers computed from our rule base. Sample trip, not a customer's. Schematic map.
Move plan
Where the other days go
Every hour of the trip, by what's holding the truck. Change the departure and see what it costs.
Leave Dec 22 and it's unloaded Monday, Dec 28, after 7 days on the road with Christmas Day in the way.
midnight6 a.m.noon6 p.m.midnight
- Tue, Dec 22 MST/CST
- Wed, Dec 23 CST
- Thu, Dec 24 CST/EST
- Fri, Dec 25 EST
- Sat, Dec 26 EST
- Sun, Dec 27 EST
- Mon, Dec 28 EST
- Driving
- Rest for hours of service
- Parked for darkness
- Holiday
28 h driving · 1 h rest · 27 h dark · 91 h holiday
Times are local to where the truck is, so a day that crosses into a new time zone can look an hour short or long. Hours of service: 11 hours driving, a 14-hour window, a 30-minute break after 8 hours and 10 hours off.
State rules
Recorded sources and tested conditions
State guides expose recorded conditions, source references and check dates. Tests check the encoded rules; they do not establish complete coverage or agency approval. Read the evidence and limitations alongside an answer.
1 · Read from the source
Source records identify the statutes, codes, agency guidance and other references used for the recorded conditions. Source quality and coverage vary.
2 · Changes through review
Rule changes go through a proposal and reviewed revision. Publication and verification are separate actions, with evidence recorded for each.
3 · Checked against your trip
Your load's size, weight, route and dates are checked against every state on the route before anything is filed.
4 · The permit governs
Our route is the planning route. The route and the conditions printed on each state permit are what the driver runs.
Limits to keep in view
- Lane counts.
- Escort conditions can depend on road classification. Missing or inaccurate lane data can change the result; check the actual route and permit.
- Drafts.
- Some versions have draft confidence. Confidence and publication status are separate; inspect the recorded evidence and unresolved details.
- Fees.
- Some states charge by the mile or axle on the route they issue. The state's fee is passed through at cost.
- The permit governs.
- Our route is the planning route. The route and conditions printed on each state permit are what the driver runs.
Look up a state
Its single-trip permit, where it is filed, and when an oversize load may move: daylight, weekends and holidays.
Point at a state to read its one-line summary. Choose one for its permit, portal and travel times.
Compare
Truck GPS knows the road. Permit services know the rules.
An oversize move needs both, on one screen, before the quote goes out.
| Feature | Truck GPS apps | RoadFellow |
|---|---|---|
| Routes around low clearances for your height | Yes | Not yet |
| Routes from your axle weights | Some | For the permits, not the route |
| Each state's oversize, escort and curfew rules | No | From each state's own sources |
| Plans the days: daylight, holidays, hours of service | No | Yes, as an estimate |
| Files the state permits | No | Yes |
| Permitted route on the driver's phone | Their own route | Permits yes; guided route in testing |
| Live positions and off-route alerts for dispatch | Some | Not yet |
| Says when it can't tell | No | Yes: undetermined |
| Truck parking and fuel prices | Yes | Not yet |
Pricing
This trip, priced
Route planning is free. Every state permit costs the same flat service fee, whatever the load, plus the state's fee at cost.
RF-2612-0001 · Denver to Pittsburgh
Sample trip · 8 states
- 8 state permits × $20
- $160
- incl. 2 superloads
- same fee
- State fees, at cost
- set by each state
RoadFellow for the whole trip$160
Questions dispatchers ask
Anything else: talk to the permit desk.
No. It is the planning route: it shows which states the trip crosses and what each one needs for your load. Each state then issues the permit with its own legal route, and the route and conditions printed on each permit are what the driver must follow.
The rule base records statutes, administrative codes, agency guidance and other source references. Guides cover the states and DC, but coverage and confidence differ by condition. Inspect the source and confidence details, and ask the permit desk about gaps.
Our permit desk files each state in its own system and attaches the issued permit to the trip. You see every state move from requested to issued. Each state's summary says where we file it.
It depends on the state and the load. Superload and engineering-reviewed permits are flagged so you can order them first, and each state's status shows on the trip as it moves. The state sets the clock, so we don't promise a time.
Yes. Each state's daylight, weekend and holiday rules are checked against your departure, together with hours of service, and the trip's Move plan shows where the load parks and when it can move again. City curfews show as warnings where the rules don't define the exact area, and where our data has no definition for a state, the plan says so instead of guessing.
Some rules turn on facts a quick check doesn't have, like whether a road is two-lane or inside a city's curfew area. Rather than guess, the answer is undetermined, and our permit desk checks it before it files.
Source records show their own check and review dates where available. The newest date on a guide does not establish that the entire page was reviewed then. Changes go through reviewed revisions; a scheduled review date does not prove the review has happened.
Yes. The rules mark where a state treats a load as a superload and what review it goes through, and our desk files them like any other permit. States set the lead time, so order those first.
Not yet. RoadFellow tells you which escorts each state wants for your load: front, rear or a height pole. You book them as you do today.
No. The driver opens a private trip link in the phone's browser, with no account, and gets the trip's permits and when each state lets the load move. RoadFellow Drive for Android, with guidance on the permitted route, is in testing.
The trip link needs data to open the trip and its permits. RoadFellow Drive for Android, in testing, keeps each leg's permits and route on the phone, so it keeps working through dead spots.
In RoadFellow Drive for Android, in testing, the phone points the driver back to the permitted road; it never reroutes. Past what the state allows, it tells the driver to stop and call, and the carrier's dispatch is notified.
Route planning and driver links are free. Permit filing is one flat service fee for every load, $20 per state permit (regularly $25, 20% off), plus the state's own fee at cost. A state covered by one of your annual permits needs none. Pay by card, bank account or Zelle, with no fee from us.
No. Rule data is advisory. The conditions printed on each state permit govern the move.