Heavy Equipment Transport in Maine
Excavators, dozers, loaders and tractors moved across Maine on the trailer each machine needs, with the state's oversize permits arranged before pickup.
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At a glance
Shipping in Maine at a glance
The facts that decide how a load moves here. Regulatory figures link to the official page they come from.
- I-95
- I-295
- I-395
- I-195
- Port of Portland
- Port of Searsport
- Port of Eastport
How freight moves in Maine
Freight in Maine runs on I-95, I-295, I-395 and I-195. Ocean and river cargo moves through Port of Portland, Port of Searsport and Port of Eastport. The state's economy leans on forest products, paper and lumber, lobster, seafood and fishing, agriculture (potatoes, blueberries, dairy) and shipbuilding and marine manufacturing, and that is most of what moves on its roads.
Rules of the road
What shapes a move in Maine
- When oversize loads can travel
In Maine, overlimit loads are generally limited to daylight travel, from 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset, overdimensional travel is not authorized on holidays and holiday weekends, and Sunday moves in July and August need pre-clearance from MaineDOT. Source ↗
- Escort vehicles
In Maine, a pilot vehicle is required for loads wider than 12 ft or longer than 80 ft, and state law requires a police escort for a single vehicle or combination 16 ft or more wide or 125 ft or more long. Source ↗
- Seasonal conditions
MaineDOT can post state and state-aid highways with seasonal weight and speed restrictions for the periods it determines, as can counties and municipalities on their own roads, with notices posted at each end of the affected road.
Maine overlimit moves must wait until conditions improve when conditions on the permitted route are considered difficult, and movement in poor visibility or unsafe conditions such as rain, snow or ice is not allowed.
Rules change. The specialist on your move checks the current ones for your exact route before anything is booked.
Permits by state
If the route leaves Maine
Every state a load crosses issues its own oversize permit. These are the offices next door, closest first, with their legal limits.
Cities
Heavy Equipment Transport by city in Maine
These are the busiest pickup points. Any address in Maine works, including the towns between them.
BangorPenobscot County
Bangor, on the Penobscot River where I-95 meets I-395, is the commercial and trucking hub for central, eastern and northern Maine, with Route 9 running east toward Calais and the Canadian border.
- I-95
- I-395
- US-2
LewistonAndroscoggin County
Lewiston is Maine's second-largest city and, with neighboring Auburn, forms the Lewiston-Auburn area on the Maine Turnpike (I-95) about 35 miles north of Portland, with manufacturing, warehousing and distribution.
- I-95
- I-495
- US-202
PortlandCumberland County
Portland, Maine's largest city, is also its main container and general-cargo port, on Casco Bay, with I-95 and I-295 linking it to Boston about 110 miles south.
- I-95
- I-295
- US-1
- US-302
AugustaKennebec County
Augusta, the state capital, is on the Kennebec River in central Maine near where I-295 rejoins I-95, so freight moving between southern Maine and Bangor passes through the area.
- I-95
- I-295
- US-201
- US-202
Heavy Equipment Transport
Trailers and machines
RGN (removable gooseneck)
The neck detaches so tracked and wheeled machines drive on at deck level.
Lowboy
A deck close to the ground for tall machines that would break the legal height on a flatbed.
Step deck
For loaders, tractors and skid steers that clear the height limit on its lower deck.
Flatbed
For attachments, smaller machines and anything loaded by forklift or crane.
Questions about shipping in Maine
Who issues oversize permits in Maine?
The Maine Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Overlimit Permit Unit (BMV). A load over the legal limits (13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) tall, 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) wide) needs its permit for the exact route, and it is arranged before pickup so the machine does not wait at the yard.
When can an oversize load travel in Maine?
In Maine, overlimit loads are generally limited to daylight travel, from 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset, overdimensional travel is not authorized on holidays and holiday weekends, and Sunday moves in July and August need pre-clearance from MaineDOT.
When does Maine require escort vehicles?
In Maine, a pilot vehicle is required for loads wider than 12 ft or longer than 80 ft, and state law requires a police escort for a single vehicle or combination 16 ft or more wide or 125 ft or more long.
Are there seasonal restrictions in Maine?
MaineDOT can post state and state-aid highways with seasonal weight and speed restrictions for the periods it determines, as can counties and municipalities on their own roads, with notices posted at each end of the affected road. Maine overlimit moves must wait until conditions improve when conditions on the permitted route are considered difficult, and movement in poor visibility or unsafe conditions such as rain, snow or ice is not allowed.
Which trailer does my machine need?
The machine decides: its weight, height, width and whether it drives on. Tracked machines usually ride an RGN or a lowboy, loaders and tractors a step deck, attachments a flatbed. With the make, model and dimensions we tell you which before we quote.
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