Florida oversize load permits

You need a permit in Florida once the load exceeds any one of these: 8'6" wide, 13'6" high, or 80,000 lb gross. There is no overall length cap on a normal tractor-semitrailer — the trailer itself is capped at 57' instead, measured with any rear overhang inside it. Axle limits apply too — 20,000 lb on a single axle and 40,000 lb on a tandem.

Florida requires no escort below 12' wide. On two-lane roads it takes one escort (in front) over 12', two escorts (front and rear) over 14' and two escorts (front and rear) with two police escorts over 16'. On four-lane divided highways it takes one escort (behind) over 12' and two escorts (front and rear) over 14'. The escort table on this page qualifies these counts over 12' on both and over 16' on four-lane divided highways.

Over 8'6" wide, over 14'6" high or over 80' long, daytime hours only. A load no wider than 8'6", no higher than 14'6" and no longer than 80' may move at all hours, though at night its rear overhang is capped at 10' unless the permit says otherwise. The movement windows table on this page lists the Florida Keys, crane and empty-semitrailer exceptions. Rule 14-26.012 bars weekend moves unless the permit says otherwise. FDOT’s blanket permits set no weekend limit, and a permit marked “excluding weekends” may still move until noon on Saturday and Sunday. Holiday movement is restricted.

A load over 16' wide, over 18'0" high, over 150' long, over 200,000 lb is handled as a superload in Florida. When the permit needs a structural evaluation or an override, FDOT must receive the request at least 10 business days before the move.

Permigo charges a flat $20 service fee per state permit. Florida's own permit fee is billed at cost on the same invoice, itemised, with nothing added. Call +1 (786) 494-6912 and we will price your exact route.

Moving above Florida's limits without a permit is a violation, not a paperwork gap. The load can be stopped at a scale or by a trooper and held until a permit is issued, the fine is set by Florida and the citing officer, and a pattern of violations follows the carrier's safety record. If you are not sure the load needs one, when you need an oversize permit walks through the triggers.

Most moves take a single-trip permit: one load, one route, a set number of days. Many states also sell annual or blanket permits for loads that stay within routine dimensions; whether Florida does, and for which loads, is on the state's own permit page. A superload is permitted separately and reviewed by the state — the thresholds are in the answer above. Permigo files whichever kind the load needs at the same $20 flat fee; what Florida itself charges is on the cost guide.

No. A "truck permit" usually means the paperwork a truck needs to cross Florida at all — a trip permit, a fuel permit (IFTA) or IRP plates — which the state's motor-carrier office issues. An oversize or overweight permit covers one load that exceeds Florida's legal size or weight, and that is what Permigo files.

Yes. No Florida toll road issues an oversize permit of its own: the Turnpike’s rule lets a load over legal size onto it with FDOT’s permit, and Permigo files that permit. The limits differ, though. FDOT’s route restrictions (revised July 2026) cap width at named toll plazas and ramps, from 9 to 15 feet, and send loads over 12 feet to named lanes, rather than one 12-foot cap. Our Florida Turnpike guide has every point and the low overpasses.