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| April 2014
By Tara Bullock
Active duty
In addition to hauling equip-
ment, freight, produce and
more, Next Exit Logistics hauls
military shipments locally,
nationally and internationally
as an approved Department
of Defense contractor. The
Western Star full-axle tractors
pictured here hauled three M88
tanks weighing 108,000 pounds
each. Chandler Magann,
president of the DeSoto, Texas-
based company, says that plan-
ning and time management
are key when hauling military
equipment and that one of the
biggest challenges is secur-
ing permits for each state the
trucks travel through; different
states have different rules for
the heavy-duty equipment,
with some requiring an escort
and others not. When multiple
drivers are hauling equipment
to the same place, such as the
three trucks pictured above,
they can help each other with
chaining down the haul, but
they cannot create a convoy on
the road for the safety of other
drivers.
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