Funny how the "waste" magically became his problem a week later.

My buddy tried the phone-around thing last summer and it went bad for him. He got a lowball quote from some guy who seemed cool on the phone, then the dude showed up two days late with a different truck and tacked on extra fees at pickup. He paid way more than the board price he skipped over because he thought calling around would get him a better deal. The part that got me was he had no way to check the guy since all he had was a phone voice and a promise. At least with reviews you see the train wrecks before you get on.

Calling the county every time seems like a lot of work when you could just buy a height stick and check the low ones yourself. The signs are only as good as whoever last repaved the road under them, and a fresh layer of asphalt can eat a couple inches without anyone touching the sign. I get why the dump truck story spooked you, but a guy in a pickup flagging you down is not much better than the sign itself, since you have no way to know if he had his numbers right. Backing into a gravel lot cost you an hour and a half but at least your machine didn't end up peeled open on the bridge. A stick and a tape measure in the cab will beat any phone call once you are sitting in front of the bridge.