Cat Towing
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Can't figure out how to double reply... I think I will wait until Monday. One more day on the water will not be bad anyway.
I have no problem taking 301 down. Funny the lady never said I couldn't do the tunnel.
Thanks again
Were going to VA


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It can take up to 48 hrs to get your permits - don't wait until the last minute - make sure your permits are "double" you need a "return" permit - The details are on the permits, read each carefully, daylight hours, city limits, toll roads etc... DOT loves the flags and flashing lights, wide load banners - all pain in the ass but cheap in the long run to keep them happy -
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Watch your registration.... You said the truck has a 17k tag.
Our F350 CC weigs 8,000 on a truck scale.
Find a local truck scale and go weigh your complete rig.
That OE on a steel trailer is certainly more than 10,000.
Our F350 CC weigs 8,000 on a truck scale.
Find a local truck scale and go weigh your complete rig.
That OE on a steel trailer is certainly more than 10,000.
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Performance Boat Center-FL
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Wright Performance, MTI, Cigarette, Sunsation
#25
Vehical weight / tow ratings open up a whole new can of worms. If some one gets hurt while by your overloaded vehicle, you could be sued and / or go to jail regardless of fault. Be sure to do you homework there as well.
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From: Turkey Point Island Edgewater Md.
I travel the DC Beltway and I-95 between DC and Richmond constantly and I have never seen a towed boat hassled. That's not to say it won't happen though; I just have not seen it.
STAY OFF the Beltway and I-95 between 6AM and 9:30AM and 2PM and 6:30PM. The commuter traffic will not be friendly to you with that towed load, wide or not.
You could also come down 301 from Annapolis, but you need to check the 301 Bridge over the Potomac for width.
STAY OFF the Beltway and I-95 between 6AM and 9:30AM and 2PM and 6:30PM. The commuter traffic will not be friendly to you with that towed load, wide or not.
You could also come down 301 from Annapolis, but you need to check the 301 Bridge over the Potomac for width.
good advice Brian is giving you here, I live in Annapolis and work in Springfield Va. right at the mixing bowl, he is right on with those times espicially on a Friday afternoon heading South and a Sunday heading North... I'm going down for the run this year and will be leaving my office with Top Gun in tow @ noon to miss traffic. I would stay away from the 301 bridge over the potomac, very narrow laned and you would have to hit every street light in Waldorf/LaPlata to get to the bridge. hope this helped.
Pat
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just take 13 down the shore, put it at Cape Charles, head across the bay and up the James, you will burn some fuel but no bridges.
or you can take the beltway around Baltimore to avoid the tunnel
or you can take the beltway around Baltimore to avoid the tunnel


