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It's salt. I have heard wash wax and wax again. I am going to try and not dip it much. A local marina can lift the boat off of the trailer and splash it that way. I hear just setting it back on can cause damage. Wash and wax, then again....

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Bought a twin screw toter...with a big cat..1860 torque...twin screw....not single..they are to light duty....make a note of that...you will see some of the top dogs here towing with single screws.....there over the limit...all the twin car stacker trailers and triples are having the same issues as here....sway...stopping...general over weight or right at border leagally.....do your homework.....shop and wait for the right one.....i just spent 3 hours a night on internet and every toter site around for the last 3 months....there are not many twin screws out there....they have just now relized the problems also... :rolleyes:

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nobody's jammin ya, it's just opinions,,,,like assh#les, everybody's got one!!!

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Who said anything about money....i do all my own work in my own shop....money???....sorry dude...you gat the wrong guy..

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I just sold my NRC last year, single screw, stacker trailer, it was stable but barely legal.C-15, 500hp Cat 10spd Auto-shift 1850 ft lbs torque @ 1200 rpm

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Thanks. I keep restarting at different places and end up right back in the same place. Doesn't seem to be any way around it..... It's going to cost... Thanks again :D

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Nrc....the nicest...most eligant built units out there....I looked at the one in texas..on racing junk....but afraid of single...and he was giving masher a hard time when he went to look...but boy is it sweet....but the guy also said he was getting a bigger one....so.....thats the deal ....yup

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had a ***** of a time selling it cause of the single screw, used it for the dunes out here, kinda overkill but you couldnt beat the NASCAR look going down the road or pulling into camp. 74 feet long [including trailer] 13.5 feet tall, 56k loaded :drink:

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What are the laws for rv...and towing lenghts goose neck....not commercial.....rv!!!!

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what about 93 feet over all...goose neck with oversize load permits :eek:

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75 feet on Federal freeways

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Hell I thought it would have been gone a couple pages ago.

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I hated towing my 42 when I bought the 50 i got my new house on the water now all I do is walk 600 feet. :drink:

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So.......i got all the laws for commercial...where did you get this info...most of the info i got was different from state to state...and will i get away with over lenght towing....do they have a permit for this too??...I see many stackers and motor homes..not even gooseneck over the 75 or so limit...and they say there basically getting away with it cause of course they never have to scale out....????

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let me rephrase,Federally FUNDED freeways,RV only non-commercial, no scales. I used to keep the exact law/statuate in my rig if I got pulled over but in essence it states that the federal law overides the state law on length restrictions up to 75 ft if the road was federally funded.This was a huge deal for us [duners] and drag racers who had multiple cars and equiptment. the problem was on smaller or non-federal roads you were screwed and at the mercy of the LEO

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Most of you boys stopped playing with little boat in the bathtub a long time ago. So now you need to stop playing with your little trucks and get something like this, they extended the hood and chopped the top, 600hp and 2050 ft.lbs.trk.

You guys need to learn how and play nice or I'm taking my trucks and going home. :rolleyes:

And I'm sending my dad over to beat up your dad :eek:

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Sweet looking rig! Nice paint...

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Bad @ss, but way to long. My Nortech is over 60 feet on the trailer and it would suck trying to get it around with that. I am looking for a IH 4700-4900 crew cab that I can shorten up and run an 8 foot bed on.

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The 8 footers are good for 5th wheels but if your pulling with a hitch (or a pintle, as I do) you'll like the comfort of 12' or 14'. 8' will be like riding a pogo stick.

The International is a good durable truck but I hated the cab room- too close to the dash and the motor is further back. The Freightliner has a much larger cab with the motor forward a bit- quieter and cooler in the summer. I also regret not holding out for an extended-cab. I wish I'd have gotten an automatic as well. If I had the $$ and could swing a new one, it would be the Pete 330 with the 320hp Cat and the Allison. Air ride. Extended crew cab with the 8' bed. Sweet rig.

There are 3 tupes of mediums- standard (22.5 wheels) standard 19.5's and lo-pro's. The lo-pro is a lower chassis- alot of people advertise "lo-pro" trucks that aren't. I bought the standard- the ride and tire life is much better but the turning radius is less. The lo-pro rides terrible. The standard chassis with 19.5's is a good compromise- not too tall and decent turning radius. It wouldn't be too comfortable on extended highway runs though- especially empty. I went to pick up a boat with my buddy in his. I felt like I'd been in a fight when we got done- about 14 hours in the truck.

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Hey Chris Sunkin, was that you I passed last weekend? I was pulling my 51' Outerlimits with my 1979 Ford Bronco with a 460 in it and air bags on the rear. I went by you so fast I'm not sure you seen me wave :evilb: JB

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We Ohio residents are often blessed with visits from motorists from the great State of Michigan. It never ceases to amuse us.

We have a joke here- What's the only thing that scares a PA driver? A Michigan driver.

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I had a coworker tell me of getting pulled over in Ohio once while he was not speeding. The officer wanted to search the car.

When asked why, the officer replied "You have Michigan plates and you're not speeding. You must have drugs or something on you"

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What he really wanted to say was...You must be on drugs to come to Ohio.

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My favorite is the guys who go out and buy the big heavy pickups and then go to walmart and buy a 6000 lb slide in receiver hitch and the lightweight balls. Lets don't forget that link between the truck and the boat.

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What does this get registered at....17500....or the gross cary weight of 26g....I will be towing a 46 skater...and big skater trailer....i thought you register it at max weight if it said so and you need to....which would be 26g??..others say 17500...but then i will be over weight .....i say 26 g..?????

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Anything up to 26 g is the proper registration.....

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byrd, with the garbage trucks always reg more than you have too to avoid the over weight ticket.. with the boat and trailer, just get the max weight, with gear and fuel, and reg it for that.. im sure it will only tow your rig, unless you are using it for other towing.. anything over what you will be using it for is wasting your money.. work trucks are different, you never know when you will be overweight.....

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nice rig by the way, what happened to the pete???

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Tom,
I asked my neighbor that just got into the towing business. they told him to make it 25950 to avoid all the cdl issues. He found out by just walking into a weigh station and asking the police there. they were a great help and answered every question

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Your manufacturer's GVWR dictates what your vehicle is registered at. Under 26,000 is non-CDL. 26,001 and up is CDL. They're going to assign it's registered weight to what the GVWR is on your paperwork. This doesn't apply to an RV or to a non-commercial bus which is considered to be an RV.

Also, you can't register a vehicle that is rated 26,001 and above as a non-CDL vehicle. USDOT prohibits any changes to the Mfg. GVWR.

Interestingly enough, DOT limits a non-CDL driver to a loaded trailer not more than 10,000#. I'm afraid to ask if non-commercial's are exempt.

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sleeper dave you and i belong on another site this one was designed for above average income folks. (go to hotboat much friendlier crowd there) Everytime I ask a question here I get slammed. Oh and heaven forbid you say you get better milage in your truck than someone else, or that ford or chevy is better than the other people around here loose sleep over that stuff, lol.

for the guy that started this post, believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see.

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So.....I registered it for 26g....was that wrong...I thought I was responsible for what is in tow also??...weight wise on registration.....oh boy!..and since it said that tow capacity gross weight...I thought this was the way to go..????????...make sure you look at my sticker in post 145!!!!

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your fine.... if your trailer weight with boat is not near 26,000 you paid a little extra than needed.. other than that you did the right thing... do you know what the boat and trailer even weigh???

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I wanted to know if that was the correct thing to do...26 or 17500....what is the law.. :rolleyes:

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I heard somewhere that ford was going to put a diesel in the 150's ... a baby diesel ... ..... I have had the same thoughts about my Formula less than 12K ... and ONLY to pull the boat out at the ramp and then 2 miles (flat) to the house ... My dad has a 99 PS ford 250 ... 49K miles ....I'll prob be better off with that than a 150 .....

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bryd, the dmv will never tell you what you can reg a truck or trailer for.. they dont care, who does are the troopers, and county cops.. the more you reg a veh for teh more dmv makes, its all good to them... the veh will tell you what is legal... all you need to know it this..

Gross Combination Weight Rating....... (GCWR)

this is the maximum allowable weight of the towing vehicle and the loaded trailer including cargo, passengers and fuel that the vehicle can handle safely without risking costly damage.. The measured GCW must never exceed the GCWR, which in your case is 26,000...... if you reg for over this you are wasting your money cause you have the wrong tow veh, if you wreck you wont get paid... the only thing that over doing the GCWR does for you is that it insures that you wont get an over weight ticket, thats it...


you did the right thing, if you are close to that weight, which is 26,000.. if you are well below that, and i dont see how you can be you just wasted your money.. how much did it cost you to reg it??? 60.00

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at 17,500 you would have problems... you did the right thing.....

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GCW is the weight of the loaded vehicle, plus the weight of the fully loaded trailer. it is the actual weight when the vehicle and trailer are weighed on a scale.... just go to a public scale and find out what you are at....

back in 1974 i towed a 42 cig with the gremlin, no problemo.