One ton dually to pull a Formula 370 SS??
 

Marina says they can bring my boat 365 miles from NY state to NJ with a one ton pickup. Is that reasonable? I have lowboy flatbed option from another guy with a semi truck. He is most expensive , but has experience even with Formula factory. $2500! My other estimated are closer to $1900. Also they recommend open top. No shrink wrap or cockpit cover. ANY ADVICE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. Crap, sorry about the caps!

DO THE SHRINK WRAP. Even though it is only 365 miles what happens if it is raining the whole way, the cockpit gets trashed and the interior will also get some crap too. Had a friend transport his 38' Sea ray from Florida and the dealership didn't shrink wrap it. It cost a couple thousand just to clean it up and detail it after the cockpit got trashed.

How does rain trash a cockpit? It's a boat. Shrink wrap would be nice to keep the bugs off though

rain is dirty and especially being towed behind a diesel truck. You will soot where you didn't think it could get. Just be prepared to give the cockpit a good cleaning. I wonder what kind of crack pipe they are smoking to not even suggest that the cockpit cover be installed

Thats not true. Unless its a semi or a hillbilly with stacks coming of their bed soot shouldn't be an issue. I had my 400ss towed from Cleveland to Miami and it really wasn't that dirty when I arrived to pick it up. I also had it brought back up without any issues. As I mentioned to the OP in his other thread just take the carpets out and be prepared to clean the boat when it arrives.

Also mine was towed with a 3500 Denali DRW. My trailer is a gooseneck, so it was within the trucks rated capacity.

Covers can come loose causing damage

Shrink wraps a nice option

Any legal, insured, DOT hauler should work.

Many 1 Ton Duallys can legally and easily haul that boat.

Shrink it. You will be happy you did.

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Do not wrap it, the wrap will mark the hull from the air movement at 65 + mph. Fourmula has felt lined transport wrap use when they ship from the factory.

I shipped my old fountain shrink wrapped ,new owners request . when he got it, he said he wished it never got wrapped .of course he probably would have said he wished it got shrink wrapped if it didn't lo

I pulled mine about 600 miles around trip open with no issues and went through torrential rainfall on the way down. Unfortunate as I hate to have dust on the boat.. :-) but was prepared for the potential. Surprised the cockpit wasn't that bad after the rain, a lot must have washed out. I really think prep goes a long way: pulled cockpit rug, moved bimini tops in the cabin, remove anything under seats, antenna straight back and make sure it’s secure (I wrapped the section that would contact arch with a towel/tape in the event it came lose), taped the wet bar doors, taped extra tie-down lines up in addition to bungees, cabin doors locked/closed, etc. I did wrap the arch with wide packaging clear wrap to protect from bugs. 600 difference in cost isn't much in the grand scheme of things if you are debating experience levels.

I just pulled my (new to me) Formula 400SS from Utah to Iowa (1250 miles) with a F350 dully (V10). I did not shrink wrap mine because of the imron paint on the sides. I did use cockpit cover with shrink wrap tape on front & half way down sides. I also used rope in an "X" pattern from bow rails to rear cleats. then I ran a couple pieces of rope from side to side attached to cleats.
We hit some really bad weather in Nebraska but the interior was untouched.
I will never pull a boat (on a long trip) with out a cover. It is a little extra work but worth it to me.

I think this shrinkwrap thing needs its own thread! Going to start one.

In the end I chose All Aboard Transport. David the owner, did an awesome job. We ran it open and it just needed a cleaning when I got it. No big deal.