Wide Load, a touch too much, Towing when a boat is a tad over 8'6"
05-09-2017, 04:27 PM
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We're 9' 6" traveling down the road which is in excess of normal legal width (for MI) and requires a permit, but not wide enough to require flags. signs, or lead/follow vehicles.
It's essentially an annual "send us your $$ and we won't bother you" permit.
The process is online, simple, and fast. When I did it, the time stamp on my emailed permit was within a minute of when I hit "submit".
However, the annual permit does require a permit for the truck, the trailer, and the object (boat) on the trailer & it's a $52 permit each time.
I have yet to be stopped and have read all the opinions about not needing a permit. I decided to get the permits because it's a relatively inexpensive way to be legal.
I don't want to give my insurance company any excuse to not pay a claim in the event of an accident or open myself up to any potential liability.
If a drunk was going the wrong way on the highway, hits you and kills himself, and his family finds out you were on the road illegally ? The dirtbag is going to be portrayed as a pillar of the community who was on his way to to help the blind nuns who work at the orphanage.
If I was going to haul her to Fl would I go through the process of permitting in every state? I honestly don't know but for my home state it's just way to easy to not be safe.
If you've got enough assets to be able to afford a tow rig and boat that's over width, there's more to think about than just the cost of a ticket.
There's also a certain appeal to handing permits to a DOT officer and watching the smile disappear from his face when he realizes your legal and doesn't get to write that ticket.
It's essentially an annual "send us your $$ and we won't bother you" permit.
The process is online, simple, and fast. When I did it, the time stamp on my emailed permit was within a minute of when I hit "submit".
However, the annual permit does require a permit for the truck, the trailer, and the object (boat) on the trailer & it's a $52 permit each time.
I have yet to be stopped and have read all the opinions about not needing a permit. I decided to get the permits because it's a relatively inexpensive way to be legal.
I don't want to give my insurance company any excuse to not pay a claim in the event of an accident or open myself up to any potential liability.
If a drunk was going the wrong way on the highway, hits you and kills himself, and his family finds out you were on the road illegally ? The dirtbag is going to be portrayed as a pillar of the community who was on his way to to help the blind nuns who work at the orphanage.
If I was going to haul her to Fl would I go through the process of permitting in every state? I honestly don't know but for my home state it's just way to easy to not be safe.
If you've got enough assets to be able to afford a tow rig and boat that's over width, there's more to think about than just the cost of a ticket.
There's also a certain appeal to handing permits to a DOT officer and watching the smile disappear from his face when he realizes your legal and doesn't get to write that ticket.
