My newest acquisition

[speakrdude]

Number in the family of Sea Rays. Yes, thats two 1988 300's.
The newest is a Sundancer, The other is a Weekender. The Sundancer is enroute, as of today, 1/4/10 from Tampa by my son.

 

[KRB64]

Congrats! Both for you or you going to share?

 

[speakrdude]

I like to buy em/ sell em/ play with em.

 

[Quint4]

If one's good two is better!...looks great.

 

[Sundancer]

Always good to have a spare! Nice looking boat! I'm biased though!!

 

[Scottzzzy]

If you needed somewhere to toss some of your extra money next time I can help!! lol

Just kidding, looks like a nice "pair". What are your plans for this one? A deal you could not pass up?

 

[Seldom Sane]

Gee --- I have enough expense with just trying to maintain one!!!

 

[speakrdude]

Yes, This is a good time of the year and economic status to make offers.

 

[kybishop]

Lots O wheels...and bearings.

Our Sea Rays are kind of like rabbits. Not sure where they all come from...

KB

 

[CKL]

Always nice to see another Sea Ray coming to Arkansas! Hope the snow does not slow you down.

What do you use as a tow vehicle (I am considering something different to pull mine)
and did you have to get a wide load permit?

 

[speakrdude]

This is my second 30' Sea Ray I've used my 06 Chevy 2500HD to pull back from Tampa and Ft. Lauderdale. 7MPG, but will get it done.

I recently purchased a 93 Chevy C3500HD, dually, soley for the purpose of pulling boats. Found out that it requires a Class A CDL to operate with that size of a load. Had to get DOT numbers for it and a commercial tag.

Yes. Oversized load permits required for all 6 states. (required in all 50 states, no exceptions) Got checked 3 out of 6 times at the scales on both trips. Whom ever tells you that an ozersized permit is not required for a boat or any load over 8'6" wide for whatever reason is absolutley mis-informed.

Flags on all corners, banners front and rear. Yellow warning light. number of axles, weights per axles, distance between axles, routes per state, am I forgetting anything?

Mississippi is the worst. They required that you have a Commercial Liabilty insurance policy naming them as insured on file. Doesn't matter if it's personal or not.
Went round and round with them twice.

Other than that, all good.

 

[CKL]

Sounds like you did it right.

A couple of months ago I briefly considered a 2007 290 Sundancer and decided against it because I like the easy mobility an 8'6" beam allows and wanted to avoid the process you described. I stepped down to a trailerable initially to allow easy travel.

Like your purchase of the '93 Chevy 3500, I am looking for a tow vehicle as my load is beyond my '07 GMC Denali tow rating by about 2700 pounds.

Are you happy with the '93 Chevy 3500? I am undecided between a used 2nd truck like yours or a new 3/4 ton Suburban/Yukon XL. I like the Denali a lot and would not enjoy giving it up. A used, dedicated tow truck is a great answer if it could be purchased reasonably and still be reliable.

 

[speakrdude]

I haven't had the C3500HD, long enough to know if I like or dislike, but I believe I will like.
My thinking is this. Since my day-to-day travel doesn't need the crappy milege of my 3/4 ton (around 10~12mpg) I will go back to a nice 1/2 ton Z71 LTZ.