Steve255AJ
Member
- Sep 29, 2021
- 56
- Boat Info
- 255 AMBERJACK, 1985
(trailered on) VENTURE COMMANDER SERIES 7300
2018 F150 XLT w/ 5.0L V8
- Engines
- 5.7L (350) 260HP; SINGLE. ALPHA 1
Pat57 knows what he's talking about, accurate advise on the weights.
Dry weight is VERY misleading and gas , water and gear adds up way faster than you think.
My boat is allegedly 5880 dry, with very little gear, water tank full and 3/4 tank of gas I was 7100LBS, my trailer is rated for 7300, that's way too close, luckily for me I'm only 3 miles from the boat ramp on lake Keowee that I use.
The suspension on my trailer is bottomed out with the boat on it, it's not pretty, lol. If I had it to do over again I'd get the next heavier trailer up.
For me the scary part was I bought this boat in Minnesota and I live in SC. I pulled an empty trailer up there and trailered back with the boat.
The reason I'm getting to this is, my Amberjack is 9'10" wide and I didn't bother with permits for all those states! I rolled the dice, lol. I never had any problems and went by many (and was passed by many) State troopers, I never got a look. I was going rather slow, never exceeded 55MPH , Towing that thing (8400LBS with trailer weight) with my F150 was a hand full! I was maxed out for sure. That was the hairiest 1100 Mile road trip of my life, lol.
My point is, If you not "blatantly" over width I don't think you'll get stopped, especially if you're going a safe / reasonable speed.
Good luck.
Dry weight is VERY misleading and gas , water and gear adds up way faster than you think.
My boat is allegedly 5880 dry, with very little gear, water tank full and 3/4 tank of gas I was 7100LBS, my trailer is rated for 7300, that's way too close, luckily for me I'm only 3 miles from the boat ramp on lake Keowee that I use.
The suspension on my trailer is bottomed out with the boat on it, it's not pretty, lol. If I had it to do over again I'd get the next heavier trailer up.
For me the scary part was I bought this boat in Minnesota and I live in SC. I pulled an empty trailer up there and trailered back with the boat.
The reason I'm getting to this is, my Amberjack is 9'10" wide and I didn't bother with permits for all those states! I rolled the dice, lol. I never had any problems and went by many (and was passed by many) State troopers, I never got a look. I was going rather slow, never exceeded 55MPH , Towing that thing (8400LBS with trailer weight) with my F150 was a hand full! I was maxed out for sure. That was the hairiest 1100 Mile road trip of my life, lol.
My point is, If you not "blatantly" over width I don't think you'll get stopped, especially if you're going a safe / reasonable speed.
Good luck.