'Course anyone can come up with objections to anything, but in the
interest of facts regarding a tractor-trailer for personal use in
hauling your sailboat:

No.....a Commercial Driver's License is NOT required.
Registration $100/yr for the last one I bought.
There's an online outfit to handle state permitting for those not
wanting to do it.
Ins. ~$500/yr. [for me]
All my other vehicles are also inspected, so what.....
Many scale stops don't even require stopping if you're not overloaded.
....

HTH


Scott Vernon wrote:

"Parallax" wrote in message
om...

Courtney Thomas wrote in message

...

Don't know where you'd like to trailer-to, but........have you
considered just gettin' a tractor-trailer rig that'll haul what

you've

got, forgetting building anything, haul it to wherever....and

resume

sailing, now.

I got one from Ebay for $5K, including trailer and hydraulic

hoist.

You don't need any other credentials since it'd not be a

commercial rig,

rather your personal vehicle + you can get one with a sleeper,

nay, even

double; so, you could 'camp out' on the way.




You'd still need a CDL, and permits for every trip if the boat's over
8'6''. Do you know what the registration costs are? Ever heard of the
''2290'' highway use tax? You'd have to stop at scales and would be
susceptible to DOT inspections. And then there's the insurance........



shore or into very shallow water. The cruising speed of nearly 10

kts

of the tri beats the mono too. 5 kts for days ata time in the S2

has

driven me nuts before.


ever considered a speed boat?



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