On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 19:26:52 GMT, Ignoramus12555
wrote:

boat beam width limit

I have a question. What do people with wide boats do, in your state?
Do you they get an extra permit that is valid for a period of time, or
do they need to hire a specual permitted hauler, or what?

It depends. Normally, most will adhere to the 9 foot total limit so
that isn't a usual problem - as long as it's 9 feet or less.

As to bigger boats, it varies. In CT (and RI/MA I believe), anything
over 9 feet is subject to special permitting.

I believe that you can heavy haul (like an excavator for instance)
during certain hours (three hours window in the morning and three in
the afternoon) and that limit is 10 feet period. It requires special
marking and markers. There is a fellow here in town who hauls a
rather big Downeaster in the Spring and Fall and he runs under the
Heavy Hauler rules. You also see some tractor hauling as we have a
truck farm grower in town and those big bailers, pickers, threshers,
etc are really wide.

Anything over ten feet wide and eleven feet tall is subject to escort
and you have to use a professional hauler.

You can't have anything hanging off the side of the trailer without
special permitting and escort.

There are a ton of rules concerning weights, lengths, widths and stuff
like that which is why the general rule is 9 feet.