"Wayne.B" wrote

My old rigger in Connecticut used to move masts as long as 70 feet
that way. He had a full length rack extending out to the front
bumper. With a 40 foot mast you've really only got about a 10 foot
over hang on each end if you can support it in the front, perhaps with
an "X" frame to the bumper.

When we were in the rigging business we had masts delivered exactly this
way - The truck was a 3/4 ton and had supports off the front bumper and the
back of the box. They also delivered full length furling systems this way
using a mast for support.


Hall Spars in Bristol, RI uses a small trailer dolly that supports the
mast at about 2/3rds of its length, with the long end going to the
truck bed. They go up and down I-95 with some pretty big masts using
that arrangement.

My next door neighbour used to bring his C&C 30 mast home every year using
this method except they used their car with a single roof rack. The mast
was supported at the end on the roof rack and the back end on a small
2-wheel trailer. The mast was held own using large rubber bands cut from
old inner tubes.

We delivered masts ourselves using a tandem boat trailer (normally used for
a 30' boat) - we had three supports such that the mast sloped forward and
overhung our tow-truck with minimal overhang at rear.