I have made the trip to Florida dozens of time by auto, and never had
to
make any kind of panic stop because
I kept a safe distance from other vehicles

*********

Try to same trip in the tow rig with a two-boat trailer. Much different
than a car.

Every time you come to a decent grade you will slow down, and all the
impatient people will begin whipping around you. The safe stopping
distance that a truck leaves behind the preceding vehicle looks like
wide open spaces to the driver of a little hot rod car, (who will think
nothing of pulling into the spot and then slamming on the brakes).

Then there's the suicide lane change that auto drivers like to do. It
involves making a continuous lane change of two or more lanes beginning
from a point right alongside the tractor.
Guy on the left wants to be two lanes to the right in order to exit,
and the guy on the right wants to be two lanes left to go "fast".
Neither can see the other with the truck in the way
and the first time they realize that somebody else wants to occupy the
same space, at the same time, is after the manuever is already started.
Point is, you're blaming the driver based on the assumption that
driving a Peterbilt is just like driving your Volvo sedan. It ain't
necessarily so. It would make more sense to prep the boat with to a
standard that would withstand the possibility of an emergency stop than
to expect the driver to control every variable on the road so that an
emergency stop would never be requred.

wrote:

I have made the trip to Florida dozens of time by auto, and never had
to
make any kind of panic stop because
I kept a safe distance from other vehicles

*********

Try to same trip in the tow rig with a two-boat trailer. Much different
than a car.

Every time you come to a decent grade you will slow down, and all the
impatient people will begin whipping around you. The safe stopping
distance that a truck leaves behind the preceding vehicle looks like
wide open spaces to the driver of a little hot rod car, (who will think
nothing of pulling into the spot and then slamming on the brakes).

Then there's the suicide lane change that auto drivers like to do. It
involves making a continuous lane change of two or more lanes beginning
from a point right alongside the tractor.
Guy on the left wants to be two lanes to the right in order to exit,
and the guy on the right wants to be two lanes left to go "fast".
Neither can see the other with the truck in the way
and the first time they realize that somebody else wants to occupy the
same space, at the same time, is after the manuever is already started.
Point is, you're blaming the driver based on the assumption that
driving a Peterbilt is just like driving your Volvo sedan. It ain't
necessarily so. It would make more sense to prep the boat with to a
standard that would withstand the possibility of an emergency stop than
to expect the driver to control every variable on the road so that an
emergency stop would never be requred.

Ok. I should have riveted the mast to the boat. That would have kept it
from moving. This driver made the trip from Florida to Wisconsin in just
under 2 days. Doesn't that violate the 8 hour per day limit on driving? He
also was untruthful about how thing got shifted around, telling me he just
happened to look back will driving and noticed a problem. You see people
trailering their engines all the time on the back of their boats, so if this were
a dangerous proceedure, nobody would do it. I have had trucks ride up my
rear end, even though I'm going over the speed limit. I get out of their way
quickly, since they outweigh me by quite a bit. Some of these drivers are
overtired, and anxious to get to the next rest stop, so watch out for anyone
that gets in their way.

Sherwin D.

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Ok. I should have riveted the mast to the boat. That would have kept
it
from moving. This driver made the trip from Florida to Wisconsin in
just
under 2 days. Doesn't that violate the 8 hour per day limit on driving?
He
also was untruthful about how thing got shifted around, telling me he
just
happened to look back will driving and noticed a problem. You see
people
trailering their engines all the time on the back of their boats, so if
this were
a dangerous proceedure, nobody would do it. I have had trucks ride up
my
rear end, even though I'm going over the speed limit. I get out of
their way
quickly, since they outweigh me by quite a bit. Some of these drivers
are
overtired, and anxious to get to the next rest stop, so watch out for
anyone
that gets in their way.

Sherwin D.

Two days? Depending on where in Florida to where in wisconsin, it is quite
a ways. Mapquest says Orlando to Madison is 1300 miles and 21 hours. 65
mph, mapquest drives like the wind....

del cecchi

"sherwindu" wrote in message
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wrote:

I have made the trip to Florida dozens of time by auto, and never had
to
make any kind of panic stop because
I kept a safe distance from other vehicles

*********

Try to same trip in the tow rig with a two-boat trailer. Much different
than a car.

Every time you come to a decent grade you will slow down, and all the
impatient people will begin whipping around you. The safe stopping
distance that a truck leaves behind the preceding vehicle looks like
wide open spaces to the driver of a little hot rod car, (who will think
nothing of pulling into the spot and then slamming on the brakes).

Then there's the suicide lane change that auto drivers like to do. It
involves making a continuous lane change of two or more lanes beginning
from a point right alongside the tractor.
Guy on the left wants to be two lanes to the right in order to exit,
and the guy on the right wants to be two lanes left to go "fast".
Neither can see the other with the truck in the way
and the first time they realize that somebody else wants to occupy the
same space, at the same time, is after the manuever is already started.
Point is, you're blaming the driver based on the assumption that
driving a Peterbilt is just like driving your Volvo sedan. It ain't
necessarily so. It would make more sense to prep the boat with to a
standard that would withstand the possibility of an emergency stop than
to expect the driver to control every variable on the road so that an
emergency stop would never be requred.

Ok. I should have riveted the mast to the boat. That would have kept
it
from moving. This driver made the trip from Florida to Wisconsin in
just
under 2 days. Doesn't that violate the 8 hour per day limit on driving?
He
also was untruthful about how thing got shifted around, telling me he
just
happened to look back will driving and noticed a problem. You see
people
trailering their engines all the time on the back of their boats, so if
this were
a dangerous proceedure, nobody would do it. I have had trucks ride up
my
rear end, even though I'm going over the speed limit. I get out of
their way
quickly, since they outweigh me by quite a bit. Some of these drivers
are
overtired, and anxious to get to the next rest stop, so watch out for
anyone
that gets in their way.

Sherwin D.



They can drive more than 8 hours a day. Legally. And outboards on kicker
brackets that are stronger than a piece of Mahogany break on trailer boats
with some frequency. And how much does your mast weigh? May take a lot of
tie downs and straps to some heavy duty attachment points to keep it from
moving.