Re: Is 8'10'' beam trailerable?
"Am I wrong about my beam or are so many boats being trailered in S Florida
(including my own) being done so illegaly but not being stopped?"
simple answer, YES. dealers also sell illegal trailers to the unsuppecting, with out brakes. there are many boats/trailers on the road that are required to have brakes, that do not. just wait till they are in a crash, who gets sued, the owner or the dealer. the owner.
I was at a dealer's lot today, over 30 trailers there, all over 3500lb capacity, and none had brakes until you got over 5,000 lbs. and even a few of them were brakeless. I have had two factory tandem trailers which were overwidth themselves, never an issue or road stop.
Most of the time if your pulled over while pulling a trailer, they won't even ask about it, at best maybe they ask if it's your trailer.
I've been pulled over without a tag, with no lights, no brakes and not so much as a mention to the trailer. So long as it's not creating a traffic hazard and your not making them any paperwork, all is well.
Back when I moved my big boats, which are all long gone these days, I did so late at night, when there was no traffic and no one to bother us. I'm sure if I were to have tried it at rush hour in a city I'd have problems but at 3:00 AM, there's no one out but the bar room drunks, occasional night shift workers, and fisherman.
Seeing some of the boats being hauled around here, I wouldn't sweat anything unless it's over 12'.
I'd be more concerned about height, hitting wires is another issue, for which they would really frown upon you knocking down several miles of overhead wires.
Height is more strictly enforced than width.
