David--we used to trailer our 34 Uniflite from the Portland, Ore area north to the Puget Sound. We did so for about 12 years before finally just leaving the boat in the Sound. We started with a 3 axil trailer but found that it was overloaded with the 34 Uni. and converted the trailer to a 4 axil trailer which worked just fine and was much safer for everyone on the road. We found that we could pull the boat out of the water with a 3/4 ton Dodge diesel pickup but I never felt safe taking it up the road with that pickup and used small tractors such as the ones used to haul the manufactured homes for delivery. With our trailer we sat about 15.5 feet off the ground and had to have oversized load permits plus an escort vehilcle and had to exit the freeway several times going North and South on I-5 in Washington state. My partner and I both went to a one day school to become certified escort drivers to avoild having to pay for other professional PEVO drivers. We loaded our boats wet and it was hard to make sure you were lined up on the trailer correctly as you powered up onto the trailer. Maintaining the trailer was always a problem as well as someplace to keep it while it was not being used. I am glad we don't do it anymore. Good luck!! Hal ----- Original Message ----- From: "john hamilton" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 4:42:33 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: 34' uniflite
David, I expect that you will be over length by the time you get done. This can be overcome, but adds another oversize load permit to the mix. Height will probably be an irritation, with having to fold down antennas and such all the time. A flybridge might have to be removed. The real problem will be that an F350 will not have enough capacity for a boat that big. By the time you get it on the trailer, I expect you'll be well over the GCVW rating for that size truck. My 27 is only supposed to have a displacement of something like 7500 pounds. By the time it was fueled and provisioned and on a trailer, it was over 11,500, and that's with one engine. Add the weight of the custom triple axle trailer and the GCVW was over 18,000. We weighed it on a certified scale. A 34 is a lot heavier than a 27. I'd check everything twice and add a large fudge factor. Just because it can be done doesn't mean it should be done. I think you'd need something like an F700 truck to do this right. BTW, I spend some years driving long haul 18 wheelers. I've done this before. John --- On Sat, 3/14/09, David <[email protected]> wrote: From: David <[email protected]> Subject: [UnifliteWorld] 34' uniflite To: "UnifliteWorld" <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 8:03 AM Anyone ever trailer a 34' uniflite? I'm interested in buying a 34' uniflite. I called the California trailer regulations dept. They said I can get anual permit to trailer a boat as long as the boat is 12' or less at the beam, trailer is 40' or less and the height is 14' or less. This seems like it might work, however there might be something I'm overlooking. I want to get an f-350 dually to tow it and an tri- axle 18000 lb trailer. Can anyone give me some advice that has had experience in this dept? When I tell my friends what I want to do, they say I'm looking for trouble. Thanks, David --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/UnifliteWorld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
