Florida travel question
 

Going to Florida in a dually with a 48 ft enclosed trailer.
What problems may I run into?
I will be traveling I-95

Re: Florida travel question
 

Very large dually eating Aligators. :D

Re: Florida travel question
 

Thats in Louisianna

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No problem unless over 65' TOTAL length or over weight for you NC tag. If over 65', you can get a one year over length permit for $20. It took me less than a week to get one.

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I,m 62 ft and have 20,000 tags. With 1 car I'm o.k. 2 cars I'm over a titch.
Chip

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Biggest Aligator caught this year was 14 ft 2in. In Florida ! not LA

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Chip, I would change the weight on the tag. Just make sure it doesn't exceed the total gvw of the truck and trailer. Weight cops really frown on that. Another 4 or 5 k on the NC tag will not be much $. Good luck.......driving and racing.

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Arnold,
You probably right. What you doing now? Heard you sold your car?
Chip

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Wow, don't you carry any spare parts or fuel? lol :p

My Dodge dually and "little" 26' Pace all fully loaded and everything topped off with fuel is over 19,000 lbs!

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Myron,
Your car is 1000 lbs heavier than mine.
How many diesel tanks you got?
Don't forget all the Cheerios you carry.LOL
Chip

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You got me on all 3 counts!

* Car around 3,360 without me

* 60 gal. aux. tank

* 2 boxes of Cherrios (individual, not cases) :p

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What type of containers do you guys use to haul your race fuel and or generator fuel?
How much do you carry?

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originally The Legend stated;

Going to Florida in a dually with a 48 ft enclosed trailer.
What problems may I run into?
I will be traveling I-95

As you travel South you will notice a decrease in the size and amount of pot holes on I-95.
This can be remedied by getting off I-95 and get onto I-75. They both head South with traffic congestion being greater on I-95

The weather will seem to get warmer and then will turn on you as the sun goes down.

Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) cars are yellow and black, and cannot be detected with the human eye until you pass them, even if they are sitting in the medium.

Shorter skirts, tight shorts, bikinis, and thongs are of a distraction when driving as you get closer to the coastline.

I-95 is for people from the new England area, NY/NJ (same same), and other eastern states. I-75 is for Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois. Pennsylvania has both options.

I-95 ends in Miami, you need to know how to speak Spanish

Hope this helps Chip.

Ron Ortiz
U/SA traveling on the super slab

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LMAO @ Ron !

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I use the poly-whatever jugs like are sold through the mail order companies.
But I got a feeling that it get more complicated, especially after a certain amount.

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Make sure the trailer & the truck are both registered in the same name. (cops check that) and make sure the truck is registered in a persons name not a business. Register it to a business and it is a business vehicle and subject to DOT regs regardless of length.

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I got pulled over last year and was told it did not go by what you weigh, but what the GVW was, for the plates.

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Don't know if it varies by state, but here in Florida the DMV told me to tag my truck for the combined weight of truck & loaded trailer. So I got 19,999. I believe the cheaper trailer tag was based on mfg. weight, not what it's rated for.