Will soon be in the market for a boat
Whats the max width that can safely be towed?
Most of the boats I'm looking at are 8 1/2 to 10 1/2 ft wide

8 1/2 unless you want to get some wide load permits, you can squeeze with 9 till you get pulled over for something else (speeding) and the toll lanes get narrow if you dont get ready in advance for them and hit the wider lanes. heres mine towing at 8 1/2, 40' boat 12k, with tripple axle 51' long trailer(drive guards) elec over hydrobrakes, class 5 hitch and drop tube, with a machined 30k ball.

Last I heard, Calif law was 8 1/2'. I would call CHP & find out.

hey Crew...that GMC is lookin gooooood....What kinda drop you got on her?

I am in the boat hauling buisness and some cops arn't the brightest...some are..I was hauling a 11fter..but they only measured it at 9ft..hehe..I kept my mouth shut...

But yes....8.5 legal..up to 9 w/ no problems really...Oh also..i was hauling a 9ft'er threw the chesapeak bay tunnel bridge...had to stop traffic on 1 sode of the tunnel for me..lol

pro400exc the drop is a djm 6/8 with the tow bags in the rear. I have had them let me slide at times with a 10 as well, 9 i have not had any trouble with.

so u have the flip kit also? I was kinda weery of the flip kit cause then i would have cut into the frame for the c notch..and wouldn't that lose some frame strenghth?

you dont cut that much out of it, and the plate/notch over it is pretty good sized, have had these types of suspension drops on 5 previous truck and not trouble out of the frame rails. If a person was nervous about the frame, they could take some tubing and run it over the top of the frame and extend it past the notch on both sides. Western Hauler also does the notches without any trouble and I know the horsey guys haul some serious weight.