AKBASSKING
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- Apr 13, 2008
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- Boat Info
- 1988 Yacht Fisher
- Engines
- Twin 375hp Cat 3208 T/A
Well, I thought I would start a thread on this adventure. I plan to leave bright and early Friday morning and head to Missouri on the first leg of this trip. There is snow in the forecast for tonight, but looks good for Friday. Then in May, come back to Missouri and tow her the rest of the way.
I can only travel from sunup to sundown and never on Sunday. For the past 3 days I have been working on my "over width" permits. I will traveling from NC I-40, I-77 to VA to WV where I will pickup I-64 West. From there it is KY, IN, IL and the big MO. For the most part the permit process has been ok. Each state has it own rules and regulations. Some states just want length, width weight and number of axes. A few also wanted the spacing between all axes. As of yesterday I had all my permits, except one.
Missouri is proving to be the biggest pain in the a$$. They require a $750,000 liability policy naming them as the "certificate holder!" I contacted my insurance company and they have never had such a request. They are working on it and I informed them that it will only be for one day of coverage. The OS/OW permit office is really rude about it, refuses to waive it or discuss it. I told them all I am doing is towing oversize bass boat 126 miles to mid-Missouri to the Admiral's family farm. 126 miles!!!! OK they didn’t buy the oversize bass boat. I guess they have a lot of problems with Lake of the Ozarks and Table Rock. GEICO is having to do a special underwriter on it and they told me they should have it done today. I considered saying screw it and just go without the permit. Maybe some of you in the big MO can chime in here.:huh:
I will take pictures along the way to document the trip.
I can only travel from sunup to sundown and never on Sunday. For the past 3 days I have been working on my "over width" permits. I will traveling from NC I-40, I-77 to VA to WV where I will pickup I-64 West. From there it is KY, IN, IL and the big MO. For the most part the permit process has been ok. Each state has it own rules and regulations. Some states just want length, width weight and number of axes. A few also wanted the spacing between all axes. As of yesterday I had all my permits, except one.
Missouri is proving to be the biggest pain in the a$$. They require a $750,000 liability policy naming them as the "certificate holder!" I contacted my insurance company and they have never had such a request. They are working on it and I informed them that it will only be for one day of coverage. The OS/OW permit office is really rude about it, refuses to waive it or discuss it. I told them all I am doing is towing oversize bass boat 126 miles to mid-Missouri to the Admiral's family farm. 126 miles!!!! OK they didn’t buy the oversize bass boat. I guess they have a lot of problems with Lake of the Ozarks and Table Rock. GEICO is having to do a special underwriter on it and they told me they should have it done today. I considered saying screw it and just go without the permit. Maybe some of you in the big MO can chime in here.:huh:
I will take pictures along the way to document the trip.