All these near misses and crunch stories reminds me of a few other cautions I'd like to bring up from my own experience.

Note to self: Not all boat trailers will pass through the bank teller window. Fortunately my boat was at the beach and not on the trailer. But, it was about 2 inches too wide to fit through the two pipe bollards protecting the bank. It did go through, just not in tact. It only took a guy at the auto frame alignment shop an hour or two, and $183 to straighten it out though. Watch those drive-throughs!

One other incident that I witnessed, but was not part of -- was an 18 sq meter (11 foot beam) carried on it's trailer at an angle. Apparently they needed gas and decided to fill up at a covered gas station there in Gulf Breeze. Well, there it sat wedge under the canopy. I think they had to let the air out of the tires and back it out. Not pretty.

Hope this makes you think, and helps you learn from my mistakes.

Don
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