Trailer width question.

[Balu]

Can anybody kindly supply me with the exact width of the trailer as my boat is being delivered tomorrow and I'm worried about it not fitting through my drive. Length is no problem. Thanks.

[Chip Hindes]

How exact do you want it? Both X and M trailers are theoretically 8'0", same as the boat itself, because that allows them to either a) travel in any state in the any U.S. without special permits, or b) fit into an 8' shipping container. Whichever of these you believe depends on how much stock you place in Roger M's marketing claims versus how much you believe things are really driven by lowest shipping cost.

My own measurements some years ago put my X trailer pretty close to that number, with the widest sitcky out points being to the lights on the fenders. I'm not at all sure the lights and maybe the fenders themselves aren't removed to keep from mashing them against the container sides during loading and shipment; I do know if you whack the fenders a time or two with the boat during launch or recovery and thereby bend the brackets, you will probably exceed the 8'0" number by a couple inches.

I also found that, if you add the PVC goal post extensions as most of us do, the total width can be almost 9' depending on the length of the extensions.

If what you're really concerned about is whether the trailer tires will fall off the edge of the driveway, then you really want to know the distance between the outside edges of the tires. I don't know it for sure but it's no more than a couple inches less per side than the total width.

[Moe]

I measured ours for a potential buyer and IIRC, I found the 8' 0" measurement to be between the outboard edges of the tire treads. The sidewall bulges and fenders added an inch or so on each side. But again, that's If I Recall Correctly.

[Balu]

Thanks for the replies. The problem is that a hedge lies on each side of the entrance to the driveway which is a protected species here in the UK, so cannot just be cut. I will have measure the width,if the Mac won't fit I'll need to find a storage area,before the delivery bloke gets here.

[They Theirs]

Hey Balu!

I could be wrong, but I believe Europe has a different Trailer, and the standard MacGregor Factory OEM trailer is only used for a shipping cradle. Somewhere I read they require a slightly narrower trailer as the roads may be a bit narrow so the require a different width.
TRAILERS- In many countries, the U.S. trailer has to be modified or replaced by the dealer, in order to comply with local requirements.
Overseas Dealer, Sharp Family

[Catigale]

Balu - I have it on the authority of three Harvard University Professors (a small college in Cambridge) that hedges typically shrink by 1/(pi) meters when a blue hulled boat is brought near them.

More for a white hull boat.

Park away, email me if you need the references...

[Balu]

Balu - I have it on the authority of three Harvard University Professors (a small college in Cambridge) that hedges typically shrink by 1/(pi) meters when a blue hulled boat is brought near them.

More for a white hull boat.

Park away, email me if you need the references...

Catigale,
Those references would only help if they are valid in Scotland.The Scottish hedge performs differently to the English hedge.They are inclined to adhere to BLUE hulls unless the boat is diguised in a Kilt. At the moment it is snowing here,so this delivery is going to be interesting.

[Catigale]

No matter - Harvard has a satellite sister school in Glasgow...Edinborough IIRC

Blue Scottish Mac-Hedges Shrink when touching Blue Hulled Macgregors

Journal of Irreproducible Results , volume 26, Issue M page 26 edited by Roger the Shrubber

[craiglaforce]

Wow, a legally protected driveway shrub. Now I have heard everything.

Can't you say a deer ate it? We have lots of deer here that will eat anything.
Want some deer? We have plenty to spare.

I could also suggest that the shrub have some sort of "accident". "well, I parked near the shrub and my catalytic converter accidently set fire to it after it ran over the can of charcoal ligher fluid that someone had left sitting on the edge of the driveway. Luckily the only thing that burned was that fabulous hedge. Truly tragic. We will miss it very much."

Silly British rules.

[Balu]

Wow, a legally protected driveway shrub. Now I have heard everything.

Can't you say a deer ate it? We have lots of deer here that will eat anything.
Want some deer? We have plenty to spare.

Silly British rules.

Craiglaforce, Its a deal,you send me deer but I doubt if they will even eat the crappy hedge.As far as British rules go, they will shoot the deer and save the hedge.

By the way the,the boat is now in the drive. Brought on a 3500km trip from Spain. No damage to the boat or blasted hedge just full of ice and snow.

[Catigale]

Ive got to make a business trip to Scotland this quarter Balu...Ill bring my clippers...

[Balu]

Ive got to make a business trip to Scotland this quarter Balu...Ill bring my clippers...

If you are in the Highlands and fancy a bit of Loch sailing and Haggis give us a shout .

[Dimitri-2000X-Tampa]

You serve Haggis on your Mac? Think I'll stick with hot dogs and popcorn...

[Balu]

You serve Haggis on your Mac? Think I'll stick with hot dogs and popcorn...

With a name like "MACGREGOR " in Scotland,what do you expect??

[Greg]

Craiglaforce, Its a deal,you send me deer but I doubt if they will even eat the crappy hedge.

Not if the hedge is boxwood. That's the only plant in my yard that the deer haven't eaten, but part of one died out when the neighbors dog kept pi$$ing on it. If your neighbors dog visited you, would you be in trouble with the hedge patrol?

As far as British rules go, they will shoot the deer and save the hedge.

Hey, I thought all your guns were confiscated?

Greg