If you use a
commercial carrier it is going to cost a couple of thousand or more. Just no way around it. Even easy cargo where you load a couple of pallets of something in a box truck figure base cost of $1.50-$2.00/mile plus
fuel surcharges and other miscellaneous
fees.
Hauling a
boat on a special
trailer will be more. One reason boat hauling is more, unless the trucker gets lucky and finds some other load for a flatbed he will be going one way on the trip empty which costs him. This will be calculated into the
price.
Don't forget a few hundred on each end to load and unload the boat.
You can save a good bit if you want to try it yourself. If this is the
Pearson 28.5 Triton the beam would be OK but you would have to watch the vertical clearance. 4'11"
draft plus waterline to the highest point on the boat, guessing another 5' plus trailer clearance you are looking at a minimum 12-13' vertical clearance which will not fit under all bridges. Don't forget the time and cost to build a
cradle to hold the boat on a trailer. Not a trucker so not sure if you have to get special permits for the vertical clearance but I would check before trying it.
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