hey guys i need ur help here on this, a buddy of mine is selling me a 14ft jon boat in awesome conditions at an awesome price,but it dont have a trailer,the bed on my 97 f150 with its tail gate down is 10ft-2inches long.so the boat would stick out the bed 4ft..does any 1 here know what the legal limit is in florida as to how far out i can have this jon boat sticking out the back of my truck?..thank you,u guys r awesome!.

I think its 4ft but  if you have it strapped in good and put some caution tape on it I dont think cops will mess with u IMO

yes i plan on strapping it down well,adding (reflective tape)to the back n the side where the boat sticks out of the bed and 2 red warning flags on the back of the boat...i wanted a jon boat as a back up boat n 2be able to fish remote lakes/canals to just dump it over the side n fish.

You should be good with that for sure.  Just put some reflective tape on it.  A buddy of mine had a 12 ft boat he put in a 6 foot truck bed with no problems.  Just throw 2 rachet straps on it and youre good to go.

yep! 4 sure gonna use heavy duty (rachet straps),im happy i can put it on my truck,i dont have any room left for another trailer in my yard.

have you ever tried lifting it before?? Those 14ft ones can get pretty heavy you will almost definitely need a second person to help you load and unload.  My friends 15ft one is to heavy to lift even with two guys in their mid 20s and he had to get a trailer for it.  Just something to keep in mind.

yes i know buddy i was thinking of that,this 1 weights 150lb with nothing on it,im considering putting an electric winch on my trucks bed to help me pull it in,,ive lunched a 12ft and 14ft over the side of a canal and then poped on the motor n gear,ill admit the 12ft,was a breezz compaired to the 14ft jon boat.

i have seen on youtube these ladder racks that u put on ur truck and a winch puts the boat on top and lowers it for you,the problem is its like,$1500.big ones.lol

after going 2 see the 14ft jonboat my buddy was selling and trying to lift it,im really thinking of getting a 12ft.instead,requires less power and way easier to throw in2 a canal over the side and it also sticks out 2ft.less on the bed of my truck..what u all think would go with a 12ft or 14ft jonboat in my case???