Are you planning on towing your pontoon boat on a trailer on a longer journey? Perhaps you have bought a new pontoon and need to transport it back safely to home.
What many people don’t realise is that there are different speed limits for towing trailers depending on where you are in the United States.
If you break the law when towing you could be in for a nasty fine, and possibly further legal ramifications.
Make sure you know what the towing speed limits are before you set out on your long journey with your pontoon trailered up, with this guide to the various state towing speed limits set out in the table below.
Handy Hint: I have also put together a comprehensive guide on how to tow a pontoon boat safely, including everything beginners need to know in order to tow safely.
Pontoon Boat Trailer Towing Speed Limits
- Alabama: 55 mph
- Alaska: 55 mph
- Arizona: 65 mph
- Arkansas: 65 mph
- California: 55 mph
- Colorado: 65 mph
- Connecticut: 55 mph
- Delaware: 55 mph
- District of Columbia: 55 mph
- Florida: 65 mph
- Georgia: 65 mph
- Hawaii: 55 mph
- Idaho: 65 mph
- Illinois: 55 mph
- Indiana: 65 mph
- Iowa: 65 mph
- Kansas: 65 mph
- Kentucky: 65 mph
- Louisiana: 65 mph
- Maine: 65 mph
- Maryland: 55 mph
- Massachusetts: 55 mph
- Michigan: 65 mph
- Minnesota: 65 mph
- Mississippi: 65 mph
- Missouri: 65 mph
- Montana: 65 mph
- Nebraska: 65 mph
- Nevada: 65 mph
- New Hampshire: 65 mph
- New Jersey: 55 mph
- New Mexico: 65 mph
- New York: 55 mph
- North Carolina: 65 mph
- North Dakota: 65 mph
- Ohio: 65 mph
- Oklahoma: 65 mph
- Oregon: 65 mph
- Pennsylvania: 55 mph
- Rhode Island: 55 mph
- South Carolina: 65 mph
- South Dakota: 65 mph
- Tennessee: 65 mph
- Texas: 60 mph during the day; 55 mph at night
- Utah: 65 mph
- Vermont: 65 mph
- Virginia: 55 mph
- Washington: 60 mph
- West Virginia: 65 mph
- Wisconsin: 65 mph
- Wyoming: 60 mph
Legal Disclaimer
These speeds limits should not be construed as legal advice, and are only applicable from the date that I did my own personal research in May of 2018.
There could be errors in here and this information could even be out of date by the time that you read it. You should always check with the local authorities and highway patrol in the state that you are towing and trailering in.
And above all, no matter what the speed limit says it is, you should tow and drive safely, being vigilant at all times.
