Route south around Seattle to Olympia
Will be crossing the border into the US at Sumas and would like advice on a route to Olympia. I will be driving a truck camper. Any advice on a route is appreciated.
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Lane width in a ferry is fixed; crews can't squeeze more RV's in side by side even if they wanted.
I'm sure the center deck of all ferries can handle 18 wheelers in each lane. I can imagine being too close to an outside wall (that contains footwells to the upper decks) to open the door if you are in a wide RV. I'm skeptical about both sides, unless there was another RV on the other side, or maybe the box of an 18 wheeler.
The tightest packing that I've seen was on an inland BC ferry, the one east of Nelson. On one trip, the back of the deck was largely occupied by half of a prefab house.
For a while the Port Townsend route had a smaller boat that was borrowed from a run down south (Tacoma), but they've had new boats on that run for several years. They aren't as big as the ones used closer to Seattle, but I doubt if they pack them in tighter.
https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Ferries/infodesk/faq/general_info/trucks.htm
8'6" is considered the maximum width without special permission.
I'm sure the center deck of all ferries can handle 18 wheelers in each lane. I can imagine being too close to an outside wall (that contains footwells to the upper decks) to open the door if you are in a wide RV. I'm skeptical about both sides, unless there was another RV on the other side, or maybe the box of an 18 wheeler.
The tightest packing that I've seen was on an inland BC ferry, the one east of Nelson. On one trip, the back of the deck was largely occupied by half of a prefab house.
For a while the Port Townsend route had a smaller boat that was borrowed from a run down south (Tacoma), but they've had new boats on that run for several years. They aren't as big as the ones used closer to Seattle, but I doubt if they pack them in tighter.
https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Ferries/infodesk/faq/general_info/trucks.htm
8'6" is considered the maximum width without special permission.
