Ive pulled my 40' Excalibur with my F250 crew cab single rear wheel pickup. It had the power, and towed it ok, but Im going to set my Mack Semi Tractor to pull it if we go on the highway with it. Ive pulled a 24ft Chris craft with a ford ranger, and a ford explorer, now that was a scary ride.

Before all the "Safety Sam" guys chime in with lectures about towing safety, remember those times you left the bar after having a few too many and drove home. Thats no better.

 

Well my father use to have a 01 Explorer and we towed our waverunners pretty much every week and it was a breeze and we've put the boat in and out with it and it was easier to get the boat out.
Well we now have a Ford Excursion that we will use to go on a few trips every now and then.

 

'05 F 350 SRW diesel. Does a helluva good job with my heavy azz Formula.

 

When I first bought the boat, I pulled it with my '99 F 150, 5.4 gas engine. It pulled it ok, but stopping was problematic at best. I never took it on the highway with that rig.

 

I pull a 27, with a 1993 Full-Size Blazer. Boat and trailer weigh around 7500#. Does ok for short distance and stops great with brakes on each trailer axle.

 

'05 F 350 SRW diesel. Does a helluva good job with my heavy azz Formula.

Nice rig Cuda.....How do you like that newer diesel?.......I use an 01 F-350 Crew Dually.

 

I had a 97 tahoe last year this year a 98 yukon my Tahoe got totalled, it was great around town in ramp lots o low end power on the highway It was working and had to becareful around buses/trucks i'm loooking into jumping from my 242 to a 272 so this is one issue on my plate right now

 

Nice rig Cuda.....How do you like that newer diesel?.......I use an 01 F-350 Crew Dually.

I love it. Turned 52,000 miles today, and zero problems. They are coming out with the 6.4 liter now I believe. I'll wait a couple years for them to get the bugs out. That's why I didn't buy an early 6.0, they had many problems with them.

 

Nice rig Cuda.....How do you like that newer diesel?.......I use an 01 F-350 Crew Dually.

My last dually was a brand new Chebby diesel. It had what they called the Outlaw package. Beautiful truck, but I had so many problems, I ended up using the lemon law on it. It also broke me of wanting another dually. They are a b!tch to park, and one time I got the tires stuck in the drive through at the bank. It was embarassing to get out and make everyone move back so I could back out. :confused1

 

I use my Jeep with the 4.0 straight 6 to pull my 32' boat. never had a problem launching the boat yet.

 

When I bought my 34 SCARAB I pulled it with a full size FORD BRONCO.
Talk about white knuckle time.
I broke my HD 2500 Diesel CHEVY and had to pull the boat home with a friends tahoe.
Don't want to do that again.

 

I use my Jeep with the 4.0 straight 6 to pull my 32' boat. never had a problem launching the boat yet.

You're kidding, right!

 

I use my Jeep with the 4.0 straight 6 to pull my 32' boat. never had a problem launching the boat yet.

That Jeep is sagging with just the weight of the trailer.............. :laugher:

 

You're kidding, right!

Um Yeap!. With the boat on the trailer, the body would sit on the rear axle. I used the Jeep to move the boat around in my garage a couple of times and had to leave the tonge jack down with a wheel on it.

I swapped the Jeep for a friends Excursion to haul the boat to the lake and bring the trailer back home and just swapped vehicles back on the way home. Looked like a photo moment.
I had the crazy thought that I didn't need my 250SD just for the 2 times a yr to tow the boat, so traded that off for the Jeep. 6 months later I wanted to take the boat outta of state and couldn't find a loaner, so the Jeep went towards my new 250 V-10. 1 1/2 yrs later, I put a total of 500 miles on the truck. Expensive hobby these boats are.

 

The Saturn pulls the sailboat almost every weekend. It pulled the new unloaded loadrite about a 100 miles home from the dealer, and pulled the boat a few blocks to my home. No problems.

 

I use my Jeep with the 4.0 straight 6 to pull my 32' boat. never had a problem launching the boat yet.

Is that a new model.........named the "stealth" by any chance???? :laugher:

 

I pull a 27' with a 2000 Tundra. It's my first boat, and when I bought it I looked at the weight vs towing capacity and I was 700# under. I never thought to add trailer, gas, and stuff. Total is about 8300#, so I'm a little over. Wife has already approved a super duty maybe next summer. Until then no long road trips, lake is about 5 miles away.

 

Normal rig is F350 diesel dually single wheel drive so far so good. Buddy did tow it 20 miles with a trail blazer and it did remarkably well all it need was a little more springs to handle the tongue weight.

 

I used to pull my 27ft Mach 1 with a 1977 camaro. Everyone thought I was nuts. Now I pull all my boats with this Hummer.

 

I tow a 20ft Outlaw with a Ford Explorer 5.0L. Does that count?

 

Stopping / braking performance is the biggest issue. A little truck will pull a big boat, just use your head. Personally, I wouldn`t do it.

 

Why does everyone feel the braking is such an issue? All the manufacturers, even big 350HD require trailer brakes on anything over 2000 lbs for the most part, so the braking should be done by the trailer, not your tow vehicle.

-mike

 

Should be yes, but when the brakes fail on the trailer which drum brakes do ALL THE TIME, and disc's do some times, your going to kill yourself or someone else
I have the right truck for the job of my tow vehicle!
At least I did this right.

 

Should be yes, but when the brakes fail on the trailer which drum brakes do ALL THE TIME, and disc's do some times, your going to kill yourself or someone else
I have the right truck for the job of my tow vehicle!
At least I did this right.

Oh I'm not saying that a larger truck isn't better, but my point being that all the manufacturers even of big trucks only take into account for braking up to a 2000lb un-braked load. I guess I'm pretty lucky in that none of my trailer brakes on my boat trailer or car trailer ever failed on me yet.

-mike

 

Mine have on my old baja trailer and let me tell you it was a 280 Baja ES about 30 feet, Pushed my dually right through an intersection and I was with BOTH FEET pressing the brake pedal as HARD as I could! And the brake pads were about 3 weeks old (Auto Zone brake pads SUCK)
Someone told me that after I bought them and put them on, well now I tend to agree with whoever told me that cause they are 100% right they SUCK, and I bought their best semi metallic pads, Just JUNK!
once you have a brake failure on a trailer like that, Believe me you change your driving habits alot when towing.
I will never own a trailer with drum brakes again either.