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Are you saying that you can pull both together but not the boat by itself? What happens when pulling just the boat that indicates the truck can't handle it?
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If the boat weighs two tons, how does the tongue weight get to be 2.5 tons?
I thought tongue weight was supposed to be about 10% of the gross weight.
I thought tongue weight was supposed to be about 10% of the gross weight.
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I have to say I do not believe much of this at all. 1 no way he is towing 76 feet total. 2 that 76 feet is double hitched. 3 I doubt it is legal anywhere. 4 Unless this 38 foot boat is empty no interior etc.. it will not tow good behind anything. I have a friend with a 29ft Baja Outlaw with twin super charge 502, he had to buy a diesel to tow it. Yes his regular truck would barely pull it but the trans overheated and it was killing the truck. 5 I would be surprised if any 38 foot boat had a beam (width)of 8.5 feet or less which is the largest legal limit to tow on a public road with out a permit and a wide load sign. Sorry do not mean to offend but none of this story makes any sense. Hey if I am wrong lets see some pictures of the truck with the trailer hooked to it with the boat hooked to that.
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I have to say I do not believe much of this at all. 1 no way he is towing 76 feet total. 2 that 76 feet is double hitched. 3 I doubt it is legal anywhere. 4 Unless this 38 foot boat is empty no interior etc.. it will not tow good behind anything. I have a friend with a 29ft Baja Outlaw with twin super charge 502, he had to buy a diesel to tow it. Yes his regular truck would barely pull it but the trans overheated and it was killing the truck. 5 I would be surprised if any 38 foot boat had a beam (width)of 8.5 feet or less which is the largest legal limit to tow on a public road with out a permit and a wide load sign. Sorry do not mean to offend but none of this story makes any sense. Hey if I am wrong lets see some pictures of the truck with the trailer hooked to it with the boat hooked to that.
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