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Old Jul 13, 2014 | 07:01 PM
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Gone fully nautical

Now that I sold my truck I tow my boat with my land yacht:





 
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Old Jul 13, 2014 | 07:50 PM
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Nice rig, Tom.
 
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Thanks Mark! I was impressed with how well it did. It has 3.08 rear gears, and towing the boat has it crying for 3.55s and a little less restrictive exhaust. But on the whole it did really well.

I installed an auxiliary transmission cooler and it never got over 168° for the entire trip. Which is pretty impressive after climbing some 9-11% grades in 80° weather. This thing uses the same 4.6L V8 and 4R70W that F150s used for years.
 
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How does it do on the launch ramp?
 
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Originally Posted by mecdac
How does it do on the launch ramp?
It had no issues on the ramp we went to last weekend. There's quite a bit of frame behind the axle with the huge trunk, so it would take a really shallow ramp to require the rear wheels to go into the water. I think they were a good 3-4' from the edge of the water.
 
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