69 F250
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How much boat can I put behind my 69 F250 2wd with a C6 (recent high quality rebuild), a 390 FE and a Dana 60 with 4.10 gears? Bigger is better :-)
For the real issue:
How much boat can I bring into the family and not lose the wife? (and subsequently, half of all my stuff) :-)
Seriously, has anybody put 8000 or so lbs behind such a truck?
For the real issue:
How much boat can I bring into the family and not lose the wife? (and subsequently, half of all my stuff) :-)
Seriously, has anybody put 8000 or so lbs behind such a truck?
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That's a tough one, if it were me I believe I'd get a utility trailer and keep adding weight and driving until I found out where it became uncomfortable.
Another idea might be... how much tongue weight can you support? 800lbs? Then reverse calculate your boat weight. For 800 lbs tongue you'd need about an 8000 lb trailer to keep it at 10%.
Also, how much does the truck weigh? If it weighs 7000lbs that's about where I'd want to stop adding weight to my trailer.
Robert
Another idea might be... how much tongue weight can you support? 800lbs? Then reverse calculate your boat weight. For 800 lbs tongue you'd need about an 8000 lb trailer to keep it at 10%.
Also, how much does the truck weigh? If it weighs 7000lbs that's about where I'd want to stop adding weight to my trailer.
Robert
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Oh, I just thought of something else, just go to your boat dealer, pick out a 23000 lb boat and ask if you can tow it with your truck. Of course the answer will be yes so you should be good to go ;-)
Robert
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