04-12-2011, 10:22 PM
I think you'd be pushing it very close with that weight. Easy thing to do is go to a couple manufacture's websites of boats you're interested in and look at the specs. They all give you the dry weight of the boat and the trailer weight. You then would need to add a few hundred pounds for average fuel load you'll have and gear.
One thing to consider is that as you get close to the upper end of the max reccomended towing weight you are not only taxing the power train but you'll see people going donw the highway with a boat whipping them all over. This is because the suspension of the tow vehicle is not beefy enough for the job they are doing with it.
I have an 18 foot aluminum Tundra with a dry weight for the boat only of about 1700. I'd imagine a similar size fiberglass boat would be significantly heavier.
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One thing to consider is that as you get close to the upper end of the max reccomended towing weight you are not only taxing the power train but you'll see people going donw the highway with a boat whipping them all over. This is because the suspension of the tow vehicle is not beefy enough for the job they are doing with it.
I have an 18 foot aluminum Tundra with a dry weight for the boat only of about 1700. I'd imagine a similar size fiberglass boat would be significantly heavier.
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