What does a Boat Weight?
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What does a Boat Weight?
hey im wondering if anyone knows what the wight is on a bass boat. I looking to buy one and i wanted to see if my ranger could handle it, but none of the owners list weights or know what the weight is on there boats. I belive iv read my truck has a Maximum Towing Capacity of 5620.00 lbs. Its a 4.0L Auto w/ 4.10's. I couldnt belive a boat could weight more than that but i dont know
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But you are looking at Bass boats right?
Edit: Here this link is for a 21 foot new bass boat with a 225hp Mercury optimax outboard. The boat motor and trailer weigh 3100 pounds. Plus on something like this, there is really no wind resistance since it sits lower than the truck. pulling this would be easy...
http://www.nitroboats.com/boat/index.cfm?boat=2131
Edit: Here this link is for a 21 foot new bass boat with a 225hp Mercury optimax outboard. The boat motor and trailer weigh 3100 pounds. Plus on something like this, there is really no wind resistance since it sits lower than the truck. pulling this would be easy...
http://www.nitroboats.com/boat/index.cfm?boat=2131
Last edited by greygooseranger; 05-11-2007 at 07:50 AM.
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Well 90's isn't really older in terms of technology, I would say depending on size and motor you are looking at 2500-3500 pounds....
Either way, you will have plenty of pep to pull it, but like I said, trans cooler. Some people will tell you that you don't need it, but it is cheap insurance trust me...
Either way, you will have plenty of pep to pull it, but like I said, trans cooler. Some people will tell you that you don't need it, but it is cheap insurance trust me...
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Originally Posted by greygooseranger
Well 90's isn't really older in terms of technology, I would say depending on size and motor you are looking at 2500-3500 pounds....
Either way, you will have plenty of pep to pull it, but like I said, trans cooler. Some people will tell you that you don't need it, but it is cheap insurance trust me...
Either way, you will have plenty of pep to pull it, but like I said, trans cooler. Some people will tell you that you don't need it, but it is cheap insurance trust me...
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Originally Posted by Steve_O113
Now im probably wrong but dont i already have a trans cooler
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Originally Posted by greygooseranger
Yeah you do, but these trans' runs hot. Get yourself a nice 25,000 GVW auxilary (external) cooler and mount it infront of the radiator (low). I pulled my boat with my old truck with just that and annual trans oil changes and it was just starting to slip at 160K, I would say it handled the abuse well..
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