Phobos
Cadet
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2013
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- 9
First, I'd like to say thank you to all who had helped me way back in April when I was looking for a used boat and had choices between a few boats. Most people advised to go with the 2007 Four Winds 180H. I did and it's been a great family boat so far. Was pulling 2 135 lb tubers with 4 adult passengers on the boat just last weekend and the little Volvo 3.0 was more than enough to get to 30 mph and whip them around and make 'em fall off (hey, they wanted to fall off). I didn't even get to the 4000 rpm mark and was well below the 4600 - 4900 redline.
I had a question about towing. The boat dealer I bought it from towed it to my home and launched it on my lake (at the public boat launch) and showed me how to use it and what the various controls did. I parked the boat in the lift and he then towed the trailer to my garage and there is has been since May.
Well, winter is coming here in SE WI and it'll be time to take the boat out in a month or so. I am not sure if I want to buy something to tow this, or rely on trying to borrow my sisters Toytoa Sequoia, or rent a U-haul pick up to tow it when I need to.
I am leaning towards getting an old used extended cab pickup truck. This boat is at a summer home we have on the lake and I could use the truck for other things that just towing the boat. Like hauling drywall and what not as I fix the home up.
My question is, would a v6 pickup truck (Assume a 1998 Chevy 1500) with 4x4 be able to pull the 180H. It's about 3000 lbs including the trailer and it has the Four Winds trailer with the surge brakes. I see lots of old pickups in my area but anything in my price range is really rusted out and beat if I look for a V8 and 4x4. Plus I am up against the PLOW CROWD that are getting ready to find some beater to plow with.
If I go with a 2WD with a v8 I can get a bit nicer truck for the money but then I see some V6 trucks with 4X4 and a manual or AT that are in GREAT SHAPE for about the same price as a semi-beat V8 pickup. I wonder if a V6 with the 4X4 would be enough. I am leaning towards the 4x4 because it would be more useful in the winters here with the snow and all.
The boat ramp is paved and does not seem too steep. I would not be towing any great distance. Maybe the 50 miles to the boat place for the winterizing and then back to my garage to store the boat. I have a 200' long driveway that does go down on about a 15 to 20 degree angle. I would have to tow the boat up that in the spring but it's only 200 feet and I guess the V6 pickup I am looking at (1998 Chevy 1500) has a LO setting I could use for that 200 feet.
Other than the driveway, most of the roads are pretty flat here in SE WI.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
I had a question about towing. The boat dealer I bought it from towed it to my home and launched it on my lake (at the public boat launch) and showed me how to use it and what the various controls did. I parked the boat in the lift and he then towed the trailer to my garage and there is has been since May.
Well, winter is coming here in SE WI and it'll be time to take the boat out in a month or so. I am not sure if I want to buy something to tow this, or rely on trying to borrow my sisters Toytoa Sequoia, or rent a U-haul pick up to tow it when I need to.
I am leaning towards getting an old used extended cab pickup truck. This boat is at a summer home we have on the lake and I could use the truck for other things that just towing the boat. Like hauling drywall and what not as I fix the home up.
My question is, would a v6 pickup truck (Assume a 1998 Chevy 1500) with 4x4 be able to pull the 180H. It's about 3000 lbs including the trailer and it has the Four Winds trailer with the surge brakes. I see lots of old pickups in my area but anything in my price range is really rusted out and beat if I look for a V8 and 4x4. Plus I am up against the PLOW CROWD that are getting ready to find some beater to plow with.
If I go with a 2WD with a v8 I can get a bit nicer truck for the money but then I see some V6 trucks with 4X4 and a manual or AT that are in GREAT SHAPE for about the same price as a semi-beat V8 pickup. I wonder if a V6 with the 4X4 would be enough. I am leaning towards the 4x4 because it would be more useful in the winters here with the snow and all.
The boat ramp is paved and does not seem too steep. I would not be towing any great distance. Maybe the 50 miles to the boat place for the winterizing and then back to my garage to store the boat. I have a 200' long driveway that does go down on about a 15 to 20 degree angle. I would have to tow the boat up that in the spring but it's only 200 feet and I guess the V6 pickup I am looking at (1998 Chevy 1500) has a LO setting I could use for that 200 feet.
Other than the driveway, most of the roads are pretty flat here in SE WI.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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