Trailering weght.

tacodads

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I just bought a 97 voyager pontoon with a dual axle bunk trailer and 75hp motor. I'm wondering what the total weight is. Thanks
 

smokeonthewater

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all we can do here is guess tho some may get close, the correct way to answer this is to put the rig on a truck scale... gassed up and loaded for a day on the water.
 

thumpar

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Being a tandem axle trailer I would guess it is a good sized boat and somewhat heavy but a scale is the only way to know the weight for sure.
 

UncleWillie

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Given the limited information we have; Dual axles suggest it is between 4000 and 8000 lbs.
There is a lot of give and take in that range. So i'll guess 6000#, Plus or Minus 3000#.
Get it weighed and then you'll know. Weighing cost less than $10 and can commonly be done for Free with very little research.
 

H20Rat

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+1.
Given the limited information we have; Dual axles suggest it is between 4000 and 8000 lbs.
There is a lot of give and take in that range. So i'll guess 6000#, Plus or Minus 3000#.
Get it weighed and then you'll know. Weighing cost less than $10 and can commonly be done for Free with very little research.

Pontoons aren't that heavy. Tandem axle pontoon trailers are common, not because of the axle requirements, but because of the tiny tires and the stability requirement of pulling a billboard through the wind. My last pontoon tipped the scales at just over 2000 pounds, and came from the factory on a tandem.

Anyway, looked it up, and it looks like the largest pontoon voyager made that year was a 26 footer. Weight on that was 2500 pounds without motor, so add another 500 for fuel, motor, battery, some life jackets. Add another 770# for the trailer, so a fairly accurate rough guess pus you at 3770#
 

H20Rat

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20 ft'er... You should be under 3000# going down the road. Maybe around 2500# even. (1350# for the toon + 250# for the engine + 800# for the trailer + 100# of 'stuff' and you end up at exactly 2500#)
 
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