What do you pull your boat with?

[robert graham]

Re: What do you pull your boat with?

Buick Roadmaster, LT-1 V-8, air shocks, transmission cooler.....

 

[sasto]

Re: What do you pull your boat with?

I've always liked that Roadmaster, still do.

Our tow rig, hanging out with family, truck drivers. Kind of ironic that my sister travels by land and I by water. We are wonderers. Our feet gather no moss!

 

[thesledhead]

Re: What do you pull your boat with?

Well I use to have a titan that I pulled my bayliner with but Ive since upgraded to a dually toyota

 

[BTMCB]

Re: What do you pull your boat with?

Here is my set up.

 

[thesledhead]

Re: What do you pull your boat with?

sorry guys didnt mean to crack a joke heres the real deal, a beat up dodge work truck

 

[642mx]

Re: What do you pull your boat with?

sorry guys didnt mean to crack a joke heres the real deal, a beat up dodge work truck
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Nice Nordic! Is that a Rage open bow?

 

[thesledhead]

Re: What do you pull your boat with?

Nice Nordic! Is that a Rage open bow?

thanks its a sprint open bow. I had a real nice Baja islander that I loved but it was totaled this summer and in my search for another I found the nordic, I love it so far.

 

[642mx]

Re: What do you pull your boat with?

thanks its a sprint open bow. I had a real nice Baja islander that I loved but it was totaled this summer and in my search for another I found the nordic, I love it so far.
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I love Nordics, yours looks awesome!! Big power and very sexy boats!! I'm thinking my next boat will be a Nordic Heat.

 

[Get-it-Wet]

Re: What do you pull your boat with?

I pull my 20' Mako and any project boats with my 2005 Chevy Silverado Crew Cab 4X4 with the Duramax engine and Allison transmission combo. Definitely no problems here!

 

[produceguy]

Re: What do you pull your boat with?

We pull our 19 foot cuddy with a 98 Ford F-150 v6 stick. Wish we had an automatic, but I am still smilen.

 

[Go Aweigh2452]

Re: What do you pull your boat with?

2003 F350 superduty automatic with FWD & 7.3 diesel. Use to have a 1970 custom GMC with a 402. Got stuck on the ramp trying to beat the tide when launching my boat with the GMC 2 wheel drive. The truck rear tire dropped in a hole on the ramp. A F350 pulling a 25+ ft boat asked if I wanted a tow out since I was then stuck waiting for the tide to come back in... Said sure...

He didn't even take his trailer off. Just drove nose first down the ramp, attached a tow line and pulled me out driving the truck, trailer and his boat backwards.

That was a Friday. On Monday we had our 2003 F350... Been in love ever since. Looking forward to paying it forward someday...

 

[thesledhead]

Re: What do you pull your boat with?

I love Nordics, yours looks awesome!! Big power and very sexy boats!! I'm thinking my next boat will be a Nordic Heat.

thanks, yea its very well built and rides like a dream. The heats are sweet I just dont think youd find a lake around here it would fit on LOL

2003 F350 superduty automatic with FWD & 7.3 diesel. Use to have a 1970 custom GMC with a 402. Got stuck on the ramp trying to beat the tide when launching my boat with the GMC 2 wheel drive. The truck rear tire dropped in a hole on the ramp. A F350 pulling a 25+ ft boat asked if I wanted a tow out since I was then stuck waiting for the tide to come back in... Said sure...

He didn't even take his trailer off. Just drove nose first down the ramp, attached a tow line and pulled me out driving the truck, trailer and his boat backwards.

That was a Friday. On Monday we had our 2003 F350... Been in love ever since. Looking forward to paying it forward someday...

NICE the last year of the 7.3 stroke, the only way to go.

 

[NSBCraig]

Re: What do you pull your boat with?

04' Silverado 2500 HD 4x4 6.0 gas

 

[buzzhd]

Re: What do you pull your boat with?

We pull our 20ft SeaRay BR200 with an 2010 jeep Liberty 4x4. it's a v6 with 5000# towing package. Boat and trailer weight is around 4000# loaded. mind you I live in indiana and only pull the Boat to a local camp site about 100 miles away and after setting up my RV I than use my 1ton Dodge to haul the boat down to the lake for launching. altho the Jeep would have no problem doing this I find it is just easer using the truck when taking a bunch of Kids out tubing..

 

[woosterken]

Re: What do you pull your boat with?

here is my set up
truck: '95 Ford F150 4X4 4.9l inline 6 cyl. auto trans.60.000 miles only
boat: '74 MFG gypsy 120 hp I/O riding on Alloy tandem trailer abour 3,000 lbs ready for water.

woosterken

 

[JBF 1962]

Re: What do you pull your boat with?

I haven't towed my current yacht, but my last one, 20' Fiberform Continental, I towed with a '98 Mercury Marquis 4.6L V8, nooooo problem

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: What do you pull your boat with?

I haven't towed my current yacht, but my last one, 20' Fiberform Continental, I towed with a '98 Mercury Marquis 4.6L V8, nooooo problem

Hmmm tow capacity of the Marquis is 2000 lbs looks overloaded past it's limits

 

[JBF 1962]

Re: What do you pull your boat with?

Hmmm tow capacity of the Marquis is 2000 lbs looks overloaded past it's limits

Not entirely sure where you get that rating from, but, my owners manual indicates it is rated to tow 5000 lbs (it has the trailer tow package )

 

[642mx]

Re: What do you pull your boat with?

Not entirely sure where you get that rating from, but, my owners manual indicates it is rated to tow 5000 lbs (it has the trailer tow package )

In 98 the towing capacity was 2K lbs; http://www.cars.com/mercury/grand-marquis/1998/specs/

 

[98Shabah]

Re: What do you pull your boat with?

From what I've found ford dropped the tow rating in the late 90s / early 2000s because they stopped offering tow packages for their cars.. first they dropped it to 2,000, then 1,000.. Prior to that they were rated at 5,000 with the tow package. The newer vics (and grand marqs) do come with a pretty big factory tranny cooler, and they're still a full framed 4,000lb car with a v8 and big brakes. The hitch I bought for my car fit all 1979-2008 Crown Vics.

Oh, and since the OP is in canada, his car may have had a different tow rating too, the automakers have been known to vary the tow ratings depending on what country/market they are being shipped to.