gam101
Petty Officer 3rd Class
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Greetings!
First off, if there ever was a newbie on these forums with no idea about boating, that's ME! :redface:
So, please help me in the lamest terms with the above assumption. Sincerely, thank you.
Scenario:
i) I live half a mile from a lake.
ii) We are planning to buy a used Honda CR-V with a standard 4 cylinder engine (budget constraints apply).
iii) We would like to buy & then tow a used boat with it, other than a Jon boat.
Something we can fish off over the weekends. The boat does not have to be fancy at all, however it
must come with a windshield (Wife likes those boat shapes. Please do not ask why :facepalm:). Just a boat
that can take us from point A to point B on the lake, 3-4 people at most.
Below are the details I have been able to research regarding the towing capacity for the yet to be bought
Honda CR-V.
Please advise what sort of used boat I should be looking for. And what sort of trailer it should be on.
Again, Thank you.
Honda CR-V towing capacity:
Total weight the car can move up the road is 2200 lb. (plus its own weight of course, which is approx. 3600 lb).
Total weight the car can carry including driver is 850 lb. (it does not elaborate regarding fuel weight so it can be assumed that you may have a full tank also) Gross weight of car only and its occupants is 4450 lb.
Total weight the car can tow including weight of trailer itself is 1500 lb.
Ideal weight distribution of trlr load is to have 10% of it as tongue weight. This would be 150 lb. That 150 lb is deducted from passenger cargo, so that now becomes only 700 lb.
Elaboration; total passenger and cargo weight limit including the driver and a potential tongue load of a trailer is 850 lb. i.e. Weight limit in or on the car is 850 lb. If you are towing a trailer of maximum weight then the ideal tongue load will be 150 lb. This 150 lb will reduce interior cargo and passenger weight limit to 700 lb.
It also goes on to say that any trailer gross weight exceeding 1000 lb requires that the trailer has its own brakes. So Honda is suggesting that the max allowable weight the car could be going up the road with and being able to stop safely without extra brakes on a trailer is only 1700 lb. That 1700 lb consists of all passengers, all cargo, all tongue weight, all weight in a trailer and the trailer weight itself.
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First off, if there ever was a newbie on these forums with no idea about boating, that's ME! :redface:
So, please help me in the lamest terms with the above assumption. Sincerely, thank you.
Scenario:
i) I live half a mile from a lake.
ii) We are planning to buy a used Honda CR-V with a standard 4 cylinder engine (budget constraints apply).
iii) We would like to buy & then tow a used boat with it, other than a Jon boat.
Something we can fish off over the weekends. The boat does not have to be fancy at all, however it
must come with a windshield (Wife likes those boat shapes. Please do not ask why :facepalm:). Just a boat
that can take us from point A to point B on the lake, 3-4 people at most.
Below are the details I have been able to research regarding the towing capacity for the yet to be bought
Honda CR-V.
Please advise what sort of used boat I should be looking for. And what sort of trailer it should be on.
Again, Thank you.
Honda CR-V towing capacity:
Total weight the car can move up the road is 2200 lb. (plus its own weight of course, which is approx. 3600 lb).
Total weight the car can carry including driver is 850 lb. (it does not elaborate regarding fuel weight so it can be assumed that you may have a full tank also) Gross weight of car only and its occupants is 4450 lb.
Total weight the car can tow including weight of trailer itself is 1500 lb.
Ideal weight distribution of trlr load is to have 10% of it as tongue weight. This would be 150 lb. That 150 lb is deducted from passenger cargo, so that now becomes only 700 lb.
Elaboration; total passenger and cargo weight limit including the driver and a potential tongue load of a trailer is 850 lb. i.e. Weight limit in or on the car is 850 lb. If you are towing a trailer of maximum weight then the ideal tongue load will be 150 lb. This 150 lb will reduce interior cargo and passenger weight limit to 700 lb.
It also goes on to say that any trailer gross weight exceeding 1000 lb requires that the trailer has its own brakes. So Honda is suggesting that the max allowable weight the car could be going up the road with and being able to stop safely without extra brakes on a trailer is only 1700 lb. That 1700 lb consists of all passengers, all cargo, all tongue weight, all weight in a trailer and the trailer weight itself.
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