Towing a 26 ft Searay with 02 Escalade

[seaman.40]

Hi Guys : I'm planning to buy a 26 ft Searay with a dry weight around 5200 lbs not counting gas, water or
the trailer weight wich I assume around 1200 lbs . My Escalade has towing capacity with 6.0 engine AWD of 8200 lbs.
My question is how safe I'm , never tow before . Any advice ?
Thanks in advance.

Rob

 

[rbh]

Re: Towing a 26 ft Searay with 02 Escalade

Hi Guys : I'm planning to buy a 26 ft Searay with a dry weight around 5200 lbs not counting gas, water or
the trailer weight wich I assume around 1200 lbs . My Escalade has towing capacity with 6.0 engine AWD of 8200 lbs.
My question is how safe I'm , never tow before . Any advice ?
Thanks in advance.

Rob

As long as the total weight of the boat, trailer and everything thats in it while towing is under you max towing capability you should be fine.
I take it your trailer is a tandem axles with brakes on all four tires, and the load rating of the tires is good enough, for example rating D or E are the heavy haulers, great side wall strength, LT tires are great on a light truck but not so much on a trailer or if the load your pulling with the truck is heavy you should have a heavy rated tires on the rear axle.

There should be no more than 10-15% tongue weight of the trailer on the truck.

 

[seaman.40]

Re: Towing a 26 ft Searay with 02 Escalade

EXTRA INFO FROM ESCALADE MANUAL

vehicle Max. Trailer Wt. **GCWR
AWD 6.0L 3.73 8,500 lbs. 14,000 lbs.

 

[Wingedwheel]

Re: Towing a 26 ft Searay with 02 Escalade

That's a big boat for your first tow. Do you have a towing package on your Escalade, and yes make sure the trailer brakes are all in working order.

 

[SilverSS07]

Re: Towing a 26 ft Searay with 02 Escalade

Don't tow in OD and if you don't have a large transmission cooler get one. Is that 8500# tow rating with a weight distribution hitch? On my truck it gives 2 ratings- one with a WD hitch and one without.