What do you pull your boat with?

ccckirch

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Re: What do you pull your boat with?

We pull an Aquasport 175 (rigged 2500 lbs.) ftrquently considerable distances (200 miles) with either an 03 Durango w 4.7L or an 06 Dakota w 4.7L. Both are equipped with a transmission cooler and do the job very well.
 

gotons

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Re: What do you pull your boat with?

Just bought her tonight.

2000 Grand Cherokee 4x4 with the 4.7 v8. Towing package, Quad-Tec II transmission, tranny cooler, power steering cooler, leather seats, sunroof, and a ton of other goodies. (Stupid thing had a sticker price of 42k on it brand new). Got the ol' in-law discount and paid a whopping 3500 for it.

It'll be pulling my 16', 1991 Glassport bowrider.

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puddle jumper

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Re: What do you pull your boat with?

gotons nice truck

I use a 07 Ford Extra Crew cab with a 5.4 4x4. It works great even when we use a home made boat ramp.
 

mphy98

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Re: What do you pull your boat with?

coachman santara class a motorhome. :D
 

Boatdood

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My Ford F250 is such a great tow vehicle sometimes I just go get the lake and bring it to the boat.
 

iamfishing

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Boat, gear, fuel and trailer weight nearly 5000 lbs. Pull with Chev 2500HD 4x4 300 hp truck. The Truck delivers 10 mpg which is expensive when gas hit 4 bucks a gallon. Road handling excellent, Ramp uses no problems.
 

papasage

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also have a 24 ft. class a motorhome when i will stay a few dayes .
 

reybec

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Re: What do you pull your boat with?

i tow mine with my 2004 Holden VZ S 1 tonner
 

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thatguy

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Re: What do you pull your boat with?

the tow vehicle- 03 Jeep Grand Cherokee limited 4.7 high output (tow cap. of 6500 lbs)

the boat- 92 Pursuit 2150 express on a EZ loader tandem axle trailer with surge breaks.

I am probably getting close to the top of the weight rating for the Jeep, but it tows like a dream and it breaks awesome. I am impressed with how my Jeep tows the boat. I wouldn't mind wider mirrors

Tom
 

Jeff-in-PA

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Main tow vehicle is my '01 Suburban 2500 LT. It has the 6.0L with the tow package and tows like a dream. For moving the boats around, I use our '01 Jeep Cherokee.

The boats I have are a Starcraft 24' pontoon and a 18' Celebrity I/O
 

Incorrigible

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Re: What do you pull your boat with?

I pull either my 22' Mach 1 or my 30' Wellcraft Scarab with a Chevrolet Suburban Z71
 

rcmickey

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Re: What do you pull your boat with?

I pull my Sport-Craft Sprint 1500 with a 97 Caravan, but before that I used a 94 Mazda Protege. I took it easy and never had an issue. Before the Sport-Craft I used it to get my 14Ft Whaler to the ramp. That little Mazda always got us home. My buddy tows his 17ft Whaler with a Honda Civic he gets a lot of looks.
 

Jeff-in-PA

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Re: What do you pull your boat with?

Main tow vehicle is my '01 Suburban 2500 LT. It has the 6.0L with the tow package and tows like a dream. For moving the boats around, I use our '01 Jeep Cherokee.

The boats I have are a Starcraft 24' pontoon and a 18' Celebrity I/O

Here's the Cherokee with the 18' Celebrity attached
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Here's the Suburban hooked up to the '24 pontoon
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stubbsboogie

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Re: What do you pull your boat with?

2001 GMC Jimmy pulls both mine.
Sea Nymph no problem, you fdont even know it is there.
The Glastron, well that is another story. Within the weight capacity but right aat the top. Sometimes it pushes me a little bit. Overall though it does a really good job.
 

glideman

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Re: What do you pull your boat with?

I pull this (2000 Glastron GX225)


with this (2006 GMC Yukon XL pimped out)


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