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I have towed a Crownline 202 bow rider with a tandem trailer. I have not weighed the boat but I assume it’s around 5000 pounds with a cooler, gas etc. I’ve towed it once before adding airbags once after. The airbags definitely help with stability. The Mojave is obviously a gasser. Sometimes I wish I got the diesel. All of my towing with my boat is from Reno up through the mountains to North Lake Tahoe and I can keep 55 mph regardless of the grade, but it does dropping a third gear and wind it up pretty well.
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Fellow Renoite here. The diesel is great. Except mines at Lithia currently in the shop. I think this makes like 4-5 of us on here.
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Wow, that's 6000 lbs? Are you fairly certain it's that heavy?

I ask because I own a 2003 Centurion 22ft wakeboard boat with a Chevy 350 in it on a Trailrite trailer and the information I have found online SEEMS to put them at a bit under 5000 lbs. Since my truck is a Rubicon the maximum tow rating is 7000 lbs. I'd prefer to be well under the max.

Here's my boat & trailer behind my old '08 Chevy 3500:

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PS: My trailer has surge brakes only.
My Correct Craft SAN 210 in my original post picture weigh in 5,300 pounds on the tandem trailer. I bet your Centurion is similar in weight.

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Wow, that's 6000 lbs? Are you fairly certain it's that heavy?

I ask because I own a 2003 Centurion 22ft wakeboard boat with a Chevy 350 in it on a Trailrite trailer and the information I have found online SEEMS to put them at a bit under 5000 lbs. Since my truck is a Rubicon the maximum tow rating is 7000 lbs. I'd prefer to be well under the max.

Here's my boat & trailer behind my old '08 Chevy 3500:

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PS: My trailer has surge brakes only.
Definitely 6k lbs.
Boat with ttop and options I have is 4500.
Trailer is 1200.
Add batteries, tackle and other stuff that's right at 300 lbs.
Any time I tow I try to have very little fuel on board. That saves about 400 lbs.
So ya, very close to 6k
I will be towing to Florida next week so I'll see how it does on a few hundred mile trip.
 
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Definitely 6k lbs.
Boat with ttop and options I have is 4500.
Trailer is 1200.
Add batteries, tackle and other stuff that's right at 300 lbs.
Any time I tow I try to have very little fuel on board. That saves about 400 lbs.
So ya, very close to 6k
I will be towing to Florida next week so I'll see how it does on a few hundred mile trip.
I bet it is pretty close to 5,500 pounds. My boat was fully gassed and geared up. I weighed it at a truck stop and then came back in my truck without the trailer and it wax 5,300. My Rubicon with the diesel tows it okay... You have to pay attention a lot more than I did with my old Ram 1500.
 

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Who says Gladiators aren't trucks? Lol. Mine brought home this 22 cu. ft. refrigerator today.

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I keep thinking it's the same size as older "full size" American pickups - Apparently not parked next to my '55. Yeah, the '55 is low and the Gladiator is high but it's still bigger overall and by a lot.
You should see a modern 150/1500 up against any that is 25 years old...
 

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Fellow Renoite here. The diesel is great. Except mines at Lithia currently in the shop. I think this makes like 4-5 of us on here.
✌Sorry yours is in the shop. That’s where my hesitation comes from.
Just did a sunset cruise on Tahoe last night.
Have to say I’m loving the airbags.
 

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I bet it is pretty close to 5,500 pounds. My boat was fully gassed and geared up. I weighed it at a truck stop and then came back in my truck without the trailer and it wax 5,300. My Rubicon with the diesel tows it okay... You have to pay attention a lot more than I did with my old Ram 1500.
Hooked it up and drove to a scale to check the weight. Weight came back at 6040 lbs. That's about 1/4 tank of fuel in the boat.

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My TJ pulls my 21' CC fine cuts my mpg to 15. I have a 14' enclosed motor cycle trailer that is a foot over tall so I can load lawn equipment in it weights 1100 pounds towed last week to the Smokeys with my HD in it and got 12 mpg. Wind resistance hurts my mpg worse than the weight of my boat.
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