Will it Tow My Boat?

[Murgatroid]

This is what I'm towing. The boat has an inboard diesel. Jeep is a Sport S with max tow.

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[Dan in Pasadena]

....The easiest way I found to bleed my trailer brake system is to chalk the rear wheels and then take a 2 x 4 and place my foot on the ground with a 2 x 4 in front of it directly in front of the tongue and then I push forward which depresses the tongue. And I just keep on doing this like I was pumping the brakes.

Hmmm, ok. It doesn't SEEM like pushing the 2x4 would be enough force but if you say it works, I'll definitely give it a try. Thanks for the advice!

 

[Slojo]

Ok is the boat the limit or can you include a Yeti full of silver bullets?

 

[ToJTornottoJT]

Hmmm, ok. It doesn't SEEM like pushing the 2x4 would be enough force but if you say it works, I'll definitely give it a try. Thanks for the advice!

You have to brace the bottom of the board with your foot and then lean your weight against the top and it works easily.

 

[ToJTornottoJT]

Ok is the boat the limit or can you include a Yeti full of silver bullets?

When I weighed the boat it was full of gas and supplies for the weekend. I don't use Yeti products though, I like Engel.

 

[KVJ]

This is what I'm towing. The boat has an inboard diesel. Jeep is a Sport S with max tow.

I doubt if anyone will notice the boat.

 

[Labswine]

This is what I'm towing. The boat has an inboard diesel. Jeep is a Sport S with max tow.

Nice little motor sailer

 

[Murgatroid]

Nice little motor sailer

Only 23 ft long, with a 16" draft with the swing keel up and it has 6' 1" standing head room in the kitchen table and cooking area. A perfect trailer sailor, shallowest draft I know of that still has standing headroom. No racer but it will move under sail and has an inboard diesel if there is no wind. The guy even hung a nice 4 stroke gas motor off the transom so I can use gas or diesel.

 

[KVJ]

I doubt if anyone will notice the boat.

I was wrong!

 

[flyil]

The very first thing I did with my Gladiator was tow a boat from Michigan to South Florida. 19 footer, about 3500-4000 lbs total weight. Towed beautifully through the Smoky Mountains.

For all the talk of serious off-roading on here, taking my boat south in the winter in a convertible was the biggest reason I got a Gladiator. When I arrive and unhitch, my tow vehicle doubles as a fun sun cruiser instead of plodding around in a F-150.

 

[Murgatroid]

The very first thing I did with my Gladiator was tow a boat from Michigan to South Florida. 19 footer, about 3500-4000 lbs total weight. Towed beautifully through the Smoky Mountains.

For all the talk of serious off-roading on here, taking my boat south in the winter in a convertible was the biggest reason I got a Gladiator. When I arrive and unhitch, my tow vehicle doubles as a fun sun cruiser instead of plodding around in a F-150.

I bought for the same reason. Had a truck for my boats, had a convertible for my everyday drive, the Gladiator does both.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

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

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.

 

[Jas504]

Towed my 24' boat yesterday for the first time. Only towed it about 10 miles or so, but I can say it did better than I expected.
Boat and trailer is right around 6k.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

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:

PS: My trailer has surge brakes only.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

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:

PS: My trailer has surge brakes only.

SBC engine - around 550 pounds or so. The AMC V8, a heavy block - is 550, I doubt a small block Chevy is heavier.
The trailer - can't be too heavy, I bet not even 1,000.
My aluminum car hauler is 1500 empty. It's a tilt bed with hydraulics, steel latches and so on.

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