Nah, just get your boat and "have at it" you will be fine. The fact you have even considered consequences of an unsuitable tow vehicle mean you are ahead 50% boat buyersQuote:
Originally Posted by Joe Schmo
Nah, just get your boat and "have at it" you will be fine. The fact you have even considered consequences of an unsuitable tow vehicle mean you are ahead 50% boat buyersQuote:
Originally Posted by Joe Schmo
Yesterday I was following a baby Jag towing a Haines Hunter SF535, the poor Jaaag while it might have had the power certainly didn't have the springs in the back to keep its arse off the ground. I really was expecting to see sparks it was that low.
yep and the dazzled drivers approaching at night, you see this quite often with towing vehiclesQuote:
Originally Posted by Happy Jack
You mean it pays to be a rich tradie driving around in there Dodge Rams and SilveradosQuote:
Originally Posted by Joe Schmo
Nah, Govt department (NIWA and DOC).
All on hoc, it doesn't pay to own them yourself.Quote:
Originally Posted by BRADS
Ya not wrong, when I was buying my new ute the dealer said "ok so we will put this tow bar on" and when I queried further he was gonna put a 1 ton towbar on a ute with a 3.5T towing capacity. If I hadn't questioned it I would have been stuck with a 1 T towbar and seeing as how my digger is 1.7T that would not be a winning combination. Cheeky bastards trying it on.
Oh and my 5.2m alloy boat is 400kg dry weight apparently so you could probably launch that with a car off a good concrete boat ramp if you were keen
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Originally Posted by scotty
My 4.5m fryan with motor, fuel, fishing gear and safety equipment is 700kg tow weight.