Towing boats with or without 4WD?
02-23-2012, 12:20 AM
#41
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Aggghhhh the salt water damage!!!! I am willing to bet alcohol played a part in the third video. And, a 4wd wouldn't help him much since his trailer found the edge of the concrete and got hooked (Happened to a buddy of mine his 4wd did nothing till we hooked his trailer with an ancher and pulled up on it - ramp was too short and tide to lower for his 24' bay stealth). The 2nd video, I would like to know why he sank his truck for a jet ski? WTF.
Scuba Steve - if you plan on getting a bigger boat, just ask people with a boat in your size range at the launches that you frequent or will frequent. But if you haven't needed it in Florida for 10 years I think you will be fine. I haven't needed one either, just put some AT tires on my trucks and they were great.
Scuba Steve - if you plan on getting a bigger boat, just ask people with a boat in your size range at the launches that you frequent or will frequent. But if you haven't needed it in Florida for 10 years I think you will be fine. I haven't needed one either, just put some AT tires on my trucks and they were great.
03-04-2012, 10:29 AM
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This is what 4wd can do.
htp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKyDmIsQSow&feature=related
Here are some people that wished they had FWD.
htp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FshOpPqj88
htp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMDKU7NFAu8&feature=related
And so on.
htp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKyDmIsQSow&feature=related
Here are some people that wished they had FWD.
htp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FshOpPqj88
htp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMDKU7NFAu8&feature=related
And so on.
This is what scares me about not having 4WD, but I think I would be good on most ramps here without it.
03-04-2012, 04:15 PM
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If your trailer axle and tires go off the end of the ramp don't ****** it to hard. You might end up dragging the trailer out without an axle. Simply use two 2x6s or a set of those aluminum folding ramps off of the end of the boat ramp. simple easy fix. Comes out easy.
03-04-2012, 09:34 PM
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I am going to be buying an F-150 in the summer. I am definitely wanting the locking rear differential, but has anyone had trouble pulling boats out of the water without 4WD?
My current truck is a 2WD Dakota and I pull a 21' center console out with no problem, but if I were to get a bigger boat down the road I want to be able to get it out of the water. I hate to get 4WD for the chance that I get a larger boat 3-4 yrs from now. I have never needed 4WD in the 10 years that I have owned my current truck. I really don't want to spend the extra money and take the MPG hit if I don't need to.
My current truck is a 2WD Dakota and I pull a 21' center console out with no problem, but if I were to get a bigger boat down the road I want to be able to get it out of the water. I hate to get 4WD for the chance that I get a larger boat 3-4 yrs from now. I have never needed 4WD in the 10 years that I have owned my current truck. I really don't want to spend the extra money and take the MPG hit if I don't need to.
03-04-2012, 09:39 PM
#46
For all the money it takes to own a boat, just buy the 4wd and never worry about it. Piece of mind is worth something.