2002FX4

Nice

tcrote5516

You are good! That's exactly what it is though I'm pretty sure it's rated at 200hp at the prop. Mercruiser Alpha 1 Gen 2. Yes its a 4.3 Vortec so noting out of the ordinary, just another Ford towing a chevy

J/K, I'm not a Ford vs Chevy guy, I just bought my wife a new Cadillac for Xmas. Besides, the 4.3 is a darn solid motor and in 90% of the millions of 16 - 24ft boats on the water.

PerryB

Good Ford/Chevy joke! I'm sure you're right about the h.p. The last time I looked into the 4.3/Merc was probably 15 years ago, and then they were 180. You guys posting boat pics are killin' me. I sold my boat last July because we almost never used it anymore. It was a 2004 Chaparral 220 ssi with a 320 hp/6.2 and a Bravo 3. A big fast boat. We live near sea level and with 2 people and a light fuel load I could hit 62 on the gps. Have fun with it, thats a nice combination you have there.

Jackedup00

The road to the river does flood often.. the road has gotten enough water to pull tubes behind the truck so yup, it'd probably get muddy lmao

Fordrocks689

Are you able to launch and attach that boat without the use of 4wheel drive on a regular concrete boat launch?

Wolvee

Why would he try? I'm always in 4x4 when on the boat ramp. I've seen too many memes with trucks in the drink. lol

Fordrocks689

Just trying to get an idea of what I can tow out of the water without worrying about ending up in the lake lol

tcrote5516

Yes I can and often do launch and retrieve in 2wd on ramps I know well. I have the FX4 rear end with the limited slip so I'm sure that helps with 2wd work. I always inspect the ramps before I dunk her but if I don't know the ramp well or don't like how steep the angle is I throw it in 4wd just to be safe.

If you have a LS rear end you can be very confident that the truck will have no problem pulling 4,000+ lbs out on a paved or poured concrete ramps. I've been able to pull her out on gravel ramps in 2wd as well though I wouldn't advise gravel with a 2wd truck. When I try it is only because I know I'm just 1 button away from 4wd and often I have to use 4wd to get her out.

petef-150

Nice match for sure. Got a question being your near White Mountain. Do you know where that steep grade is I think its on the north side of it? Came off it around 1986 with a semi. I was on the south side and the road I need to run was shut down. So had to drive east then north and back down to put off a Spectrum Oil drop. Man it was the bad grades of all grades. Want to say it was marked around 15% but felt way steeper. Even with the jake brake on stage 3. It was a mean one just not long.
Pete

tcrote5516

There's no "White Mtn" in NH, there are the white mountains which is the range so I think that's what your asking about. The only road I could think you were on was 112 which is the kancamagus highway. It's a nasty road to run a truck up/down. Going South East the grade is marked as 15% but it's steeper than that at many times and very long. I can shut my motorcycle off and ride for miles and miles in silence on gravity alone. I've never done that road towing anything and sure wouldn't want to either.