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Do small trucks have enough pulling power?
Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:01 pm
Is a small truck such as a Frontier or Dakota strong enough to pull an average size boat out if the water and up a ramp? If so, does it have to be 4WD?
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Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:02 pm to Badman
My dad use to haul his 18ft Carolina Swift bay boat with a 4 cylinder s-10.
Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:03 pm to Badman
How heavy is an averaged sized boat?
Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:05 pm to Badman
Give it a shot. What could possibly go wrong
Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:06 pm to Badman
How's the launch you use?
Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:07 pm to Badman
I think you'd be surprised by some of the power on those little trucks
Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:08 pm to Walt OReilly
Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:09 pm to Badman
doesn't have to be 4wd, towing power is function of torque/gearing
Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:09 pm to Badman
v6 Taco here.
Enough power for a 19ft Carolina Skiff DLV.
Enough power for a 19ft Carolina Skiff DLV.
Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:09 pm to Spaulding Smails
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I think you'd be surprised by some of the power on those little trucks
Considering that a Nissan Frontier looks almost as big as my 1992 F150, I believe you.
Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:10 pm to Tino
Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:12 pm to Tino
Yeti sticker is the only thing keeping that car above water.
Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:14 pm to Walt OReilly
don't be surprised to smell a little clutch burning action as you wind it up to get the power to pull it out (depending on the landing quality).had a 4cyl. nissan hardbody that took everything it had to pull a (rather heavy) 14ft. alum. boat out,but it got the job done.
Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:15 pm to 777Tiger
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doesn't have to be 4wd, towing power is function of torque/gearing
And traction on the ramp of course. With a 4wd t-case you normally get a lower gear range as well.
Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:17 pm to Badman
Why not look at the rated towing capacity of the truck and compare it to the weight of the boat?
Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:18 pm to bigrob385series
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don't be surprised to smell a little clutch burning action as you wind it up to get the power to pull it out (depending on the landing quality).had a 4cyl. nissan hardbody that took everything it had to pull a (rather heavy) 14ft. alum. boat out,but it got the job done.
I used to put a buddy's 17' Glastron ski boat w/115hp Ev. in//out of the basin with an '82 Camaro, no problem, a few years later I bought a 28' pontoon boat w/90hp Yamaha and had a '93 F-150 with the small block V-8, that boat would eat that truck's lunch
Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:19 pm to Badman
people buy trucks way way bigger than needed.
Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:19 pm to Badman
I haul a 20 ft skeeter with my tacoma all the time. Wish i had bigger truck but no problems
Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:19 pm to Badman
I pull a 22 ft aluminum center console with a 150 on the back all over LA with a 2wd 4 runner. Have backed down plenty of wet and steep ramps with no problem (yet).
Posted on 7/25/14 at 4:20 pm to Badman
Depends on grade of the launch and condition
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