Tow vehicles

[reelapeelin]

Franco's got the answer...specially if it's an ''unknown'' trailer...

I have and will cancel a fishin' trip (4 a.m.) because trailer lights didn't come on...gotta stay ''ahead'' of stuff like that... ;)...but the trailer gremlins will BITE anybody no matter how prepared you are.... :o...

[garbubba]

I had the same truck for a few years. I'd add some weight in the bed to give you better braking power, bring stuff to fix the trailer & go. Mine was a standard but I think a tranny cooler may come standard, my '97 landcruiser has one.

That's a lot more truck than most folks think, I doubt you'd have any trouble if you are careful.

Doug

[Mac_Attack]

Does anyone tow their V20 with a Dodge Dakota? I',m looking to buy a Dakota 4x4 towing capacity 5900 lbs. What do you think? Bill Mc ;D

[rb437]

I have a '98 Durango, 5.2l V8 with 5900lb towing capacity. Works great for me

[southern_comfort]

My $.01 worth is this..

while these trucks may very well pull the boat fine down the highway, and may stop the boat eventually in somewhat of a straight line, the main factor in my mind is control of both the vehicle and the trailer if something else happens..i.e. emergency manuever, trailer tire blowout, etc.

just this past year while driving down the i-state, i was pulling my 18scout flats boat and got caught in the middle lane with some merging traffic and my brand new tire(less than 100 miles) blew out on my trailer at 65-70 mph--figure 2300-2600 lbs boat, motor, trailer, fuel, gear, etc, that is now wagging around behind the truck--you could feel the trailer pulling at the truck trying to break the back end loose until it was back under control-- now all of this happened while i was completely surrounded by traffic left and right--if i had been in a compact truck i would have probaly been fine, but i bet that i would have been sitting on the side of the road filling out police reports for the 2-4 cars that my trailer and/or truck sideswiped--i happen to have overkill with a f-250 crewcab, but the point being is that i would not have wanted that to happen while driving a short-bed toyo, nissan,ranger, s-10 or whatever type of truck that was as short if not shorter than my boat and weighed in at some 500-1000# less than my boat--it is all about leverage...can't budge 1/2" nut with a 1/4 socket, but put a 3/8 or 1/2 drive and you will break it off!!

numerous times while trailering to florida, i have had some yahoo in a honda or mustang do something crazy infront of me and and almost cause a two-three car wreck before they got myself, truck and 30 feet of pursuit piling in the backdoor

My point being this...

i am not saying that you need a 250 diesel to pull around a 15' duracraft, but just because you can get something moving and stop it doesn't mean that it is a good idea to trailer with--2-3 miles to the landing...you will probaly never have a problem, but pulling a 5-6000# boat all the way up i-95 with an 18' truck that might weigh 3000# just is not an intelligent move.