boat weight

relocyo

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anyone have a ballpark figure on how much a 1977 glastron gt 150 weighs? its bare bones seats out approx. weight would be nice...
 

roscoe

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Re: boat weight

the hull weighs 625#, minus the weight of the seats
 

relocyo

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Re: boat weight

gotcha thanks. trying to figure out if my little car can pull this thing!
 

Bob_VT

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Re: boat weight

+engine seats gas and trailer and you are up over 1000 lbs

The true questions will be the stopping power and ability to launch and re-load with a small car.....
 

TerryMSU

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Re: boat weight

The other question to ask is, "How much water is there in the foam?" If the boat is in bad shape, it could be a lot more weight.

TerryMSU
 

relocyo

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Re: boat weight

its a 2000 mercury cougar with a v6 but i have an aftermarket cold air intake and aftermarket dual exhaust call me hard headed but it seems like i should be able to pull it. i wont until i found out that i can but i dunno... thats why im askin... its a fast car sooooo.....
 

tpcowfish

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Re: boat weight

Take it to lucky farmers or quarry, or a place with a scale, if you have one around you, exact weight, may cost a couple bucks, but u'll have ur weight
 

Bob_VT

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Re: boat weight

Max towing capacity is 1000 lbs....... I would not do it.
 

H20Rat

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Re: boat weight

its a 2000 mercury cougar with a v6 but i have an aftermarket cold air intake and aftermarket dual exhaust call me hard headed but it seems like i should be able to pull it. i wont until i found out that i can but i dunno... thats why im askin... its a fast car sooooo.....

power means very little... my car has above 300hp/310 ft/lb of torque at the crank. Rated to tow 2000 pounds, and although I bump into that limit, I make sure I'm not intentionally above. I'm also driving an AWD vehicle with steel subframes. (with rear and center subframes bolted solid, tossed the rubber mounts)

anyway, front wheel drive, another negative. 100% unibody vehicle, big negative. (no STRONG area for hitch mounting.)

so the hull is 625, motor/rigging/fuel will be a couple hundred, lets say 400. Trailer is probably another 250 or so. So you would end up over that limit. If you are towing in town only with a ramp that isn't steep, you could pull it off. Any more and I wouldn't.
 
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