New to Trailering a boat, will this work?

[mahicks]

Re: New to Trailering a boat, will this work?

What? No transmission oil cooler?

Brakes on a 1750# trailer is a little overkill in my book and once you dunk them in salt water a few times you'll start thinking that way too. Fact is that all the brakes in the world can't make up for making good decisions while towing.
As I said earlier we didn't worry about trailer brakes, even hauling boats commercially across country and I hauled 3-4 boats at a time with a tandem axle trailer and a bed rack.

But if all this prep makes You feel good then go for it.

There's a lot of salesmen out there that will sell you dog crap in a bag if they thought that they could convince you into believing you need it.

About the Curt hitch...bolts to the frame just like the bumper hitch. What part of a step bumper hitch makes it not a real hitch. Only time I've seen one fail is when Sanford and Son grossly overloaded a single axle trailer with 5 tons of gravel. It snapped the rear bolts on the 1969 Chev 1/2 ton and the bumper folded straight down.

BTW, What size is the coupler on the trailer?

Capt Ron

2" coupler. Why?

 

[Capt Ron]

Re: New to Trailering a boat, will this work?

mahicks,
I was just wondering.
The only real advantage to going with another hitch would to be able to easily adjust the the ball size and or height.
Plus it gives you another place to hang a set of bull balls, or didn't they outlaw that down there?

Varago,
In my earlier post I stated the wording of the small print in the Chevy Truck towing guide.
Now I see that the Dodge towing guide has comparable wording in equally small print:
(2)These trailer tow ratings are designed to provide acceptable performance for normal conditions of temperature, grade and altitude.

 

[Varago]

Re: New to Trailering a boat, will this work?

Thanks for the reply Capt Ron could you please help with a link, I looked at the GMC and chev sites and could not find them. Any help would be great

Dave

 

[cruisersveesport]

Re: New to Trailering a boat, will this work?

I had to add something, the boat was such a great deal but you spent all that money upgrading to tow it. So the money pit we all love now is not that great of a deal