Biggest boats you have pulled with a 5.7 1500

Major Shart · Jul 28, 2016

Nice looking boats guys. I'm thinking I'll be ok staying closer to a 25' cuddy.

BlkZrx · Jul 28, 2016

This thread reminds me of the 20 ft center console fishing boat I had in FL, pulled it with an S10 that had the little 2.8 v6. Top speed of the truck wasn't much better then the boat.. [emoji41]

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pblanco10 · Oct 21, 2016

This is an older thread but I will add to it. I tow my 32' cuddy about 40 miles round trip to the marina. Set the transmission to 6 gear and cruise 60 mph on the highway. Fuel economy sucks.

Major Shart · Oct 21, 2016

pblanco10 said:
This is an older thread but I will add to it. I tow my 32' cuddy about 40 miles round trip to the marina. Set the transmission to 6 gear and cruise 60 mph on the highway. Fuel economy sucks.

Sick boat! Now that's the type of info I was looking for. But you also live in flat Florida...how is it pulling it out of the water? What does that boat weigh? Is the ramp at a steep angle?

None of this really matters any more since I bought a Cummins but I'm still interested. Don't tell the wife that the 1500 would have pulled what we want though hahah

bsmarble · Oct 23, 2016

Towed my 26.5 foot Crownline about 30 miles no issues. I definitely knew I had something back there though.

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Major Shart · Oct 23, 2016

bsmarble said:
Towed my 26.5 foot Crownline about 30 miles no issues. I definitely knew I had something back there though.

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Sweet man. That sucker has to be heavy. What's the weight? Pulled it on a flat road?

pblanco10 · Oct 24, 2016

Major Shart said:
Sick boat! Now that's the type of info I was looking for. But you also live in flat Florida...how is it pulling it out of the water? What does that boat weigh? Is the ramp at a steep angle?

None of this really matters any more since I bought a Cummins but I'm still interested. Don't tell the wife that the 1500 would have pulled what we want though hahah

Thanks!

Weight fully fueled is about 7k lbs, plus the weight of the trailer. Pulling it out of the water is no problem, even at really low tide. I had to use 4x4 once because the ramp was real slick.

Major Shart · Oct 24, 2016

pblanco10 said:
Thanks!

Weight fully fueled is about 7k lbs, plus the weight of the trailer. Pulling it out of the water is no problem, even at really low tide. I had to use 4x4 once because the ramp was real slick.

That trailer must weigh close to 3k so ya you're right at or just over the limit of that truck. Still not as bad as I thought.

pblanco10 · Oct 24, 2016

Major Shart said:
That trailer must weigh close to 3k so ya you're right at or just over the limit of that truck. Still not as bad as I thought.

Not bad at all. Its not something I would want to tow a few hundred miles but for around town its good. Airbags help the squat too.

Dantheman · Oct 25, 2016

Y'all are making me jealous. My little 20' gets going though. The ttop acts like a kite and keeps things interesting.

Major Shart · Oct 26, 2016

Dantheman said:
Y'all are making me jealous. My little 20' gets going though. The ttop acts like a kite and keeps things interesting.

Looks like a perfect fishing boat though. I once heard something about size not mattering... :naughty:

Dantheman · Oct 26, 2016

Major Shart said:
Looks like a perfect fishing boat though. I once heard something about size not mattering...

It's not the size of the wave that matters, it's the motion of the ocean :grd:

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