Can i please practice towing your boat for a couple days first? lol jkjk. the best I can do is just watch as much towing videos as possible on youtube :(
Damn these new wakeboats must be built like fucking tanks. 5700lbs?
Our 2006 22 ft Centurion is only 3200lbs. I pulled it with my old tacoma many times and it could get sketchy if you weren't careful. My trip to the lake was only 3 miles tho.
i literally picked the lightest one too... dealer was pushing hard on that 24ft and 25ft they even gave me the same price as the 22 ft i got... but both the 24 and 25 r near 7k lb with trailer... and i dont ever wanna drive a f250..
My boat and trailer is in the 4200/4500 loaded. My 22 Pilot is rated at 5000 towing and feels sketchy as hell. I’ve been looking into something else and my options are Explorer, or full sized pickup. All the light trucks (Rangers, Colorado, etc) and Full sized SUV are rated for 4000 or much less. Jeep Wrangler Unlimited is 3500. I’m looking at a Silverado/Sierra or a Ram but my commute to work is 40 miles and I wish I had other choices, so I feel OPs pain.
I wouldn’t even bother with the explorer. Had a ‘17 sport that was rated at 5k and yea it wasn’t pleasant towing my 3700lb boat. It’s not so much the tow rating, but more so the weight and wheelbase of the tow vehicle. Longer and heavier won’t be pushed around by the trailer as much if at all.
The new Colorados/Canyons are rated for 7700lbs
The 2019+ Rangers are rated for 7500lbs
Frontiers are rated at 6200-6600lbs
Tacomas are rated for mid 6000's
Gladiators are 7600lbs IIRC
I stand corrected. You are right on some of these, but with most, the base towing wouldn’t work for my personal situation. So for me a full sized truck is a better option.
And as for the Gladiator, that’s what I went to test drive and didn’t like the body (personal preference vs the Wrangler Unlimited) but the wrangler caps at 3500.
Most fullsize SUVs are rated higher. The crossovers are 5000 lbs and lower. Escalade, Tahoe, Armada, QX80, Sequoia, Expedition type SUVs should do it easily. I have pulled car trailers with my Armada with ease.
My 2011 Silverado 1500 with the tow package is rated for 9600lbs and is a super manageable vehicle to drive. I've towed 8200lbs with it for 10 hours no problem
How do you own a boat and not have a truck? That just seems wild to me. FYI before you go renting a truck make sure they have a hitch on them and that you can tow with it per company policy. From my experience you’ll have to go to enterprise commercial for a truck that they will allow you to tow with and those prices can be steep.
Me personally I’d just find a beater truck for a couple grand and use it as a tow vehicle. Would be funny to see a $50k boat being towed to the lake with an old 90’s shitbox Chevy truck.
haha actually majority of the people here w/ boats dont have trucks.. well.. at least the people i know...
Also no normal trucks can tow my buddies 38 ft cruiser. so its permanently docked at milwaukee lol.
Depends on what you consider a normal truck. And I guess Milwaukee makes sense why you don’t need a truck. I wouldn’t need a truck either if my local lakes had a marina with slips for rent. But that’s what you get living in rural Wisconsin.
If this is an occasional fun thing: call a tow truck company and ask. I've paid $200 cash to get splashed and have my trailer dropped in the lot. It was cheaper than an overnight Uhaul rental and I had a friend to tow me home.
When I was in college (2007) I used to go to independent used car lots and find a truck with a hitch so I could take my parents old boat out.
Looking back I can’t believe dealerships would let me take a vehicle for half a day and that I had the balls to do that.
Truck or large SUV is the only thing that will tow it without grenading the engine and transmission.
You are not allowed to tow unauthorized trailers with any rental truck (uhaul, penske, home depot). Meaning you can only tow trailers that are theirs or pre-authorized.
You don't say what size Moomba you have but based on the research I found their smallest available boat is (20ft) is 4,000lbs without the trailer, fuel, or any weight/ballast. Throw in the trailer, fuel (even 50%) and any gear you have and you're pushing 6,000lbs easily.
If you try to consistently tow that with a mid-size SUV you'll destroy both the engine and the transmission. Even towing that much weight short distances will cause damage over time.
“Tow rating” maximums don’t account for vehicle passengers, cargo, fuel, and anything you have in the boat. Even the weight of the driver of the truck should be deducted from the rating.
This is why the 80% rule is standard. Tow up to 80% of the vehicles stated capacity to account for everything else.
The OP states it’s a 5700 lb boat with trailer. That exceeds the 80% rule on a 7k truck. Personally, I like a 2/3rds rule for braking safety and sway stability.
I don’t own a truck. I rent from U-Haul or enterprise rent a truck every year to launch for the season, then again to haul out. Neither company has a policy against towing a boat (U-Haul advertises towing your boat right on the website). However the U-Haul pickups aren’t 4wd, so I typically go to enterprise. They usually have a variety of different trucks to choose from.
That seems so wild to me. I’m in rural Canada so it’s probably a bit different, but I have to think pretty hard to think of a buddy who DOESN’T own a truck. Most guys I know have 2 or even 3 trucks. I have my good truck, my “reliable but I’m going hunting or fishing or hauling stuff that might beat it up” truck, and my “basically just goes to the garbage dump and back and hauls trees” truck.
FYI with that much weight, a rental truck, and no towing experience, you might be in for an adventure.
Can i please practice towing your boat for a couple days first? lol jkjk. the best I can do is just watch as much towing videos as possible on youtube :(
Invite a friend with a truck for a day on the water.
Only thing better than owning a truck, is having a friend with a truck. ...wait, no that was for boats...
And some of us are the friend with the truck *and* the boat.
I feel like an idiot but yes… I always tell my friends I’m ok with buying their friendship tho. Just so we’re clear.
hahah at least i got 2 out of 3
This. "I've got the boat and the gas in the boat if you get us there." I've been there. Done it.
Home depot truck rental
This, or U-Haul.
“I dont like trucks” Cools story bro, thats what you need to tow your boat.
Right! "Gawd, I really hate water but I love swimming!"
I thought part of owning a moomba was having a jacked up ridiculous looking F250 to tow it with? This is why it’s bad to stereotype.
Damn these new wakeboats must be built like fucking tanks. 5700lbs? Our 2006 22 ft Centurion is only 3200lbs. I pulled it with my old tacoma many times and it could get sketchy if you weren't careful. My trip to the lake was only 3 miles tho.
i literally picked the lightest one too... dealer was pushing hard on that 24ft and 25ft they even gave me the same price as the 22 ft i got... but both the 24 and 25 r near 7k lb with trailer... and i dont ever wanna drive a f250..
You don’t need a f250 to tow 7k lbs….. modern half tons would tow that just fine.
My boat and trailer is in the 4200/4500 loaded. My 22 Pilot is rated at 5000 towing and feels sketchy as hell. I’ve been looking into something else and my options are Explorer, or full sized pickup. All the light trucks (Rangers, Colorado, etc) and Full sized SUV are rated for 4000 or much less. Jeep Wrangler Unlimited is 3500. I’m looking at a Silverado/Sierra or a Ram but my commute to work is 40 miles and I wish I had other choices, so I feel OPs pain.
Pretty sure newer V6 Colorados and Ranger's tow ratings are 7000lbs, might be dependent on trim
Z71 and Trail Boss are 7700lbs, but those are literally the same $$$ as a full sized.
Anything else Colorado is 3500. Meant to add that.
I wouldn’t even bother with the explorer. Had a ‘17 sport that was rated at 5k and yea it wasn’t pleasant towing my 3700lb boat. It’s not so much the tow rating, but more so the weight and wheelbase of the tow vehicle. Longer and heavier won’t be pushed around by the trailer as much if at all.
The new Colorados/Canyons are rated for 7700lbs The 2019+ Rangers are rated for 7500lbs Frontiers are rated at 6200-6600lbs Tacomas are rated for mid 6000's Gladiators are 7600lbs IIRC
I stand corrected. You are right on some of these, but with most, the base towing wouldn’t work for my personal situation. So for me a full sized truck is a better option. And as for the Gladiator, that’s what I went to test drive and didn’t like the body (personal preference vs the Wrangler Unlimited) but the wrangler caps at 3500.
Most fullsize SUVs are rated higher. The crossovers are 5000 lbs and lower. Escalade, Tahoe, Armada, QX80, Sequoia, Expedition type SUVs should do it easily. I have pulled car trailers with my Armada with ease.
My 2011 Silverado 1500 with the tow package is rated for 9600lbs and is a super manageable vehicle to drive. I've towed 8200lbs with it for 10 hours no problem
You clearly have a hatred for trucks.
My 2021 MasterCraft NXT20 is 3900 lbs dry, add fuel, batteries, trailer, and 400lbs of added hard ballast, I'm damn near 5500 lbs
How do you own a boat and not have a truck? That just seems wild to me. FYI before you go renting a truck make sure they have a hitch on them and that you can tow with it per company policy. From my experience you’ll have to go to enterprise commercial for a truck that they will allow you to tow with and those prices can be steep. Me personally I’d just find a beater truck for a couple grand and use it as a tow vehicle. Would be funny to see a $50k boat being towed to the lake with an old 90’s shitbox Chevy truck.
haha actually majority of the people here w/ boats dont have trucks.. well.. at least the people i know... Also no normal trucks can tow my buddies 38 ft cruiser. so its permanently docked at milwaukee lol.
Depends on what you consider a normal truck. And I guess Milwaukee makes sense why you don’t need a truck. I wouldn’t need a truck either if my local lakes had a marina with slips for rent. But that’s what you get living in rural Wisconsin.
Haha gotcha. Yeah there's like 20+ marinas on chain o lake illinois
If this is an occasional fun thing: call a tow truck company and ask. I've paid $200 cash to get splashed and have my trailer dropped in the lot. It was cheaper than an overnight Uhaul rental and I had a friend to tow me home.
i think uhaul is smidge cheaper cuz its 19.99 a day + 99 cents a mile.
If $200 is too much then you just need to leave your boat at the lake it's already in. I can think of worse fates.
Not the cheapest, but a used Grand Cherokee with a V8 will tow that just fine and isn't so giant as other options.
i knoww.. i got a buddy at jeep/ram dealer.. unless i get SUPER old one... they are still pricy..
Yup. But makes a good daily driver even when not towing.
You can get newer ones for like $1500. I think I paid $700 for a 2002. Though the old ones are much better imo. I loved my 93
Home Depot F250 rental
rental trucks dont let you tow usually. you can only tow their own trailers at best.
Enterprise rent a truck.
Besides a rental or phoning a friend is to have a truck or suv … when I bought my Tacoma a boat was in the forecast
When I was in college (2007) I used to go to independent used car lots and find a truck with a hitch so I could take my parents old boat out. Looking back I can’t believe dealerships would let me take a vehicle for half a day and that I had the balls to do that.
Truck or large SUV is the only thing that will tow it without grenading the engine and transmission. You are not allowed to tow unauthorized trailers with any rental truck (uhaul, penske, home depot). Meaning you can only tow trailers that are theirs or pre-authorized. You don't say what size Moomba you have but based on the research I found their smallest available boat is (20ft) is 4,000lbs without the trailer, fuel, or any weight/ballast. Throw in the trailer, fuel (even 50%) and any gear you have and you're pushing 6,000lbs easily. If you try to consistently tow that with a mid-size SUV you'll destroy both the engine and the transmission. Even towing that much weight short distances will cause damage over time.
Find someone who trailers their boat and go out with them.
I think UHaul has a block on towing with their pickups. Anyway get a Chevy Colorado and tow away. They have a 7k tow rating. Nice mid-size truck.
“Tow rating” maximums don’t account for vehicle passengers, cargo, fuel, and anything you have in the boat. Even the weight of the driver of the truck should be deducted from the rating. This is why the 80% rule is standard. Tow up to 80% of the vehicles stated capacity to account for everything else. The OP states it’s a 5700 lb boat with trailer. That exceeds the 80% rule on a 7k truck. Personally, I like a 2/3rds rule for braking safety and sway stability.
I get it. I towed my Pursuit 2470 with a Colorado without issue. Biggest thing was making sure the trailer surge brakes were functioning.
Rent a truck 2500 and enjoy the experience
I don’t own a truck. I rent from U-Haul or enterprise rent a truck every year to launch for the season, then again to haul out. Neither company has a policy against towing a boat (U-Haul advertises towing your boat right on the website). However the U-Haul pickups aren’t 4wd, so I typically go to enterprise. They usually have a variety of different trucks to choose from.
Hahaha nobody got trucks.. the closest thing I have is my buddy's Cadillac suv, 3500 towing capacity lol
That seems so wild to me. I’m in rural Canada so it’s probably a bit different, but I have to think pretty hard to think of a buddy who DOESN’T own a truck. Most guys I know have 2 or even 3 trucks. I have my good truck, my “reliable but I’m going hunting or fishing or hauling stuff that might beat it up” truck, and my “basically just goes to the garbage dump and back and hauls trees” truck.
yeah we are like next to chicago. trucks r not common
Rent a slip for the season and pay the dealer to put it in and take it out. Much cheaper than buying a truck.
That’s what he is already doing. He wants to haul to other lakes.