How To Equip Your Vehicle To Tow Your Boat

  • snappin
    wisc go pack!
    Posts: 10
    February 19, 2004 at 12:45 am #293267

    I tow my starcraft 17 foot superfisherman with a explorer and the best thing I did was put a set of rancho shock absorbers on it. I put adjustable shocks on the back and a reciever hitch on back. This seems to work just fine untill I can get that new ford f-150~~~~~~~~~~ snappin

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59996
    February 19, 2004 at 1:12 pm #293187

    All good tips Bill. Great things to think about this time of year. Keeps your mind off of the forecast!

    ShawnC
    Crystal, MN
    Posts: 3
    February 29, 2004 at 4:46 am #294586

    Do you fellas know if there any issues with towing using a full time 4WD vehicle? I bought my first boat this winter and I drive a Grand Cherokee with Quadra Trac.
    Thanks.

    bill_cadwell
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 12607
    February 29, 2004 at 3:32 pm #294602

    My son Nate tows a Lund 1800 Pro V with a Chevy Astro AWD [ALL WHEEL DRIVE] Van with a transmission cooler on it and has had no problems. He bought the van used from a buddy who towed his 18 ft Crestliner boat with it back and forth to Mille Lacs and back and forth to diferent PWT Tournaments and had no problems. I also bought one last November and added a transmission cooler to it and it will be used as a tow vehicle but I haven’t towed yet as it took over a month to get the hitch set up for it and installed as it was on backorder and then came winter, but I expect no problems.
    Thanks, Bill

    thor
    Hudson WI
    Posts: 82
    March 1, 2004 at 2:04 am #294226

    shawnc, when im not fishing and actually have to work…im a service director for a chrysler dealer, towing with an all wheel drive is no problem!

    Steve Plantz
    SE MN
    Posts: 12240
    March 1, 2004 at 3:12 am #294332

    Hey thor is it a good idea to tow with a front wheel drive vehicle, I would think that a light load is ok but how much weight is too much?

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