Guess how much I weigh!
 

I'm looking at travel trailers and towing weight. I know my truck pulls my boat fine. But not really sure how much it actually weighs. I'll try to stop by a scale close to my house soon. In the mean time.....

Take a guess. I'll send the closest person a prize package not to exceed $5 value. How about a used Formula beverage cooler?

2000 353, 496's, 1/2 tank gas, anchors, tools, cooler, steel tri-axle trailer.

Not at the top of my want list but ................... 12, 850 lbs.

need to know what brand of trailer?
all steel trailers are not built the same!

Eagles are heavier than most.

I'll take 13180 on an Eagle as described

13,553 pounds approximately

12995

Closest without going over?

11,965

11,655 is my guess...

12,500

13000

He just said closest.


13250. (catch that Rip?)

Crap. I hope it isn't much more than 12K. I was thinking I could pull a 30-32 ft with same power with an excursion. 10K limit. If you're much over that, I need to truck shop before I boat shop.

12850

I'll go with 12250. I'd rather have a key float, though.

i will guess 11500lbs:evilb:

i'm thinking 12271 lbs

trailer is very nice, well built Van Guard.
I'll get it weighed this weekend.

That's a lot of weight back there, isn't it? Tows well. Towing a camper ismore like a big sail.

I will definitely be interested in the results. I've got the same boat, and given most tow vehicles max out at 12500 and I was figuring that the boat/fuel/gear/tools/steel trailer were around 13500. I decided to go w/ the F450 and be on the safe side.

However after having the F450 in the shop 6 times in 60 days, I'm not so sure I went on the "safe side":angry-smiley-038:

12377 is where it's at....

Results?

Dave

We ever get this badboy on the scale, or what???

13,250

13100

I put my 382 on a scale with a steel trailer and scared the hell out of me, 14700. I pull it fine with an F-250 though.

$1 dollar!

Dave I did the same thing.... scary when you think about all that weight behind a SRW truck. I towed mine back from the Formula factory w/F250 diesel (800 mls) without any problems.

13,300... results?

Too much if you ever want to go very fast!:evilb:

Guys, sorry to leave you hanging......weather here in Michigan has been poor every weekend for last month. First cold 2 wkends, then warmer, but quite windy.

I did weigh the Excursion alone, 7240# w/ 1/2 tank. Deducting for myself & toolbox.

We'll see what this weekend brings...........................

Wow - finally a great boating weekend. Hooked up last night & took to scale 1st thing this morning.

RESULTS ARE IN! :flag:

Excursion, 1/2 tank, myself, toolbox, 353, trailer, 1/2 tank, tools, pfds, towels, snacks, no coolers (yet) = 19,500#

Ex & myself = 7,440#

Boat & trailer = 12,060

Then I rolled forward so truck tires were all off the scale but boat was on = 11,220.
So I think that means my TW (tounge weight) is 840# or 7% of boat/trailer. I believe this is on the light side of TW rec's, but has pulled great over many miles.

Still to do;

I'll leave the boat slipped and weigh just the trailer soon.
Fill up truck and boat to calculate exact gallons now & weight. Gas weighs how much per gal?

Lastly do the math to see who's guess was closest!

Dave

About 6.2 lbs per gallon. Temperature, type and blend will effect the actual weight +/-5%.