2008 F350 lariat 27 Fountain (sold) -also need bigger boat-currently looking at 47!
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Formerly KINGPIN! (wish I could remember that log in!) Joined October 2000.

Do you have 4x4? I have a simular truck 5.4 liter with the upgrade tow package (Heavy trans and gears). Can you get it up the ramp ok with 2wd? Everyone is telling me I will need a bigger truck towing a 32 or 35.

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Bullhead were gonna need a larger image of your avatar, I think everyone else would agree!! ;)

Sheer my 32 on the trailer a Lil fuel, light on equipment weighed in @ 10,500lbs... Really would advise not using an F150 unless equipped like that 1 mentioned, really would work that 5.4

Towed my 32 with my '00 250SD with 5.4 no problems. Had to keep OD off. Seemed to have a dead spot around 60 (really struggled to maintain speed), but get to 65 and it would run like a raped ape. Almost like at 65 it was in it's premium torque range at the higher rpm. I now have a 250SD with the V10. I leave it in OD and have no problems at any speed.

+1 :drink:

It's not that you can pull it with the F150, it's when you need to stop.

Then you guys are gonna LOVE this one!!!

'88 37' Baja Force ~ 12,000#

Usually up front (if no one spikes the brakes in front of me) is my 2000 Yukon XL, 1500 all stock 180,000 miles 5.3L

Come on... let me hear it!!!

Ill take that challenge! :D
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/3293997-post27.html

Baja, INSURANCE DENIED!!! Your just playing Russian Rouliette with your familys lives and everyone else on the road. That ain't funny at all.

X2-x3-x4-x5-x6...:drink:

If directed towards me, don't believe any of what I typed. It was a photo op. :party-smiley-004:
Post 86 is my tow vehicle

That's not true.. you play Russian Rouliette with only one bullet in the chamber.

Besides.. you're towing Fountain's at 70 MPH. Who's gambling? lol

Just messin' wit' ya.

Ya I am towing a 27 Fountain on an Aluminum trailer, maybe 7k lbs, with a '06 F250 Diesel with huge 4 wheel disc brakes. More truck than I need for the boat, not the opposite. I would say you need a 1ton dually at least for your boat.

motivation to get the right vehicle so you can tow to LOTO

I'm motivated now. :evilb:

Hey how long of a tow is it from LOTO to VA? I've been thinking about the Jamin on the James run. Not sure I want to drag a 47 looks like 17 hours?! Hard to leave LOTO during the summer.

Hey...i'll tow your 47 there with my Dakota. Just let me know when... i'll have to change the oil first.

It's the weekend after the 4th of July, if you can pick the boat up on July 5 and head that way I can fly out that would be great. :lolhit:

Used a 2011 Ford 450 King Ranch to pull a 42 . It was a long trip in total comfort . We put the cruise on at 5 over , truck rode like the trailer wasn't there . Unhook the trailer and the truck is fast .

Ok, so do you know these girls? Or just rent them for the photo shoot? :lolhit:

Depends on who's asking :evilb:

Just one Fountain guy to another!



When I die just tie me on your swim platform. :lolhit:

your link doesn't work.. more pics are needed of your 35! :drink:

Here's a couple, will need to resize some with the tow rig to keep in the spirit of the thread !

I could use more truck :party-smiley-004:

Here's mine:

Wow, how does that feel cruising at 70? My 1 ton doesn't even feel safe.

32 Fountain sportfish cruiser with twin 454s (maybe 8500 lbs), aluminum dual axle trailer with electric over hydraulic brakes (about 1800 lbs), add a ton for fuel (1500 lbs for 250 gallons) water, food, gear, so weight going down the freeway is probably 12000 lbs. F350 dually V10.

Tows very easy. Actually more comfortable towing than when not. MPG on California freeways (55 mph) is 13 mpg. At 65 mph its 10 mpg.

The electric over hydraulic disk brakes on the trailer is absolutely necessary. The original surge brakes would not fully release, so the barely dragging brakes would heat the trailer hubs to the point all the grease would run out and the bearing would fail -- over and over and over again, usually once a month or more frequently (like a half dozen times cross country). With the hydraulic brakes the brakes totally release, so I have had exactly zero bearing failures since.

Same boat here. With a half tank of fuel and the usually junk on board the boat weighed 9,500# on a certified load cell on a lift. I'm pulling with a 2500 V-10 Ram. Same thing here , pulls very well.
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All the boats even the 42 are pulled by a 2001 Yukon XL 4X4 with 3.73 gear. :eek:

The Fountain just goes 2 miles down the road to the boat launch...:drink:...at about 45 mph max. Yes it has electric/hydraulic brakes.

Does anyone here pull a 35, 38 or 42 with an F250V10? If so, how does the truck do?

I gotta come up w something On the bus... It's gonna take abouit 20 rolls of masking tape just to tape something off to make it look right. I'm leaning twards painting the bottom black and restriping the mid section.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/a...1&d=1297320638

Haven't made it to 70 yet! PB2 to my house is less than five miles away. :drink:

Blue 32
 

Hey DM, they guy who is always in your engine bay is building our motors and is putting all the tricks to it! Better watch out for the BLUE 32 and just keep in our wake when making the "LOOP".
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sweet set -up's
 

i do not know about all of you but getting to the lake/river in style and looking good doing is just about as much fun . i use a 01' 2500 hd with a 8.1 gasser to get the job done . if i could figure out how to get pics on here i would like to show you all,cause the truck damn near matches the boat to a "T" . btw the guy that has a red 350 and 35 lightning and has 35 lthning on the plate i think wins !