Have you weighed your boat lately?
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Have you weighed your boat lately?
Brought my 38 Fountain home from storage yesterday. Decided to stop at the truck stop and weigh it on the CAT scale. I weighed my Dually pickup about a month ago at the local concrete plant, so I know what that weighs.
Heres what I got.
Total truck and trailer =19,480 LBS
Trailer Axles=11,480 lbs.
Rear Dually axle 4,500 lbs (empty is 3100 lbs so i have 1400lbs tongue weight)
Front axle of pickup 3500lbs
My truck empty is right around 7000 lbs. So my boat, with myco trailer, is about 12,500 lbs, with ZERO fuel. I ran my tanks pretty much bone dry last fall. With Full tank of fuel (220 Gallons), and some gear, I'd say its a 14,000lb trailer/boat combo.
Back when I had my Formula 402 SR1, total truck and trailer was 24k lbs, boat trailer had 15,500 lbs on trailer axles, about 1300lbs of tongue weight. Again, no fuel in boat. Fully loaded with gas, I'd say that was a 18k boat/trailer.
Reason I decided to post this, is to inform people, that they may be towing much more than they think they are. Forget the weights in the brochures, heresay, nada website, and all else. The scale wont lie. The 38 Fountain is not known to be a big boat, heavy boat, heck, i hear its only a 34-35ft boat by most Fountain haters. Ive read where guys have said "I'd have no problem towing a 38 Fountain with a Tundra''. IDK, 14k lbs is a heavy trailer.
Heres what I got.
Total truck and trailer =19,480 LBS
Trailer Axles=11,480 lbs.
Rear Dually axle 4,500 lbs (empty is 3100 lbs so i have 1400lbs tongue weight)
Front axle of pickup 3500lbs
My truck empty is right around 7000 lbs. So my boat, with myco trailer, is about 12,500 lbs, with ZERO fuel. I ran my tanks pretty much bone dry last fall. With Full tank of fuel (220 Gallons), and some gear, I'd say its a 14,000lb trailer/boat combo.
Back when I had my Formula 402 SR1, total truck and trailer was 24k lbs, boat trailer had 15,500 lbs on trailer axles, about 1300lbs of tongue weight. Again, no fuel in boat. Fully loaded with gas, I'd say that was a 18k boat/trailer.
Reason I decided to post this, is to inform people, that they may be towing much more than they think they are. Forget the weights in the brochures, heresay, nada website, and all else. The scale wont lie. The 38 Fountain is not known to be a big boat, heavy boat, heck, i hear its only a 34-35ft boat by most Fountain haters. Ive read where guys have said "I'd have no problem towing a 38 Fountain with a Tundra''. IDK, 14k lbs is a heavy trailer.
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In New York, you need a CDL if you trailer ways over 10,001 lbs. I think this only applies to commercial drives. In any event I pull my boat with a company truck, I'm not sure if DOT would bust my nut or not.
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