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This is probably a strange topic, but how fast will you honestly admit to towing your boat? Size?

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01 Denali, 29 Fountain, 75 to 85mph all the way from TN to TX.... hairy sometimes but it was rather easy.... and I only burned one tranny.... :D

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80 easy with 30 spectre behind denali or f-250... no trannies were hurt in the writing of this post.... :D

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2000 Explorer towing a 20 ft chris craft bowrider -60mph.
Borrowed my dads 2003 GMC duramax CC dually once for a KW run with same boat- 75 mph and didnt even know it was there.

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60.....10,000lbs, never, ever any faster!!!! :cool: :cool:

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:D :D

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this will be an interesting thread. As for me, slow... 3/4 ton 454 suburbans dont like to go more than 65-70 with 11,000lbs on the back. I have made the dallas to sarasota trip twice with it. No tranny problems. I havent pulled the boat with the new ford.

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and yes masher, that was the fastest my boat has ever been.... :D :evilb: :D

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05 2500HD Duramax,11,000 boat and trailer,2 cases of coranas 80 max. 70 cruising.

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To Fast ................. or so I am told :rolleyes:

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I didnt burn a tranny on that trip... I did prior to that in the TN mountains. If there is very very little traffic, I tend to go faster. Knoxville to 1 hour west of Fort Worth took me 15 hours including a flat that I had to change myself and get to the tire shop.
The worst towing experience I had is when I picked it up when I bought it at Pier 57 and drove it home in a snowstorm... that BLEW!!!
and it is an XL Denali

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No it was 39.3 when you put these props on..... :D

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Towing my Velocity 260 home from New Orleans with a 2004 Explorer 90+ mph :eek:

Because of the gearing and tranny, the truck cannot pull the boat under 70 in OD. It can carry the OD easily over 70 or 75 as the rpm are high enough to get on the engine's torque curve. On 70 mph limit highways we routinely tow 80mph.

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35 Mistress 10,000+#'s MI to NJ: first 50 miles did not break 60mph. Next 800 miles would not go over 74.5mph (or under 65mph up/down/left/right LOL :D ) w/2001 Suburban 2500 w/Vortech8100

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Excursion wiht the SR behind (7500#) 60-65 MPH is comfortable. I can do a lot more but I like to relax and cruise.

One time, and one time only. 2000 Expedition, same boat, 92 MPH. When I realized how fast I was going, I backed off. Too my surprise it had more left. Not stock suspension. It was in pursuit of a drunk that passed out and turned hard left into my trailer as I passed him.....at 60 MPH. He got caught. He had drugs. He went to jail. His bosses down south were not happy he got busted at 9AM on a Saturday morning "transporting" their product. :D His car pretty trashed, my trailer got a dented fender and broke the stick-on reflector.

Funny part was, they had no cause to search his car until he threw the beer can out the window as they pulled him over (after 30 minutes of us and another guy chasing him with no law in sight)...instead of the bag of weed on the passenger seat. :rolleyes: :D

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my little 18' powerplay behind my 2000 3/4 chevy. Mid 80's about fast as i have towed it. Ask wette vette I went by him on the way to hardy dam a few years back :D

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I may not have the fastest boat, or the coolest tow vehicle, and I know it is bad to say, but I guarantee you I have won this thread. and it cost me 5 transmissions.

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'97 Chevy crew cab dually, 454, auto
Formula 311 on Eagle tri axle 10K 70-80
Black Thunder on Myco tri axle 14K 65-75

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the ford trans. does not like interstate 44 with 16k load on propane,nos,160hp chip,180hp injectors, and no wastegate.

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Bigyellowcat,

My brother raced cars prefessionally and pulled a 35ft enclosed goose neck trailer with an older Chevy big block dually and it would pull well over 100 on flat land. Those are the ultimate pull trucks short of the commercial rigs.

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The question is.

Towing High Speed can you stop auto,trailer,boat in time to still have anything left that is usable. :rolleyes:

Some of you will never stopped with the speeds and tow equipment being used.

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:D GM would :D

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I pulled my 42 Sonic all the time and out on the hwy. I would run 75-85 at night 70-75 in the day if it was heavy traffic, I live on the water now and only have pulled the Nortech 50 from Fla.to here and around a bit but I had it 70-75 at night.

It wouldn't matter if I was going 50 the Nortech is so much more than my old truck (2000 F350 dually psd.) could handle if anything happened it was over. I am picking up an older F800 to tow it with now.

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We can role 40,000 lb on the trailer 100+ MPH but we would need a mile to get it stoped. Or a few cars to ram into inorder to assest the slowing down prosses.

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01' Dodge V-10, 4X4, quad cab, long bed, towing 311 Formula on triaxle aluminum trailer. Approx wt. 10K. Have towed it as high as 85 just to see if it would do it and did, no problem. Usually keep it down around 70, maybe a little over.

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2004 GMC Sierra 2500 Duramax towing 28 Daytona with twins on an Extreme tri-axle at an easy 70-80 interstate and 60-65 HWY.

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Hauled a 31 ft Sundancer (10.5 wide/12.5 tall) 80-85 from Cleveland to Virginia w/ F350 6.0L PSD through the mountains.
MY rig....03 3/4 suburban 6.0L gas w/ programmer hauled same load 70. Current Formula 312 10,000 lbs hauls 75 in light traffic with no problems. Always cautious to leave lots of braking room.

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:evilb: 99 ford dullie, 110,000 miles and all the chips. the computer will only let me go 91 mph , kc to fort myers, 18 hours boat full of gas and 200 gal of fuel in truck. :drink: :D :D 42 lighting :bunny: :bunny:

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99 Dodge Cummins quad cab 3/4 ton, 95 Fountain 29' w/ twins 85 all the way from Fl to TX

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3/4 ton dodge ex cab short box gasser / 28' single on triple axle trailer, 70 - 80 mph until a hill comes then what ever i can get to the top doing.

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03 Excursion , 6 liter diesel pulling a 45' Sonic, about 70 mph ..... It was in the snow , I couldn't go any faster ......... :(

Ford F350 diesel single wheel , crew cab, pulling my 39' express cat (12' wide,20k lbs.+) , 85 mph on cruise ! :D No problem at all getting it stopped . I always have good equipment for that ! :cool:

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boot, yeah how far did you get on that Excursion buddy? :D :D

I had the 26' Sonic up to 92mph behind the Avalanche once trying to make it to he Richmond Radar Shootout on time; oddly enough.

We towed Monsoon back from LOTO with BobbyB's 7.3 PSD Dually at better than 90mph a few times, and I have had Monsoon behind the Avalanche in the upper 80mph range a few times. I like having the Predator Diablo Power Tuner now, as you can watch all your engine's functions on the screen while driving.

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'04 GMC 2500HD Lifted Duramax...37' Active Thunder...70-75 Max!
Tows comfortably.

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:bunny: :bunny: for get the f800 , you can buy a real truck say 8 to 10 yrars old slpper 350 475hp 8000 to 19000$ and have real brakes, get your self a c.d.L. 390 gears cruse 85 all day up and down any hill :eek: :eek: :cool:

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i used to run a 92 454 suburban all over the country with boats. pulled a 34' scarabe 3 from wisconsin to miami, set the cruise at about 75-78 on Floridas turnpike.

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just curious...what was first ... the chicken or the egg?

does your boat go faster than you tow or is it up to the situation? :evilb:

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AWESOME pic. They don't get much prettier than that. Sweet setup!!!

Is that H20 Warrior's former AT?

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2500HD towing a 28 Pantera. 75-85mph most of the time on the interstate as long as traffic is not too bad. 2 lane highway, I'm going as fast as the car in front of me :D

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42 sonic w/aluminum trailer 1/2 tank gas....75 mph from Washington DC to Ft.Lauderdale. A couple of times saw 80 no problem. Left DC at 0300 on Thursday morning arrived in Ft. Lauderdale Thursday night at 2130. Truck 1 ton dually gas 454 ci and turbo 400 trans no overdrive.......250 in gas.....

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My last truck before my 04 duramax was a 02 duramax,cruised at 85 as high as 95(speed limiter) towing 272 baja after first getting truck but after getting 3 flat tires at same time coming back from hardy pond once i keep it around 75 max of 85 now.After a miserable year of pulling the 272 with 99 dodge ram STRUGGLING even with 4.11 gears at 70 mph the duramax just seemed effortless at 85 or 95 ,I gues i needed SPEED RATED TRAILER TIRES! Smitty