A question for Diesel truck owners. Does your boat or trailer get any black soot from the exhaust? If so, within how many miles? I'm considering a 06-07 6.0L Powerstroke. I would think the 08 & 09's are very clean with the DPF, just wondering if it's an issue with the older diesels.
Thanks

I have an 07 and haven't noticed anything on the boat or back of the truck.....30-50 mile tow to ramps and tow nearly every weekend late April-early Oct.

I pulled a 42 Sonic from DC to Ft. Meyers and a 50 Nortech back and I have a tuner and run hard and never had any soot. I pulled the same 42 for 5 years 35 miles every weekend and never had any. Blown tires on the trailer dirty the boat up more than anything.

I have to agree with the coments above. The filter does a great job in taking out the soot. I find the outlet pipes very clean. You can drag your finger in it and it wont get dirty.
Jr.

Big variable: water and humidity.

I have a programmable tuner as well on my old school 7.3L PSD. I can really smoke it up when I want to by turning up the juice. However, I run the truck on the 1st (50+ HP) setting 90% of the time including while towing.

I don't typically see any buildup on daily average towing, but if the boat is wet from rain you will see more exhaust soot on the boat. (It's also going to be road grimy as well, obviously.)

It's slightly noticeable if it is really humid, as the truck motor is leaving a little more unburnt diesel in the exhaust than on dry days; as the boat surface is a little more "sticky" in humid weather too.

Flat ground vs. hills plays a factor in how much soot you send out as well as the quality of fuel you get. I have my pipes coming out at 45* angles behind the rear tires (duals), which is common on most aftermarket setups. I do not recommend pipes straight out the back for obvious reasons. Do NOT put smokestacks on your truck if you plan to tow anything "pretty".

Also, if you JUST pull the boat out of the water, and then get into a slight drag-race with your buddy to the highway entrance ramp and decide to turn up the power tuner (producing more soot), you will turn your boat black in about 4 seconds.

Ask me how I know that!

Pretty much what sydwayz said except with a 05 Duramax and Edge Juice Attitude (power level 1 or 2, smoke level 5). That and the buddy I was racing wasn't pulling a trailer!

I have a 6.0 with tuner and all and run hard pulled from Baton Rouge to Destin many of times and have never had any soot on my boat.

I have a 6.0L with 120HP tune. No cat. converter, and the corner of my bumper turns black after about 400 miles on the highway. I have never noticed anything on the boat.

Thank you guys for your responses. I was assuming the soot wasn't an issue but thought I should ask this basic question before purchasing. It's also good to know you can pull across the country and arrive with a clean boat... at least with good weather provided.


I will just need to remember not to race Brian out of the launch area with a tuner cranked up!

I pull with a 5.9 Cummins almost every weekend during the summer. Also have an Edge but it doesn't seem to be a problem till I crank it up--which is seldom.
Jay