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Either way no wear and tear on your truck. :)

Phone a friend. I would do it for dinner or a couple drinks.

Borrow or rent a truck, ask a friend to help. Your truck might do it, but it's going to be maxing it out and very hard on it.

I guess ill be the only one to say it wouldn't bother me for a couple miles.i wouldn't go across the country but a few miles i wouldn't worry.then again i used to pull 35k with my old '92 250 ram so maybe its just me.

Most Home Depots remove the trailer hitches from the trucks so people can't use them to tow with.

so what if the Tacoma only weighs 3400...lbs...

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l638ymlsrA[/YOUTUBE]

If a Tundra can pull the space shuttle...

Seriously, find someone that will let you borrow a truck. I once watched a 30 foot cabin cruiser drag a S-10 Blazer down the ramp and under the gas pumps. Don't be that guy!

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Originally Posted by DracoDan (Post 3922457)

My boat: 1999 Formula 330 Sun Sport
Length: 33'
Beam: 10' 2"
Weight: 11,800lbs (I believe)

My truck: 2007 Toyota Tacoma TRD offroad double cab 4x4
Engine: 4.0L
Towing capacity: 6500

The question: Okay, stop laughing... Here's the deal, I would like to be able to tow my boat from a local state park with a ramp to my house for doing work on it. The distance is about 4 miles with no steep inclines. The max speed limit through the entire drive would be 35mph. I figure the biggest trouble is going to be actually getting the boat pulled up the ramp.

So the real question is - If I was super careful, would this be feasible? Would adding air bags provide enough? I know it's far from recommended, but my only other option is to replace my truck (which I love)... which brings me to my second question: For towing such short distance, what could I get away with? I have a feeling that answers to this question are going to vary wildly.

Will the truck do it? Yeah, a couple times.
Who knows which trip -what- will give out.
Transmission? Transfer case? Differential? U-joints? Axles? Axle seals? Axle bearings? Brake rotors? Brake calipers? Brake pads? Brake fluid? Brake hydraulics?

Are you bringing on a tremendous amount of risk for you and every person you cross on that 4 mile trek? (rhetorical)

You are not going to find anyone on this site that is going to endorse such to ease your conscience.

I'd find a buddy with a dually to borrow or just pay a tow-truck company to do it for you.

Thanks for the replies everyone, I actually just remembered that I had posted this yesterday, lol.

So the consensus is exactly what I figured, 100% mixed, lol... I think I'm going to take the suggestion of renting a truck or bugging a friend when I need to pull it out, which I'm thinking would be twice a year - at the beginning and end of the season. As for the trailer, I don't yet have one, I wanted to figure out the plausibility of this before I went and bought one.

I've considered buying an old diesel dually a few times, but then I have to deal with maintenance, registration, storage (I only have room for my two cars at my house), and insurance for it... No thanks.

Hertz equipment rental, just one that I found:

http://www.hertzequip.com/herc/renta...trucks+3.4-ton