Exactly! That and the short wheelbase truck doesn't help. A crew cab long bed would have helped a little bit, but that trailer setup is downright dangerous. My bet is a dually would have been pushed around by that thing too.

The bug is a 4 banger turbo, manual; and I don't even trust it to stop itself, much less the trailer.
We've considered it, and always get asked the "does the bug tow it?" when they are parked together, but that is rare. She's headed off to a "Glamper" vintage camper rally this weekend.
I already have something else 'of better vintage' to tow it with in the fall festival/parade we always attend.. As soon as it gets out of the body and exhaust shop, hopefully this week, I'll put a thread up about my new acquisition. Hint: it has a 460.

Hi All my boat insurance made me sign a document that my tow vehicle was rated high enough to tow my boat and this is for my own good in case of an accident.
Rich

Stacey from Wakezone mentioned this in one of the insurance threads......boat would only be covered if towed properly, legally (wide load issues)

yeah i towed it about 300 miles .. it wasn't that bad, never felt unsafe just it towed like crap ... the ford has heavy suspension and 10 plys on it so it's really more of a 350 than a 250... but not a dually by any means.....

Stacy Is my agent.
Rich

No wonder those boats are so fast...OL52...10,800 lbs wow!

My boat tows like a dream compared to a similarly weighted race car trailer. It isn't even comparable the type of load that is put on the hitch. I can only imagine that a 52 foot boat would be too much for that truck. The trailer for that boat has to have some significant weight and it carries a good amount of fuel.

This reminds me of Toyota towing the space shuttle. Same thing LOL

If you are one ounce over weight your insurance will tell you screw off. Get the right truck for your boat. Weight it at the truck stop to make sure and get a gooseneck trailer. You will be glad you did.

Question:

Assuming you have the right truck (F550 for example), the overall trailer length is probably what, 70'? (with the neck, etc). So you now have a 70' trailer, 16,000 lbs (with trailer).

You can't exactly just hook it up and run it down to the harbor, you would have to have a permit, right? I just wonder why you see SV52's in Oceanside, CA - did they trailer that boat all the way from Outerlimits on the other side of the country? I doubt they went boating through the Panama canal in a SV52.

I'd imagine you'd have to get a permit, and then have the perfect road path from your house to the harbor.

The first problem with your question is you asked about pulling with a ford. Look in to getting a real truck....like this
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