Towing a Bass Boat
02-26-2016, 05:48 PM
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Towing a Bass Boat
Opinion/thoughts.....
I am an avid bass fisherman and owner of a Triton19xs with Merc 225
My best guess is trailer motor boat is close to 3,000 pounds with gear/gas etc.
In doing some research on my Jeep Wrangler '12 shows it has towing capacity of 3,500 lbs.
Any of you folks out there use your jeep to tow anything equivalent?
My trailer has brakes and I'd have to install brake box to jeep.
Curious if you think the jeep can be used to tow this weight? Modifications I may have to make etc.......
Might be cool to have another option to tow my boat locally?
I am an avid bass fisherman and owner of a Triton19xs with Merc 225
My best guess is trailer motor boat is close to 3,000 pounds with gear/gas etc.
In doing some research on my Jeep Wrangler '12 shows it has towing capacity of 3,500 lbs.
Any of you folks out there use your jeep to tow anything equivalent?
My trailer has brakes and I'd have to install brake box to jeep.
Curious if you think the jeep can be used to tow this weight? Modifications I may have to make etc.......
Might be cool to have another option to tow my boat locally?
02-26-2016, 08:04 PM
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Assuming your Jeep still has the stock tires and wheels with stock gears. Take the boat on the trailer to the scales at a truck stop or other public scales and weigh it. That will give you the actual weight of the combination. If the total weight of the bait and trailor is 3500 lbs or less your good. Then adjust the position of the boat on the trailer so that you have a tongue weight of 10% of the total weight of the boat and trailer. After that hookup the brakes and lights and your good to go.
02-27-2016, 02:59 PM
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Assuming your Jeep still has the stock tires and wheels with stock gears. Take the boat on the trailer to the scales at a truck stop or other public scales and weigh it. That will give you the actual weight of the combination. If the total weight of the bait and trailor is 3500 lbs or less your good. Then adjust the position of the boat on the trailer so that you have a tongue weight of 10% of the total weight of the boat and trailer. After that hookup the brakes and lights and your good to go.