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Old May 5, 2010 | 03:11 AM
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Holly chit!!!!

That boat dwarfs the truck. I'da definately chickened out pulling that ha ha ha.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 09:25 AM
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Wow... Got some stones to pull that behind you. I'm with Al, I'd chicken out.

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Old May 5, 2010 | 09:33 AM
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If you decide to pull that boat again, I'd reccomend getting a higher reciever as that one is too low. That will save your front trailer springs, provide less stress on the trailer frame tongue and also, less weight on the hitch.
Your truck would prob pull it better too.

Does that trailer have Surge brakes? Cuz that's a whole lotta weight for no brake control inside the cab(electronic brake controller)

Very nice boat!
 
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Old May 5, 2010 | 09:57 AM
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No ***** , no glory! Yep agree whole heartedly^^^Gotta be a great feeling when you were done, then again chicago,illinois, isn't exactly the adirondacks. btw. Good job nonetheless.
 
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Old May 5, 2010 | 12:25 PM
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im with dirtydog on this. you could have even flipped your hitch around so it sat higher. that trailer was deff nose down.
 
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Old May 5, 2010 | 05:45 PM
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Thanks guys.

The boat is in a slip.

It will get taken out of the water and placed in storage for the winter.

The trailer does have brakes and I just used the 7 pin circle to 5 pin adaptor for the brakes to function. I was going to run to the OBD and use the tow wiring, but was informed the 7 to 5 pin would work fine.

I did not notice how nose heavy it was until you guys pointed it out. Thanks for the suggestion.
 
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