We have hauled the 22’ boat a bit and it is not for the faint of heart. I made DH replace his ForeRunner with a Dodge 1500 because the boat would pull you around a bit.
Then a few years ago on a hwy, all the lanes just stopped and we had no room to stop and no where to go.
Every time DH let up the brake that boat shoved us forwards. Thank God someone in the next lane saw what was going on and gave us a place to go.
I can not imagine hauling a live load.
No thanks.
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Is it a sailboat with a keel? Otherwise I wouldn’t think a boat that size should shove you around. We towed our 15’ Scout boat with our Toyota Avalon. It was well within the towing capacity of the car. We got some weird looks at boat ramps, but never had trouble pulling the boat out of the water on a slick ramp, and towed it some distance a few times with no problem. There were a few occasions requiring hard braking, and DH said he didn’t even feel the boat doing a hard stop. Of course I looked back to see if it was still there!
Rebecca
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22’ stingray with a full cabin (kitchen, toilet, etc)
I think it weighs between 3500-3800 pounds?
It can carry up to 1000# in passengers, etc.
Similar to-
Not sure what a Scout boat is/looks like.
I towed my boat with an MG-B convertible. Boat was a 16 foot Hobie Cat. Trailer had no brakes and the MG just barely had any. Young and foolish, living at the beach in Florida.
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That’s a lot more boat than we had. The enclosed full cabin adds a lot of weight. Here’s a picture of our Scout. It’s in our two car garage in South Carolina–it’s that small. It was a sweet boat and I feel so bad that my disability is why we sold it.
Rebecca
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I always wanted one of those, both the car and the catamaran. I sailed a lot in my late 20s and early 30s. We had a piece of crap 17’ boat with no keel, just a retractable centerboard. We spent more time going sideways than forward. We towed it with an equally piece of crap Ford Ranger, and never felt it back there. On the water, we towed it with a rental houseboat, and that was challenging in high winds. Much easier towing on land with the truck.
Rebecca
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Wow, this is a thread I simultaneously regret reading, and am glad I read it.
I’m relatively new to hauling my horse (well, 5 years now I guess) and am relieved to know I do most things right. Except I literally just wrapped the chains because I was worried they were dragging. I will unwrap them.
I bought the trailer used from a local trailer dealer and they service it annually. I will never skimp on that after reading this.
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Oh yeah, yours is not going to shove a truck when you’re trying to go from 60-0.
I’m so glad we finally docked it on a lake and don’t tow it anywhere anymore.
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We did have that problem with one of our boats. It was a pontoon, and we left it in a slip on a local lake. We were able to have it delivered there. But the problem was first, it needed a lot of warranty work, and the only place to take it was Bass in north Denver. We were south of Denver. Second, we had to pull it out of the water every fall and bring it back in the spring. We parked it in our front pasture, but transporting it was tricky as the only vehicle we had at that time that could tow was a Chevy Equinox. The weight was within the towing capacity, and the trailer had brakes, but it still would overwhelm the Equinox in a sudden stop. DH always took 25 mph side streets all the way up to Bass. It took forever. At least bringing it home wasn’t far.
Rebecca
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Every single year, when they service it, ask some questions about the bearings. They don’t always need to be serviced (or 
replaced) (expensive !!! 
). But if they need it, they need it now.
Had a set of trailer bearings create a fire, with lots of smoke, while rolling down an elevated commuter interstate through Fort Worth at 70mph+. The smoke was streaming behind us and low, so the vehicle at the time didn’t show it anywhere. A truck came alongside, signalling madly through the window, and let us know.
That’s how my friend and I came to be in the middle of the city, parked on the almost-frontage road alongside the freeway, the side of a commercial district, with two TB’s, early on a random Sunday morning. Looking for a way to get the horses home. And get the trailer to a repair shop. Thank goodness for kind friends with horse trailers !!!
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