Towing 26ft boat - weight questions -help!

[ptgarcia]

Originally Posted by KL99SEA

original 04 cover is stamped steel and the 05 is finned aluminum. Alot of people have purchased the newer one and installed it. I should keep oil cooler. I believe you could do it for a little over $100 and warranty wont do it.

Warranty may cover it. I have a slight leak around the '04 cover. I brought it to the dealer and made it sound like a bigger problem than it really is so they are replacing the cover with the 05 unit.

[samauri1]

If you look up some of my previous posts, and others, I believe I am towing the most weight here. I also live in Florida. I am towing a 293 Mako walk around with twin 225 Evinrude FICHTS on a triple axle Load Master trailer with 3 axles of brakes. With fuel, which could reach 250 gallons, i am over 10,000 lbs. I have a 2005 LE 4x4 with big tow. Suspension wise, I added air bags and the hellwig sway bar. In 4 wheel low, it pulls ramps with no trouble and motors down the highway at over 70 mph depending on comfort level and believe it or not, will stop on a dime. It might be a different story if I was pulling huge grades, but it seems great now. It has been back and forth to the Keys, etc.

[DaveS]

I tow a 26' Chaparral cruiser on a regular basis to Lake Powell, Utah, a 1,500 mile round trip, most often done in 100+ degree summer heat, making the 11 hour trip in 1 day, stopping only for gas. Loaded to live on for a week, the towed load weighs around 9,000 pounds. Elevations during the tow range from 0 at home to 6,000 feet in southern Utah.

The Titan tows it awesome - way better than even my '03 Excursion 4x4 PowerStroke did. The tranny or engine temp gauges only moved once, and then not much, after climbing a grade while holding the engine at redline for 30-45 minutes straight, in 116 degree weather. It's smooth and stable, even at 75 mph, and the steering never gets light. It brakes straight and true, and it always feels like it's still got plenty of power to spare.

I did cook all the paint off my steel diff cover after the first trip, so I replaced it with the 2005 finned model and synthetic fluid, and I do run a K&N filter, but that's it!

I think I just might have to buy a bigger boat!

[ralphpam]

We have the signature 260 which is 27feet 7 inches long. It weighs 8400 lbs. on the trailer. We towed it from Florida to Washington State with no problems at all. We towed it up and down quite a few mountain passes along the way and it towed like a dream. The truck is an 04 Kingcab so I had the 05 finned differential cover and new fluid put in. There was a slight leak so Nissan paid for the labor and new fluid and I paid for the cover. As long as I kept the speed and rpm's up going up the passes the transmission temperature was normal.

[joy]

I have a 26ft. deck boat with a trolling motor and 150 hp motor and my 2005 Titan pulls it just fine. Don't have a clue how much the whole things weighs, but I have a 2wd LE and I pull in tow mode. This isn't the heaviest thing I've pulled and my truck does an awesome job.
Joy

Originally Posted by sarasotaboater

Hi all,

I'm new to this thread, so hello and glad I found it!
My question relates to towing. I'm looking at purchasing a 26ft boat (weight w/ twin outboards = 4800lbs + estimating 1700 for aluminum trailer) + 1000 lbs for misc, gear, etc. Total = 7500 to 8500lbs to be safe.

Does anyone have experience towing this kind of load with the Titan and what have been your results? I live in FL where it is all flat. Most of the towing will be local, ie from storage to ramp about 10 miles 1 way, but also a few long distance trips a year to the Keys - about a 250 mile trip one-way.

I know this is within the capacity range, but I just want to make sure the truck won't have to overwork itself. I've thrown this question out on a boating website and have gotten a lot of the "bigger is better" answers (and you'll be unsafe with that much weight behind the Titan, etc) like buying an older bigger diesel from Detroit just to tow this set-up with. Otherwise, I'm wondering why I bought a truck rated for 9200lbs that can't cabably and safely tow 8000lbs? ?????


Thanks all for your help!
Brian

[Bajappenin]

I tow a 27' Baja, its wieghts 4800, my trailer is steel and weights less then 1400. Gas, well, 90 gallons, but I never tow distance with fuel in the boat. I hooked it up for the first time last week and I was thinking, what boat, is it back there?? Did I forget it? It was back there, couldn't even tell. If you have a boat that size, you most likely have surge brakes, so no worry on stopping, then surge brakes (in working order) kick in, you will stop, in a hurry. I felt no sway and no lack of power to pull the think up the hills around here. Now, I am used to pulling this think with an '87 Bronco with a 5.0 motor, so my opinion my be a little fogged by the white knuckle experience I have had with that rig.

[radiokid]

Titans made designed for towing and have many engineering qualities to support this activity. After the first few runs with 6600# in tow the motor seems to have have opened up and pulls better especially uphill. Gas mileage opened up too. sub 10's

[TitanFan59]

Remember, if she starts to sway hammer down and get her right. Then pop another cold beer and roll on.