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| Your tow vehicle will have a sticker in the drivers side door jam it will have a GVWR number (gross vehicle weight rating) that's how many pounds it can tow minus now this is very important, the vehicles weight, a full tank of gas, weight of the driver alone, I think they use a base weight of 150 lbs for the driver. Now whatever number you come up with should be the weight you could tow. The smaller the truck the smaller the tow rating. I hear all these people using 1/4 ton trucks (like say a chevy s-10) to tow 18ft boats around and that's fine and dandy but that's very hard on that rated truck. Everything is smaller the brakes, cooling system, tire rating and so on. Id error on the side of caution to be safe. That's why most guys use at least a 1/2 ton truck or bigger to tow 18ft and larger boats. | |
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