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| Is my 4.8L chevy truck big enough to pull an 18 ft fiber glass boat a few times a week and last me? |
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| Last year I towed my 620 ranger with a 3/4 ton chevy van that had a 4.8 V8 did not have the power the 6.0 had but did the trick. |
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| I tow my 17 1/2 ft fiberglass boat with both my 5.4 F-150 and my 4.7 dodge durango and neither one has a problem. In fact i get better mileage with the durango and it seems to tow just a tad easier. I dont think you should be concerned. |
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Location: Davenport, IA | I towed my (almost) 17'er with a 115 with a 6 cylinder Jeep Cherokee. It had plenty of power. 10 years ago gas trucks were not available with engines as powerful as that 4.8 but boats were not smaller. |
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Location: Chesterton, Indiana | You will be just fine. Stopping is more important then going anyway. |
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Posts: 147
Location: Northern New Jersey | a guy i know pulls a 19 foot champion with a 4.8l trailblazer without any problems, fishes lots of bass tournies. think you should be fine, just dont forget it is back there. |
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Location: Tennessee | that would be a joke to a Vortec V8. You don't need a big 8.1 liter or Duramax to pull a boat. That 4.8 will do just fine. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | You'll be OK, but your gas mileage will drop a bit. |
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| i put 190,000 miles on and Xterra with a 3.3L before i sold it dragging a 1800 pro v 2-3 times every week there was open water, i think the 4.8 will be fine |
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| you will be fine. like said in a previous post trucks of the past didn't even come slose to the power of the newer vehicles. I used to have an 88 silverado with the 350 that made about 200hp and pulled my friends 18" pro v just fine. HAHAH it made high school fun taking his dads boat out. |
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Location: Tennessee | I just did a highway pull with my 06 GMC K1500 single cab 4x4 shortbed with 4.8 liter and 3.42 gears. Hauling a 17ft Nitro loaded down with 150 Merc on the back, at 65-70mph on mostly flat road I was only turning about 1650-1800rpm |
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| I have a 4.7 in my Jeep Cherokee. Pulls my 18.5 foot Ranger just fine. Gas mileage does go down by about 2 mpg. |
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