Hey all. My buddy wants me to take a trip with him. He is getting a 20 foot, non-cabin boat from his dad, but it is in Florida.. He wants to take ar un down in a few weeks and pick it up.....

He has a Toyota Sequoia SUV that he plans to tow it home with. The thing only has a 4.7 with a towing capacity of 6500 lbs..

Anyone have any idea on what a 20 foot boat might even weigh? I would assume that it has brakes on the trailer.. I dont want to let him use my truck (5.4l) because we need to drag it from Fla to PA..... Pretty long trip for a 3 day cruise...

 

An easy guess on weight is to look at the trailer.

One axle with 4 or 5 lug wheels and it is most likely a 3.5k axle meaning the trailer and load probably doesn't exceed 3.5k. Double that if there are 2 of these.

A 6 lug wheel with a 15" tire usually limits it to 5200lbs and 6 lug 16" wheels means it could be a 6k axle. From that 6k and higher it will also have 8 lugs wheels. These axles could also be multiples doubling or trippling that figure.
Get above 8k and you are probably not going to see it as most are dual tandems...very uncommon except on very-very big boats...dare I say Yacht.

Obviously if you look at the VIN tag on the trailer it will spell the exact weights out.

 

I have a 20.5 ft wake board competition boat on a double axle trailor, all together it is around 7,000lbs. My moms denali with the 6.0 had trouble with it.

 

See if you can find someone down there to hook it up and take it to a scale.

 

Just find out exact details of boat and I can give you a really good estimate of what it weighs. Year, manufacture (Sea Ray, Bayliner etc) , type (center console, bowrider, etc. ) , motor(I/O, outboard etc.) trailer type (material, #axles etc.) and I can tell you pretty close. As a data point I have 20 ft bowrider with inboard /outboard and it weights about 4k.

 

Super FX- How does your F150 pull the boat? I have a 22FT Tige V drive that is about 6500 as well. I have a new F150 on order but am wondering if I should pull the trigger on a 350 instead.

Thanks

 

I say your looking at close to 6k total you probable will be pushing the limits of the tow vehicle if you use that Toyota.

 

My 19' 1976 Bowrider with a smallblock V8, 36 gals fuel, on a heavy tandem axle steel trailer weighs in at 4150lbs according to the local truck scales. That weight includes tongue weight of 350lbs.

If you know the year and make, you can check NADA for what the mfgr published for it, add 15-20% for the junk that accumulates in one/mfgr under-statement, then add for the trailer, fuel, junk, etc.

 

My old 20ft. Mariah with a 4.3L Bravo1 and 40gal. tank weighed in at 3900lbs. Single axle trailer.
My 23ft. Cobalt with 454 Bravo3 and 60gal. tank weighs in at 5400lbs. Duel axle trailer.
And that is a pretty long haul......Whatever you end up pulling it with, be sure to service the tranny upon your return.