All, Thanks very much for your input. - most helpful. Here’s a picture of my boat. Given the advice I’m thinking of the skid steer route. She’s a big, heavy girl and no way do I want the tractor (and me) to end up submersed!! Thanks again. P.s: love my Kubota and bat wing mower combo.
Tractor for towing a boat
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What a beautiful boat!
If you can afford that boat you can (should) afford a suitable piece of equipment to get it in/out of the water safely. The engines alone are $40k+ for the pair and maybe closer to $50k. Pursuit boats are well regarded as I'm sure you know.I'd like to know more about the boat and definitely see photos of you putting it in/out of the water with whatever you end up using. You mentioned the weight so is it a 29ft or something like that?
All, Thanks very much for your input. - most helpful. Here’s a picture of my boat. Given the advice I’m thinking of the skid steer route. She’s a big, heavy girl and no way do I want the tractor (and me) to end up submersed!! Thanks again. P.s: love my Kubota and bat wing mower combo.
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Thank you! The boat is an OS325 PursuitWhat a beautiful boat!
I'd like to know more about the boat and definitely see photos of you putting it in/out of the water with whatever you end up using. You mentioned the weight so is it a 29ft or something like that?
That M5-111 is a beauty! I have a Land Pride RC3712 folding cutter. Is that an RC2515 or RC3715? By the way, I don't think you'd have any problems putting your boat in/out with the M5. Looks like cast centers and it's a big, heavy capable tractor. I think we all thought that you were considering something a lot smaller.
This boat: https://www.pursuitboats.com/OS325_25.php
14,000lbs dry, it'd be 16,000 full of fuel (1,000L = 1,000kg = 2,000lb). And I'm assuming that excludes the trailer weight.
Would you pull it with the M5, or is that not in the same location? The M5 would easily pull it.
I wouldn't pull a boat down the road with a skid steer. Ultimately the issue people are chasing is ability to stop it, not ability to pull it. Stopping things means either wiring up the trailer brakes, or having enough weight in your tow vehicle to stop it. A skid steer isn't heavier than a tractor, I'm not convinced it would stop the boat any better. And I don't imagine a skid steer being able to run trailer brakes. I'd get a tractor that can drive the trailer brakes (particularly if your ramp needs you to put it in deep), or I'd get an older F350 dually.
This thread seems relevant: https://www.thehulltruth.com/boating-forum/301701-pursuit-3370-weight.html
Of course, in my part of the world people use bulldozers, that'd be pretty hard on the road and the ramp, but definitely would stop it.
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This one focuses on the bulldozers:
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14,000lbs dry, it'd be 16,000 full of fuel (1,000L = 1,000kg = 2,000lb). And I'm assuming that excludes the trailer weight.
Would you pull it with the M5, or is that not in the same location? The M5 would easily pull it.
I wouldn't pull a boat down the road with a skid steer. Ultimately the issue people are chasing is ability to stop it, not ability to pull it. Stopping things means either wiring up the trailer brakes, or having enough weight in your tow vehicle to stop it. A skid steer isn't heavier than a tractor, I'm not convinced it would stop the boat any better. And I don't imagine a skid steer being able to run trailer brakes. I'd get a tractor that can drive the trailer brakes (particularly if your ramp needs you to put it in deep), or I'd get an older F350 dually.
This thread seems relevant: https://www.thehulltruth.com/boating-forum/301701-pursuit-3370-weight.html
Of course, in my part of the world people use bulldozers, that'd be pretty hard on the road and the ramp, but definitely would stop it.
Bulldozers, Boats and Balloons
There are only a few places in New Zealand where boats are launched by bulldozers, and Ngawi is probably the most iconic. About half an hour south of Martinborough, this quirky fishing village is a…
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This one focuses on the bulldozers:
These are kind of background
Ngawi Area NZ — Rust, Pebbles & Blue Water
Ngawi, Palliser Bay, New Zealand.Old bulldozers sitting right on the pebble beach. Rust glowing orange under hard summer sun. Deep blue sea just metres away....
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hmm, that 'duel axle trailer' seems to have sprouted a 3rd axle !
whew, makes me happy as 2 didn't seem enough.
dang that is a BIG, pretty boat......
whew, makes me happy as 2 didn't seem enough.
dang that is a BIG, pretty boat......
How did it get in your driveway?
If you have a truck to move it down the road, why not use that to launch it?
If you have a truck to move it down the road, why not use that to launch it?
No cast centers on the tractor in attachment 171132.
Still, I would not hesitate to tow/launch the pictured boat providing neither terrain nor ramp is very steep.
Yes, this one does.Ooops ... I should have known better. I took the photo below of an M5-111 at the local dealer almost four years ago (dealer has now moved to town). Pretty sure that one has cast centers.
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Oh my…that’ll turn some heads. I think your gonna need a taller garage door
Did you consider a pair of Honda V8s on the back?
Wise cracks aside, I think to me so long as you have a machine to handle the tongue weight, the next limiting factor IMO in the launch condition and whether you can get enough traction for pulling boat and trailer out of water….personally would not back down a wet slope with my machine much less do it with a trailer. So think it sort of depends on the departure / approach angle of your ramp and the traction available for your tires…if sufficient traction I think it’s a no brainer. Do you have electric hook ups in the tractor for trailer lighting on the drive over? I also wonder similar to [USER=14608]@Shawn TW regarding how’d the trailer get there. I guess I also wonder draw bar same night as the trailer hitch to balance the trailer?
That a beautiful boat no matter how you look at it!
