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<blockquote data-quote="ben2go" data-source="post: 68244" data-attributes="member: 751"><p>I agree.Pulling isn't the going to be the problem.Tongue weight and stopping is where the issues will arise.The forward momentum of the boat will put leverage on the extension as the truck slows down before the boat.I doubt this will be an issue because your boat appears to be light.The othe problem is tongue weight.To measure this you will need a bath room scale and a piece of wood(2x4).The wood should be long enough to hold the trailer level.Place the wood on the bathroom scale and then place the tongue on top of the wood.Try to keep the trailer level front to back.The weight reading will give you a fairly close tongue weight.On the fiberglass jon, I used fish in,the tongue weight with the boat loaded was only 90lbs,120lbs if I sat the battery up front for the trolling motor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ben2go, post: 68244, member: 751"] I agree.Pulling isn't the going to be the problem.Tongue weight and stopping is where the issues will arise.The forward momentum of the boat will put leverage on the extension as the truck slows down before the boat.I doubt this will be an issue because your boat appears to be light.The othe problem is tongue weight.To measure this you will need a bath room scale and a piece of wood(2x4).The wood should be long enough to hold the trailer level.Place the wood on the bathroom scale and then place the tongue on top of the wood.Try to keep the trailer level front to back.The weight reading will give you a fairly close tongue weight.On the fiberglass jon, I used fish in,the tongue weight with the boat loaded was only 90lbs,120lbs if I sat the battery up front for the trolling motor. [/QUOTE]
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