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    Wow!
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    Some dude on here used his VehiX to push +50' Cigarette boats around a parking lot.

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    Back when I was a kid in Hawaii the family owned a boat store and we had a tug that was like a golf-cart on steroids - diesel engine, all metal, no fibre-glass at all. It's wheelbase was probably a couple of feet shorter than the VX but it had no problems hauling boats and other things around the yard and over to the harbor.

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    here are some pics of towing a boat. shawn

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    i dont have any pics but i pull a 4,000lb 23 ft bayliner cruiser all the time and get a few comments at the lake usually along the lines of "does that little thing pull that?"

    Learned the hard way though that it helps to have the transfer case in 4low so it locks in 4wd, i was pulling the boat out at a steep gravel covered slip, had the parking brake on, drove the boat up onto the trailer and started winching it the last foot or so then the weight of the wet boat and trailer started to pull the VX backwards into the water!!! I dove into the car stomped on the brake pedal just in time, the water was just coming into the tailgate and doors. Very close!! then went for a drink and a change of underwear

    Pete

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    That 4000 lbs is probably just the dry weight of your boat, not including the trailer, fuel, water, accessories, etc. I'd say you're pushing it with that boat behind the VX - be careful! The last 23' boat I had pushed the scales at 6000 lb with the trailer and gear, and it wasn't a cruiser!
    "If you're not living on the edge --- you're taking up too much space!!"

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    Here's a 20' boat that weights just a tad over 400lbs full-up.

    Anyone in the Raleigh NC area that would like to go for a spin let me know.



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    Last edited by Maugan_VX : 11/15/2005 at 06:34 PM
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