Tow Shot

[Joe_Black]

Just thought I'd share a pic of the IronMan bringing home my latest eBay acquisition, an O'Day 25...

[ZEUS]

You have to have the largest open property on this forum! How does the VX do with such a mammoth behind it?

[Joe_Black]

LOL! The boat isn't quite set up right on the trailer but it did pretty well and only got squirrelly once at around 55MPH, which straightened right out with a little throttle. I didn't get much over 60MPH as I didn't get to do much more than a cursory inspection of the trailer. That pic was snapped at the half-way point of a 40-mile haul to check the wheel bearing and generally inspect everything. The trailer is pretty beefy, all 6" steel channel. Hopefully I can fab up a lighter one from aluminum that's a little better suited to ramp-launching. This one has a tongue that extends about 8 feet, so I should be able to float it off without getting the VX too wet.

[Jonnie]

The million dollar question is who's hitch did you use?

Jonnie

[Ldub]

The forty dolla Q is, how much does that trailer/ boat combo weigh?

[Joe_Black]

The trailer/boat combo is just a little over 5000 pounds total, which is why I'd like to eventually go to an aluminum version not to mention corrosion resistance as it will see a lot of saltwater use.

I originally had the hitch from Tone which worked pretty good for a while, but began cracking at the welds. Rather than re-work a suspect piece I basically duplicated the design, which works well, with a little heavier material all plasma-cut and triple-passed all the welds using a Miller 251 and Steelmix gas.