Thanks, Mark. After a second two week cruise through the San Juans into Canada, I am convinced I bought the right boat; now I think I might have got a suitable towmobile. Incidentally, I spent a lot of time making a worksheet of data on potential tow vehicles. Anyone out there who wants a copy of the EXCEL spreadsheet, you can email me off-group. Tom On Jun 29, 2011, at 7:43 PM, Mark House wrote:
Tom:
You should be delighted with your 4Runner. I just towed my M-17 3,150 miles round trip to the Florida 120, got 10.9 mpg in my Honda Pilot. $4 gas was a real bummer! My experience with automatic transmixers is that Toyota units shift much as you would with a manual. But the Honda Pilot will not stay in 4th or 5th even when its possible to do so.
Mark House
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Jenkins" <tjenk@gte.net> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 4:52 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: (no subject)
Jake, I have a 2010 Toyota 4runner, which I think has a pickup frame but some extra weight for the 4WD and extra body work. The engine is a large (270 hp?) V6, which I imagine is like the one in the pickup. It towed my 3000 pound M17 and a lot of outboard motor and other gear, and got 16.7 mpg with no power problems through 2000 miles of mountain ranges. The automatic transmission is a good one, with a manual mode for pulling and descending steep hills, but I would rather have a 6 speed manual so I can control shifting speed more precisely. Unfortunately, only the FJ Cruiser has that combo, and I don't like the body as much. The last time I made a long trip with the boat, I used my 5-speed 3/4 ton V8 Ford pickup I once used to tow a 12,000 lb Nor Sea 27 package. It did not know the boat was there, but mileage dropped from about 13 to 10 even. Hope this helps. Tom Jenkins
On Jun 15, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Arnold Sharpe wrote:
JAKE, I towed my M-17 "Little Breeze" all over Oregon and up from So. Cal with My Toyota Tacoma Prerunner with a V-6. NO problems at all, a bit slow in the hills but easy highway speed on the flat at 1900 rpm =65mph and 17 mpg. Good combination of boat and vehicle....Regards Arnold On Jun 15, 2011, at 6:11 AM, jake horine wrote:
I know the topic has been covered before, but my memory is not what it used to be. Has anyone had any experience pulling an M-17 with a Toyota SR5 v-6 ? Cheers Jake Horine M-17 #263 A-koo-de-A _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ montgomery_boats
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