I tow with a mid sized Dodge, a Dakota V8, towing pkg, auto. We bought the boat in northern Calif and towed it over and down the Siskyous without even knowing the boat was there. The truck is heavy enough to stop the boat and to control things in general. Pam M17 Lily Pt Townsend, Wa On May 7, 2013, at 5:55 PM, stevetrapp wrote:
I agree, my Ford Ranger V-6 has done fine towing my M-15, and I expect it to keep towing for a few more seasons. Had a Ford Courier when I bought the boat, not a big enough truck, but I wanted a new truck anyway. Tried to tow with my Subaru Forrester, but just not enough muscle to do the job. My vote is for a Ford Ranger V-6 to tow a M-15. Steve M-15 # 335
----- Original Message ----- From: "W David Scobie" <wdscobie@yahoo.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 2:24 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: pickup for towing
Daniel:
the Ford Ranger with a V6 (3.0L with auto; 4.0L with standard or auto) can do it. not sure if the 4-banger auto can pull that much.
get a truck with the tow package so you have the frame mounted hitch and the extra transmission cooler for the automatics.
i've towed M15s, M17s and Sage 17s with my Ranger (4x4, tow package extended cab 4L with a standard trans) over 65,000 miles.
:: Dave Scobie
--- On Tue, 5/7/13, Daniel Rich <danielgrich@gmail.com> wrote:
Montypals:
Gonna pick up a Nissan Leaf EV in a few weeks. As such, I am going to likely sell my Honda Accord. So, I'm thinking it might be nice to have a small pickup truck to tow my M15. Weight of boat and trailer is 1600 pounds. I know because I weighed it twice since I couldn't believe it the first time!
So, what would be a good used pickup that would have the capacity to tow this package? Would a used base Tacoma do it? Any thoughts here?
Daniel M15 Kestrel
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