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Old 01-24-2010, 01:09 PM
Rainmaker Rainmaker is offline
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Default Re: '83 23CC SeaCraft - Restored Weight

I used to have a 1972 25' Fiber Form with a full cabin and enclosure. It had a V6 IO and weighed a pile. I pulled this with a Taurus (I think is was a 1988) with no trouble at the ramp and some trouble stopping if I didn't plan ahead. The poor car was pointing at the sky when I was towing the boat and of course I was always hoping that no one pulled in front of me. Around Port Everglades and Hillsboro inlet in SEFL the traffic and the other folks on the road are not very sane so I had to stay awake. I also tryed to tow the boat at night and avoided the traffic times. It was sort of an adventure getting to the ramp and back after a long day.

I added the hitch to the car and wired up the lights. I had no brakes on the trailer.

The ramps were not terrible but the front wheel drive kept the car from spinning and it actually tugged the boat out of the water with no issue.

The problem was that since this poor car could not really do well with the load it began to fall apart around 50k miles and by 80k was junk. I replaced the transmission at 50k and things just went down hill from there.

I looked pretty funny heading to the water with this rig, but I love to fish and at the time this was the best I could do. I would never do this again, and would buy a cheap beat up truck if needed.

For what it is worth I pull my 23 seacraft with a 09' Toyota Tundra that could pull my house if I needed to.
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