Boat and Car Combo?
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Re: Boat and Car Combo?
Best way is to load up the boat as if you were going fishing and take it to a public weigh bridge and unhook it on the plate and then you will know exactly.
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Re: Boat and Car Combo?
Those numbers are fine if it a genuine mitsubishi towbar not an aftermarket one fitted to the vehicle.
I'd be going by what the compliance plate say's for insurance reasons alone.
I'd be going by what the compliance plate say's for insurance reasons alone.
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Re: Boat and Car Combo?
smile0784 wrote:Outlander should be non breaked at 750 and breaked at 1600Mattblack wrote:That figure of 540kg has to be wrong.....a small hatchback should be able to pull at least 500kg (I'm guessing an Outlander would safely pull a tonne)drew 2 wrote:The 750kg trailer brake law is irrelevant if the car's unbraked max towing capacity is only 540kg. Hull 350kg,motor around 80kg,fuel 60kg thats approx 490kg before you even put the weight of the trailer into consideration.
Utter rubbish, if you have no idea, except for "thinking" the figures are wrong, DON'T comment.
Would you be able to handle the fact that someone has overloaded their cars legal allowable towing weights because you said you "think" it's wrong or "that car can tow more than that".
THEN the person has an accident and kills someone, all because they took your advice. I doubt it.
Seriously guys.
Drew is correct, with the first part of his comment "The 750kg trailer brake law is irrelevant if the car's unbraked max towing capacity is only 540kg."
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Re: Boat and Car Combo?
sputnik wrote:Hi Guys,
Sorry to post one of these kind of questions as i know they can be a real ball breaker, but i am really in need of some help. So my current situation is that i have a savage ranger 455 aluminium run about sittting in my garage. To my knowledge the boat is 4.8m in length, has a 40hp two stroke mercury and 60L fuel tank.
I have absolutely no idea how heavy it is and would like some input from you experienced boaters out there. Looking up online ive found that the hull only is approximately 350kg in weight.
Furthermore the car i plan on towing it with is a 2006 mitsubishi outlander. It is a constant 4x4 soft roader although only 4 cylinder and has an unbraked towing capacity of 540kg, so i think ill need to get brakes for the trailer.
Do you guys think ill be able to comfortably tow and launch with this type of car? The main places i launch would be warneet, stony point and mordialloc or mornington.
Thanks heaps.
We all live and learn.
When I got my Ford, I specified that I needed a tow bar, to tow my boat, the initial tow bar I think was rated 500 or 750kg, which was fine with the tinnie, but when I up graded to a heavier boat, it meant ditching that tow bar and putting on one with a heavier rating. So my maximum tow weight is 1600kgs and tow ball weight maximum of 160kgs.
My rig weighs 1460kgs. and the first reading of the tow ball weight was 80kg which is too light, and it should be closed to 140kgs.
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Re: Boat and Car Combo?
Brett wrote:smile0784 wrote:Outlander should be non breaked at 750 and breaked at 1600Mattblack wrote:That figure of 540kg has to be wrong.....a small hatchback should be able to pull at least 500kg (I'm guessing an Outlander would safely pull a tonne)drew 2 wrote:The 750kg trailer brake law is irrelevant if the car's unbraked max towing capacity is only 540kg. Hull 350kg,motor around 80kg,fuel 60kg thats approx 490kg before you even put the weight of the trailer into consideration.
Utter rubbish, if you have no idea, except for "thinking" the figures are wrong, DON'T comment.
Would you be able to handle the fact that someone has overloaded their cars legal allowable towing weights because you said you "think" it's wrong or "that car can tow more than that".
THEN the person has an accident and kills someone, all because they took your advice. I doubt it.
Seriously guys.
Drew is correct, with the first part of his comment "The 750kg trailer brake law is irrelevant if the car's unbraked max towing capacity is only 540kg."
I looked it up online thank you very much brett
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Re: Boat and Car Combo?
Brett wrote:If thats your attitude do you say if i buy you a drink and leave it next to you. Then you drink it.smile0784 wrote:Outlander should be non breaked at 750 and breaked at 1600Mattblack wrote:That figure of 540kg has to be wrong.....a small hatchback should be able to pull at least 500kg (I'm guessing an Outlander would safely pull a tonne)drew 2 wrote:The 750kg trailer brake law is irrelevant if the car's unbraked max towing capacity is only 540kg. Hull 350kg,motor around 80kg,fuel 60kg thats approx 490kg before you even put the weight of the trailer into consideration.
Who would the police say is at fault?
Utter rubbish, if you have no idea, except for "thinking" the figures are wrong, DON'T comment.
Would you be able to handle the fact that someone has overloaded their cars legal allowable towing weights because you said you "think" it's wrong or "that car can tow more than that".
THEN the person has an accident and kills someone, all because they took your advice. I doubt it.
Seriously guys.
Drew is correct, with the first part of his comment "The 750kg trailer brake law is irrelevant if the car's unbraked max towing capacity is only 540kg."
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Re: Boat and Car Combo?
I fear for the person who takes advice from someone on an internet forum that answers a question with "I think" or "Im guessing". I was just trying to get a discussion started to help the guy out. Have a snickers man.Brett wrote:smile0784 wrote:Outlander should be non breaked at 750 and breaked at 1600Mattblack wrote:That figure of 540kg has to be wrong.....a small hatchback should be able to pull at least 500kg (I'm guessing an Outlander would safely pull a tonne)drew 2 wrote:The 750kg trailer brake law is irrelevant if the car's unbraked max towing capacity is only 540kg. Hull 350kg,motor around 80kg,fuel 60kg thats approx 490kg before you even put the weight of the trailer into consideration.
Utter rubbish, if you have no idea, except for "thinking" the figures are wrong, DON'T comment.
Would you be able to handle the fact that someone has overloaded their cars legal allowable towing weights because you said you "think" it's wrong or "that car can tow more than that".
THEN the person has an accident and kills someone, all because they took your advice. I doubt it.
Seriously guys.
Drew is correct, with the first part of his comment "The 750kg trailer brake law is irrelevant if the car's unbraked max towing capacity is only 540kg."