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4 cyl Tacoma w/ 16 ft Jon Boat #2299215 05/24/08 08:56 PM
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For the time being, I have a 4cyl 2005 Tacoma.

The boat is a 16 ft Jon Boat w/ a small Dilly Trailer.

I tow the boat approximately 3 miles to the lake. My top speed is usually 35mph.

Does anyone see a problem with this? I just don't want to run into problems farther down the road.



Re: 4 cyl Tacoma w/ 16 ft Jon Boat [Re: TX0084] #2299245 05/24/08 09:12 PM
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It should be just fine as long as it's within the towing capacity of the truck. I pull my Pro Team 175 with my 95 Toyota pickup with a 4 cyl. I'd bet my boat is a lot heavier than yours.

I hauled mine up to Ray Roberts today for the first time and it behaved great. It just took a while to get up to speed. smile


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Re: 4 cyl Tacoma w/ 16 ft Jon Boat [Re: Jase] #2299316 05/24/08 10:02 PM
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I pulled and 18' Xpress with a 4 cyl Nissan for over two years and 30,000 miles with zero problems. Toyota is a lot better truck and you will experience no problems.


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Re: 4 cyl Tacoma w/ 16 ft Jon Boat [Re: jackiekennedyfishingguide] #2300178 05/25/08 10:20 AM
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I pulled an 18 foot Ranger with a 1986 Toyota one ton for 13 years. It had 240 thousand miles and blew a head gasket when I moved to another truck.
About half those miles were pulling the boat.




Re: 4 cyl Tacoma w/ 16 ft Jon Boat [Re: TX0084] #2300230 05/25/08 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted By: _Ryno_
For the time being, I have a 4cyl 2005 Tacoma.

The boat is a 16 ft Jon Boat w/ a small Dilly Trailer.

I tow the boat approximately 3 miles to the lake. My top speed is usually 35mph.

Does anyone see a problem with this? I just don't want to run into problems farther down the road.

Should be no problem.

Re: 4 cyl Tacoma w/ 16 ft Jon Boat [Re: deckhand*] #2305059 05/27/08 11:25 AM
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I have a 2005 Tacoma Access Cab 4wd with the 4 cyl and pull my 15' Mitzi Skiff regularly at speeds up to 70 mph. I currently have 66K on the Tacoma. No problems encountered.


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Re: 4 cyl Tacoma w/ 16 ft Jon Boat [Re: 67miata] #2307174 05/27/08 07:19 PM
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You won't have any problems. I've pulled bigger boats than that all over North Texas with a little Mazda 4-banger truck with no problems at all.


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Re: 4 cyl Tacoma w/ 16 ft Jon Boat [Re: Mark C] #2314050 05/29/08 02:12 PM
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If you have an Automatic you should get a tranny cooler to be on the safe side.

Re: 4 cyl Tacoma w/ 16 ft Jon Boat [Re: TX0084] #2314577 05/29/08 04:15 PM
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Howdy Ryno, I can put your mind at ease. I have a 1448 Grumman jon boat with a 25 johnson. Homebuilt trailer that weigh's ALOT. Towed it for the first time last Monday with no problem's using a 95 ford ranger with a 2.3 4 cylinder. I think it's rated at just a hundred HP. Weakest vehicle I ever owned. Dang thing downshift's in a slight headwind LOL. Towed it 60 mph on the highway, with no stress. Hill's were a small problem. Would drop about 5 mph at full throttle. Picked the steepest boat ram around where I live. Again, no problem. No wheel spin. took about half throttle to pull it out of the water. I did have some weight in the bed as was suggested here, but think I could do without it. Using bumper mounted hitch and no tranny or oil cooler. Will eventually get a frame mounted hitch and cooler's now that I'm confident with the li'l truck that could.

Re: 4 cyl Tacoma w/ 16 ft Jon Boat [Re: Kawboy] #2319417 05/30/08 09:05 PM
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Lol I can also set your mind at ease I did much of the same pulling as you with my old man's 16 footer (weighed hardly anything) and my 1990 ford escort. I would go about 10 miles to the lake and had a couple stretches of 55 mph and it had no problems for over 10 years.

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