Our 2006 Sprinter had a towing capacity of 5000LBS. The boat in tow was our personal boat, a Tracker Party Deck 21 I/O which was near the 5000LB towing capacity. The dragon boats were between 600 and 900LBs each, and with 4 on the club trailer, the Ram 2500 Cummins was definitely up to the task until they bought a Ram 2500 V10 of their own. It was cheaper than a Cummins, but I would bet that their fuel costs has far surpassed the savings by now. We are considering a newer Sprinter for our family/dog hauling van. Now, it will have stand-up paddle boards (SUPs) on the roof or on a trailer which would be well under 1000LBS. Kevin in Hillsboro, OR, soon to be an all Mercedes Diesel household 1982 240D, High Mileage Hildegard
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 1, 2019, at 8:05 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Seems like that would be less than 5K even after you stuff the entire crew > in the van. > My Hobie Cat is about 700lb sitting on the trailer. Only way you knew it was > back there when towing it with a Plymouth Horizon was it acted like a > parachute above 45mph. But 93hp was plenty to overcome that, you just knew > you were using more pedal than normal. But a Hobie 16 is probably more > aerodynamic than a dragon boat. I haven't owned anything I wouldn't tow my > Hobie behind since I scrapped my 1975 Civic. > > My main worry if I towed yours with a Cruze or 190Dt would be whether I had > enough traction to pull it out of the water. > >> On December 1, 2019 at 10:42 AM Max Dillon via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> Looks like a dragon boat is only 600 lbs or so, which is very light for a >> boat on a trailer. My sailboat is 1500 lbs. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
