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Author:  Bliss36 [ Sat Apr 19, 2014 11:53 am ]
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Author:  Surface Interval [ Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:46 pm ]
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Four Winns Fast Facts numbers for my '02 268 are a little over 6300lb dry (5.7 GI). Add for other options. The FW tandem trailer is 1800lb (+ spare?). 85 gallons of gas is approx 520lb. 20 gallons of water is almost 170lb. At this point I am real close to 9000lb. Add anchors, generator, a/c, TV, computer bag, dinghy and motor, tools, tackle box, and all the misc necessities like groceries, cooler, beer, and other water toys. At this point I'm past 9500 and looking at 10000. Almost afraid to pull it over a scale...... What ever you do, make sure the tires and bearings are up to the task. I blew two trailer tires in the first 150 miles on the way home after buying my boat. The tires were about 9 years old. One of the other tires had a bulge.
Author:  firecadet613 [ Sat Apr 19, 2014 9:03 pm ]
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If I remember right, my 04 268 with Kohler generator, full fuel and water sitting on a Four Winns trailer was around 9500lbs.
Author:  rpengr [ Sun Apr 20, 2014 7:04 pm ]
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Bliss36 wrote:
***If anyone else has official tow weights please feel free to post them here. It would be nice to have a collection of weights for people making decisions on what their next boat/truck will be.

I've been curious for a long time just how much weight we are towing on these trips we take. Every year I plan to weight it and last night on the way to launch the boat I finally stopped at a CAT scale to get some real world numbers. With 1/2 tank of fuel and no water we came in at 8780Lbs. The boat did have most of the normal stuff in it that we carry all year, and probably a little more since I had a couple heavy tool boxes and tote bins fully of spring prep gear.

I'm glad to finally know and I figured maybe someone will read this in the future while trying to make a decision on towing a 268, or a tow vehicle for one. One thing to note is we have a steel Loadmaster trailer and not the factory one but I'm not sure there won't be much difference. When I find the specs for the Loadmaster I'll post them
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I believe that your 8780 lbs does not include the tongue weight... so you actual tow weight is actually hundreds of pounds more than that. Like 9200 lbs?
Author:  Paul I. [ Sun Apr 20, 2014 9:08 pm ]
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You also need to include your self and any passengers.
Author:  Bliss36 [ Mon Apr 21, 2014 7:00 am ]
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Yeah I guess you're right. please disregard this entire post. Since the numbers are off Ill delete
Author:  88Liberator261 [ Mon Apr 21, 2014 7:33 am ]
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I'm confused about the comment "you have to add the tongue weight".
Is it added if you have just the boat/trailer on the scale, and the trailer is attached to the truck/hitch :?:
thanks,
Scott
Author:  TFD2001 [ Mon Apr 21, 2014 7:43 am ]
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Numbers are not off. Do not delete.. Tongue weight would find is place between the trailer weight and the truck weight. Your overall numbers are fine, and very informative to me.. I keep meaning to do this with mine, but have not done it yet with the new setup.. May do that (again, if I remember) on the way to our trip to the Ozarks this year.. It does show you what your trailer is carrying weight wise on it's axles.. All good information.. Your numbers are the numbers needed for permitting in certain states that want a per axle weight info..
Author:  rpengr [ Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:02 am ]
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88Liberator261 wrote:
I'm confused about the comment "you have to add the tongue weight".
Is it added if you have just the boat/trailer on the scale, and the trailer is attached to the truck/hitch :?:
thanks,
Scott

Yes.

The weight carried by the trailer axels is the total boat/trailer weight, minus the amount carried by the hitch (tongue weight).

Therefore, to get the total boat/trailer weight... you would add the amount measured on the scale for the trailer axels, plus the tongue weight.

TFD2001 wrote:
Numbers are not off. Do not delete.. Tongue weight would find it's place between the trailer weight and the truck weight. Your overall numbers are fine, and very informative to me.. It does show you what your trailer is carrying weight wise on it's axles.. All good information..

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Author:  Flyer51 [ Wed Apr 23, 2014 12:41 pm ]
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Little late to the party. I've been busy getting the boat ready to launch. Here are the numbers I have on my boat. That's towing my boat with my 04 Chevy Avalanche.

Boat and Truck 16540
Boat 9680
Truck 6860

Along those lines I signed up with BoatU.S. for my insurance at your suggestion. Did you get the 2014 guide to trailering? The have all of the tow ratings in the magazine for 2014.
Author:  LVChris [ Wed Apr 23, 2014 1:35 pm ]
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I'm with Boat U.S. as well. I did an on-line course they offered and they refunded 10%. Just FYI
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