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re: Towing a boat with 1/2 ton truck.
Posted on 5/10/24 at 8:08 am to X123F45
Posted on 5/10/24 at 8:08 am to X123F45
I once towed my 31’ camper with my 2003 Escalade. A short distance. Once. It pulled it just fine, but that camper walked me all over the road. OTOH, I pull my boat all over South Louisiana with it, and full of fuel and other crap, it’s likely at 6-7K pounds.
This has been a great discussion as I struggle with the same question as OP in deciding on a new truck. I didn’t know Enterprise rented tow vehicles, so buying a 1/2 ton and renting a bigger one is the way to go. Right now, I’ve got a very giving friend that tows my camper back and forth to Grand Isle twice a year for the cost of gas, and buying him dinner at Hurricane Hole.
This has been a great discussion as I struggle with the same question as OP in deciding on a new truck. I didn’t know Enterprise rented tow vehicles, so buying a 1/2 ton and renting a bigger one is the way to go. Right now, I’ve got a very giving friend that tows my camper back and forth to Grand Isle twice a year for the cost of gas, and buying him dinner at Hurricane Hole.
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Posted on 5/10/24 at 11:29 am to Icansee4miles
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I didn’t know Enterprise rented tow vehicles, so buying a 1/2 ton and renting a bigger one is the way to go
Here's the issue though and something to seriously consider. Sure you can rent a vehicle to tow. OP was talking about for a storm. I have no idea here, but I'm going to guess if a storm is approaching any rental to tow is going to be in EXTREMELY high demand.
Now if you rented it from Louisiana, drove to Pcola to pick up the boat, and then returned it to Louisiana where there wasn't a storm that's not an issue.
I'm not sure I'd want to rely on renting a truck in a hurricane situation though.
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