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Trailer and fully rigged v king yt weight?
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Trailer and fully rigged v king yt weight?
Would anyone know the tongue weight of my vking yt and trailer,without a motor?Wondering if it is under 200 lbs since that is the capacity of my hitch,Thanx alot speedmaster2
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Re: Trailer and fully rigged v king yt weight?
Are you talking tow weight, or downforce on the tongue? If you're worried, get a couple of guys in the back of the till the tongue comes up. With the Viking and v6 looper, I have to ADD weight to the front of the trailer just to have any tongue weight. I used a shot looper crank and my spare trailer tire, not pretty, but effective.
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Re: Trailer and fully rigged v king yt weight?
My Vulture pulls super nice but it also does not have a motor right now so we will have to see how it does once I hang some power on it. Just might have to add some tongue weight also but I hope not.
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1977 HydroStream Vulture - Worlds longest ongoing project.
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Re: Trailer and fully rigged v king yt weight?
There isn't any way to tell for sure not knowing there the axle is under the boat. Your best bet is to get a scale or just lift it and guess.
I have had to move the axle back on both my vegas due to the jack plate and my viper due to the v6.
I have had to move the axle back on both my vegas due to the jack plate and my viper due to the v6.
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75 viper 2.4 200, 130 shot of NOS
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79 vking project 2.5 280
Chet Olson
75 viper 2.4 200, 130 shot of NOS
91 vegas loaned out
79 vking project 2.5 280
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Re: Trailer and fully rigged v king yt weight?
Boy I was worried about exceeding the tongue weight,I am putting a class 1 hitch on my sl500,which my maximum trailer weight is 2000 lbs and my maximum tongue weight allowable is 200 lbs,I am guessing the total weight of boat ,v6 motor,and trailer to be 1600 lbs,I really appreciate your input on this,The trailer is a single axle bunk trailer made by load rite trailers,originally boat and trailer came from michigan,So am i safe to say the total weight is around 1600 lbs?Thanx speedmaster2
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Re: Trailer and fully rigged v king yt weight?
I found the weight of the vking yt it is 675 lbs,compared to a vking vbottom which is 625 lbs,process of elimination,now the weight of a 2.5 offshore,and the weight of the trailer,,,,,
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Re: Trailer and fully rigged v king yt weight?
you can get the weight of the trailer on he trailer it gives the weight of the trailer and the carrying weight on the plate . Motor should be about 400 lbs
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Sounds like my hitch can legally pull this vking yt!Boat 675lbs and motor at 400lbs equals 1075 lbs,Thankyou guys for your input,Looks like ill be in business with this combination, Regards Speedmaster2
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Re: Trailer and fully rigged v king yt weight?
Well I got the weight of the trailer at 280lbs so added to the boat and motor weight of 1075lbs equals a total of 1355lbs! thanks again for info,regards Speedmaster2,
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