- First Name
- William
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- Jul 27, 2020
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- Location
- Henderson, NV
- Vehicle(s)
- 2002 F350. 2022 Big Bend (Sasquatch)
- Your Bronco Model
- Big Bend
If my reading comprehension skills aren’t failing me at the moment we’re discussing a boat. It’s been decades since my family boated, but back in my day (ugh, I’m that guy now) boat trailers had surge brakes, taking brake controllers and weight distribution hitches out of the equation. I don’t know if technology has changed.
As far as your particular Bronco and towable, it’s gonna come down to frequency. Are you making the trek to the lake every weekend? Are you moving the boat from dry storage to a slip and back twice a year? Every weekend, you’ll probably want a cheap tow vehicle. Twice a year, and I’d bribe a buddy with a day on the lake and beer.
Also, if the whole package is out of whack you’ll know pretty quickly. I recently towed a buddy’s small 16’ toy hauler 10 miles from the point where his transmission shit the bed back to the nearest town. It had a WD hitch so tongue weight was a nonissue, but I was very happy to drop the trailer and get back under my 6x12 cargo conversion I built for the Bronco. It was wide, tall, and I couldn’t see very well. All I can really say was the seat of the pants experience was kinda crappy, and clearly the engine and transmission had nothing to do with it.
As far as your particular Bronco and towable, it’s gonna come down to frequency. Are you making the trek to the lake every weekend? Are you moving the boat from dry storage to a slip and back twice a year? Every weekend, you’ll probably want a cheap tow vehicle. Twice a year, and I’d bribe a buddy with a day on the lake and beer.
Also, if the whole package is out of whack you’ll know pretty quickly. I recently towed a buddy’s small 16’ toy hauler 10 miles from the point where his transmission shit the bed back to the nearest town. It had a WD hitch so tongue weight was a nonissue, but I was very happy to drop the trailer and get back under my 6x12 cargo conversion I built for the Bronco. It was wide, tall, and I couldn’t see very well. All I can really say was the seat of the pants experience was kinda crappy, and clearly the engine and transmission had nothing to do with it.
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