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I'm in the market for a pontoon boat. However, before I put the cart before the horse, or, in my case, the Ascent before the pontoon boat, I have a few questions;
The boat and trailer are 31' long total. (Boat is 25' long) They weigh together under 5000 lbs. Closer to 3500 pounds fully loaded. Tongue weight is under 500 pounds but can only guess at this time at around 400 pounds. While technically this is well under the max capacity, the trailer is very long with the dual axles sitting quite a ways back. I guess the boat is light until you hang a 150 horse power motor off the back. (Notice the waterline on the pontoon showing the front rides higher in the water than the rear because the rear has the heavy motor and fuel tanks) The puts the axles further back for the right load balance. I don't want to somehow end up having the tail wag the dog if you know what I mean. I'll be towing this to mountain lakes on well paved, but at least 20 miles of twisty road that climbs 3,000', starting at 2,000' and ending up above 5,000' at the lake. The trailer will have brakes and I will have the option of; surge brakes, drum on one axle or disc brakes both axles. I'm attaching a photo of a 25' pontoon boat on a 31' trailer for scale so you can see what I mean by axles rearward.
Any thoughts or suggestions, please reply.
The boat and trailer are 31' long total. (Boat is 25' long) They weigh together under 5000 lbs. Closer to 3500 pounds fully loaded. Tongue weight is under 500 pounds but can only guess at this time at around 400 pounds. While technically this is well under the max capacity, the trailer is very long with the dual axles sitting quite a ways back. I guess the boat is light until you hang a 150 horse power motor off the back. (Notice the waterline on the pontoon showing the front rides higher in the water than the rear because the rear has the heavy motor and fuel tanks) The puts the axles further back for the right load balance. I don't want to somehow end up having the tail wag the dog if you know what I mean. I'll be towing this to mountain lakes on well paved, but at least 20 miles of twisty road that climbs 3,000', starting at 2,000' and ending up above 5,000' at the lake. The trailer will have brakes and I will have the option of; surge brakes, drum on one axle or disc brakes both axles. I'm attaching a photo of a 25' pontoon boat on a 31' trailer for scale so you can see what I mean by axles rearward.
Any thoughts or suggestions, please reply.