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Originally Posted by spooky alice  I have a Toyota pickup, 4 cyl. It will pull my 22 ft sailboat and I have launched it with it but it's a BIG load for it. I only go a couple miles to the water, I wouldn't want to go much more. Stopping is a adventure as the boat is about twice as long and heavy as the truck. An 8 cyl toyota will pull better but still have the stopping problem. |
Alice,
Even short distances will eventually wreck your motor if its not up to the task. I learned that when I was in my teens with my first 16 foot catamaran. Plus, as you said, stopping ability if not adequate would put you in liability for lawsuit if the police determined an accident was due to you not being able to stop properly.
I had a hitch installed on my Honda Civic & used it to tow my boat/trailer over a two year period. One day my car just totally gasped and died at 80,000 miles.
I did receive hundreds of astonished looks from other drivers, though, which was amusing. But I was a kid !