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I was told that Front Wheel drive SUV is not good for towing a boat. The
problem is at the boat ramp when trying to pull the boat out of water.
The
front wheel does not have whole allot of traction.

Is this true?

Well, if it was a real SUV, it would have 4WD, so you could put it in 4WD to
pull the boat and trailer out of the water... If it doesn't have 4WD, you
don't have an SUV, you have a mini-van (some are more mini than others)...

It is also unlikely that any real SUV that has 4WD will have front wheel
drive as the default when in 2WD mode...

Ok, so assuming you are talking about one of those mini-vans that the soccer
moms and quiche eaters like to think are SUVs, the difference between
pulling a boat and trailer up a ramp with FWD vs RWD is going to depend upon
the steepness of the ramp... A shallow ramp will probably not make much
difference... Another thing to consider is that the RWD vehicle will have
its drive wheels in the water where it might be somewhat slippery from algae
or mud... In this case, the front wheels might have better traction... Some
people with trucks find that they do not have enough weight in the rear of
their vehicle to prevent spinning tires sometimes when they are trying to
pull a boat up a slippery ramp...