On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:32:37 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:30:23 -0500, John H.
wrote:

I'm thinking of a Toyota 4 Runner. The V8 will pull 7000lbs according to
the local salesman. Haven't checked any further than that as I'm thinking
of pulling something in the neighborhood of 3500.

If you do much towing you'll be happier with a longer wheelbase. It
helps to stabilize the trailer from swaying and bouncing.

Wouldn't having the proper tongue weight get rid of much of that? When I
bought the Proline, it did a lot of swaying and acting weird. I checked,
and the tongue weight was only a little over 100lbs, plus the transom hung
out over the last rollers by over a foot.

Adjustments allowed me to pull the boat forward and increase the tongue
weight to the proper amount (about 450lbs). That made a nice difference in
the way the boat handled and in pulling it up a ramp.

The original owner had never towed it. The dealer towed it to the marina,
launched it, parked the trailer, and it was never used again until I bought
the boat. The marina went out of business. Bunch of dumb ****s. They wanted
$450 to transfer the warranty on the boat to me. When I called Proline and
told them this, they were ****ed. Proline did it for $50, which is still a
ripoff.