towing, which truck???
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towing, which truck???
Im just curious, im thinking of getting a duramax 2500HD, but if that doesnt work out, my back up is either the toyota tundra, or Nissan titan, im towing a 25OL, although i plan to go bigger (not sure when, tomorrow if i win lotto!) im just curious if anyone here tows with either a tundra or titan, if so how do you like it? any problems?
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Re: towing, which truck???
No such thing as too much truck. If you are going to get a bigger boat eventually, go ahead and bite the bullet on the truck now, so you are not biting two bullets down the road. The 2500HD with the Duramax will pull anything up to about 12K lbs with no problems. There is a lot more info on the Truck/Trailers/Other Vehicles forum here on OSO. There are not too many towing with Metric trucks here.
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Re: towing, which truck???
i towed 24,000 # trailer w/ ford f350 crewcab dualie w/ the big diesel and manual trans.... towed it like it wasn't even there and brakes so good unbelieveable. w/out trailer is a quiet and nice to drive.
would buy another tom if needed a truck.
would buy another tom if needed a truck.
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Re: towing, which truck???
Spend your money once and go for the diesel, it will be the last truck you will need. It will also be one less thing you have to worry about when you go for a bigger boat.... In my opinion, they all have great diesels out there, it's a personal preference...
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Stay away from the titan. Friend works at a dealership, a lot of them are coming back with bad trannies, bad alignments, and bad breaks.
Toyotas are better but still not big enough.
the japs haven't quite figured out how to build a pickup yet. It's a foreign concept to them. Maybe in another 5 years they'll have it down but not yet.
Toyotas are better but still not big enough.
the japs haven't quite figured out how to build a pickup yet. It's a foreign concept to them. Maybe in another 5 years they'll have it down but not yet.
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Originally Posted by sleeper_dave
Stay away from the titan. Friend works at a dealership, a lot of them are coming back with bad trannies, bad alignments, and bad breaks.
Toyotas are better but still not big enough.
the japs haven't quite figured out how to build a pickup yet. It's a foreign concept to them. Maybe in another 5 years they'll have it down but not yet.
Toyotas are better but still not big enough.
the japs haven't quite figured out how to build a pickup yet. It's a foreign concept to them. Maybe in another 5 years they'll have it down but not yet.
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Re: towing, which truck???
I think the Cummins engine is the way to go for a light duty p/u. If you can swing it, get a med-duty p/u and option it with a Cat engine & Allison automatic. Then you have a puller.
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Heres to help you with that. My friend in florida has the 4door nissan titan and tows his 31 wellcraft scarab around and launches with it as well. truck runs stable at freeway speeds and has no problem moving the boat around at all. If you cant swing the diesel then do the titan. Along with him my dad runs them for his business as well towing trailers and such. He has had no problems with his neither.
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Originally Posted by sleeper_dave
Stay away from the titan. Friend works at a dealership, a lot of them are coming back with bad trannies, bad alignments, and bad breaks.
Toyotas are better but still not big enough.
the japs haven't quite figured out how to build a pickup yet. It's a foreign concept to them. Maybe in another 5 years they'll have it down but not yet.
Toyotas are better but still not big enough.
the japs haven't quite figured out how to build a pickup yet. It's a foreign concept to them. Maybe in another 5 years they'll have it down but not yet.
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I have an 05 Aramda LE 4x4 and use it to tow my 28 Daytona, it tows much better than my Denali did. Obviously the Duramax will tow more but the Nissan stuff is up there with the domestic stuff in the 1/2 ton class, if not better. Get the Armada and it has a back up camera hooking up has never been easier.