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12-19-2011, 09:10 PM | #1 |
My yaris on the way to the river
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12-20-2011, 02:54 AM | #2 | |
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cool!
those have to be heavy though.... short trip Im guessing?
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12-20-2011, 10:21 AM | #3 |
Tongue weight is very light, its a Polaris jet ski, At the begining of the season I tow it from los angeles to the colorado river, about 250 - 300 miles. About a month ago I towed it back to do some repairs and upgrades now that the season is over.
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12-22-2011, 07:12 PM | #4 |
Drives: 2007 Yaris HB Join Date: Dec 2008
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How does it do coming out of the water? I thought about pulling a 14 foot aluminum boat that's really light but am worried about losing traction coming out of the ramp.
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12-22-2011, 08:02 PM | #5 |
The ski is a polaris sl 750, a 2 seater sit down ski.
It weighs 550 lbs dry, the trailer weighs about 150 lbs. Tongue weight is about 100l lbs. Coming out of the water on the ramp is easy. I have even launched and pulled out of the water on a backwater dirt ramp and had no problems at all. I have also towed the jet ski trailer with a 2 seater mini dune buggy over 300 miles. |
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12-23-2011, 06:06 AM | #6 |
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Nice!
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12-24-2011, 10:29 PM | #7 | |
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12-25-2011, 12:15 AM | #8 |
tongue weight was just guess, 10% so about 70 lbs, ya that sounds right.
I have a huge gmc 2500 but its a gas guzzler and I would hate to use it to tow the ski. |
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02-27-2012, 10:27 AM | #9 |
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Do you guys think a Yaris could handle this for a motorcycle trailer? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-5...item4ab459503f
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02-27-2012, 10:30 AM | #10 | |
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02-27-2012, 10:37 AM | #11 | |
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02-27-2012, 04:07 PM | #12 | |
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You could just barely pull that trailer empty.... Fully loaded that trailer weighs as much as the car. |
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02-27-2012, 06:34 PM | #13 |
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Jet Ski YES,
Open M/C trailer with M/C Okay 35ft. travel trailer with dual slideouts,3 screaming kids,and the mother in-law tipping the scales at 425? AAAHHHH,No! |
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