Boat Towing

[JEBar]

I'm sure that some folks will want to tow a small boat/jetski .... a few years back we owned a light weight 10' Lowe aluminum boat (picture 1) .... it was bought to use fishing in South Dakota where we spend our summers .... instead of towing it in a campground and launching it with our Freightliner Sportchassis, we used a GEM (street legal) car (picture 2) .... it came in handy for moving picnic tables and other such things .... the 72 Volt, front wheel drive GEM car pulled and launched the boat with ease .... unfortunately, getting the boat out of the water proved to be an exercise in futility .... with the GEM sitting at a nose up angle on a wet, sandy, concrete boat ramp, the front end didn't have sufficient weight to keep the drive tires from spinning .... I have no clue if a front wheel drive Elio will have the same issue .... time will tell


Jim

 

[CheeseheadEarl]

My 14' aluminum with trailer and 10 horse is well over 500#.

My favorite local lakes have ramps (sorta) that are steep and gravel.

Elio fishing will be bank or float tube fishing for me.

Besides, I much prefer my favorite kind of boat - someone else's.

FWIW, Lake od the Woods and back, 1 tank in an Elio, about $20 at current gas prices.

 

[OctoberGlory]

I'm sure that some folks will want to tow a small boat/jetski ....

Folks need to think BIG!

 

[JEBar]

golf cart type vehicles can tow some surprisingly heavy loads

Jim

 

[Joshua Caldwell]

I prefer boats that can be hand carried... sunfish, hobie cats, etc. There's nothing quite like tooling along with your mast almost parallel to the water and standing on the outside of the hull to keep from going over.

 

[JEBar]

I prefer boats that can be hand carried... sunfish, hobie cats, etc. There's nothing quite like tooling along with your mast almost parallel to the water and standing on the outside of the hull to keep from going over.

while that looks like fun, if I can't pull a rope or turn a key and hear a rumble, I ain't going ...

Jim

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

Pffft... Amateurs.

 

[BADBOY]

You want to pull anything with a 1200 pound Elio? Maybe if you could hook it up to a breeze...

 

[msmith5150]

Yeah I ain't towing anything with my EMV, I don't want to make it scream in pain!

 

[OctoberGlory]

Yeah I ain't towing anything with my EMV, I don't want to make it scream in pain!

If you're into boating here's a sporty little model...