Doug Kline
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 58
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- 32
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- 47
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2017
- Boat Model
- 212X
- Boat Length
- 21
I know there are many threads here on tongue weight. I read through as many as I could but wanted to get some fresh perspective.
Just picked up a 2017 212X, I was pretty confident it wouldn’t squat down my Commander with the factory towing package and load leveler rear shocks. Curious to see the actual tongue weight. It made the 525 mile trip home but I really don’t want to tow it any further like this. Had to be putting heat in my rear tires because they were about +4 pounds compared to the front and it was a relatively cool day.
Going to check it this weekend and get it as close to 7% as possible. Right now the boat is overhanging the rear bunk by 6.5 inches. Without having the boat in the water, how easy/hard does the boat move on the trailer? I figured I can leave the trailer hooked up to my truck, forklift behind the boat and ratchet strap the boat back pulling it by the tie-downs under the transom (with wet bunks). Obviously they’re structural enough to hold the boat on the trailer but am I asking for trouble by doing this? Also, what is the max overhang on the bunks?
![7D986444-895D-4AF8-938D-F1CA9A83D03F.jpeg 7D986444-895D-4AF8-938D-F1CA9A83D03F.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/198/198591-be9a50319fb1a0193a7d679d67c2af64.jpg?hash=vppQMZ-xoB)
Just picked up a 2017 212X, I was pretty confident it wouldn’t squat down my Commander with the factory towing package and load leveler rear shocks. Curious to see the actual tongue weight. It made the 525 mile trip home but I really don’t want to tow it any further like this. Had to be putting heat in my rear tires because they were about +4 pounds compared to the front and it was a relatively cool day.
Going to check it this weekend and get it as close to 7% as possible. Right now the boat is overhanging the rear bunk by 6.5 inches. Without having the boat in the water, how easy/hard does the boat move on the trailer? I figured I can leave the trailer hooked up to my truck, forklift behind the boat and ratchet strap the boat back pulling it by the tie-downs under the transom (with wet bunks). Obviously they’re structural enough to hold the boat on the trailer but am I asking for trouble by doing this? Also, what is the max overhang on the bunks?
![7D986444-895D-4AF8-938D-F1CA9A83D03F.jpeg 7D986444-895D-4AF8-938D-F1CA9A83D03F.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/198/198591-be9a50319fb1a0193a7d679d67c2af64.jpg?hash=vppQMZ-xoB)