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As long as the center of mass is smack in the middle of the 2 axles, weight distribution can be 50/50 regardless of spacing.

Hey Dennis, With all of your trailer experience, have you ever seen a tandem with the axles further apart for stability? If so, did it make a worthwhile improvement?

Just curious. Have you owned both? From my experience, it didn't matter enough to notice the difference in maneuverability. Yes, it is more maintenance, but the tri-axles do seem to be more stable. He needs that.

Most boat trailers can't handle the loads induced to them from a WD hitch. It also becomes a PIA when launching. When you start towing things that heavy, knowing your numbers is critical to good handling. Weigh safe is a good idea, but once your trailer is set up, you probably won't need it...

I had read Ram was losing sales because 2500 payloads were so low, despite owners going way beyond rated payload without issue. Ram considered revising the numbers. They probably will, then have customers b!tch about registration costs going up! You can't make them all happy.:D

Yet the f150 has about as much or more payload than the Ram 2500. Me thinks Ram is sandbagging to keep registration costs down, and Ford is swinging for the fences! Although the unloaded ride in my truck would make you think the Ford is sandbagging too - until you put 700 + lbs on the ball. :(

I own a an 18 f150 Eco, max tow, SCREW, short bed. With the Islander fully fueled and watered, I'm at 10k lbs. Power and stopping are no issue. Be sure to use 91+ octane. I turn off 8th-10th gear on the freeway for best mpg and minimizing shifting. However, weight distribution is critical. Too...

I don't know anything about them. Be sure to find out what brand of axle and brakes are used on that model. Then search for that brand. If they have a bad rep, run.

At 9.5', a 285 isn't that wide. Most trailers with capacities north of 10k lbs are trailering boats with that beam or more. There should be plenty of trailers that can work. The more important question is which one isn't using garbage brakes and axles with proprietary mounts that require you to...

Coming from a guy that is not averse to risk, I would not run a LiPo direct off your engines unless they are Mercs blessed by Merc to run lithium. I put in a lot of time on the subject to determine if it would be an issue. It likely wouldn't, but there are a lot of variables the average Joe...

I genuinely wonder how this happens. It happens on every forum, but I've never seen an explanation.

As I suspected, seems like most with high hours are putting on a lot of low rpm hours. Had I fished like years past, this would have been a 40-50 hour year from trolling. My 20 hours of troll time would equal 40 total fishing hours alternating between engines.

If only it were the same...

Good call.

That is nice, but my guess is the installation cost more than the trolling motor.