285 Freedom on a 10,000lb lift... any issues?

FREEDOM!!! said:
Anyone have a 285 Freedom or similar on a 10,000lb lift? The wet weight of the 285 is around 9,400lbs. If the advertised capacity of the lift is 10K, then it's probably fine up to around 11-12K. Just curious if anyone is in this situation.
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FREEDOM!!! said:
Anyone have a 285 Freedom or similar on a 10,000lb lift? The wet weight of the 285 is around 9,400lbs. If the advertised capacity of the lift is 10K, then it's probably fine up to around 11-12K. Just curious if anyone is in this situation.
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I have a 12k lift and a 306 Canyon that is 11k wet, I don’t fill the 290 fuel tank more then half and I load the boat with people while in the water. So far everything is working well. Keep up on lift maintenance for sure.
 
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Grady finally got back to me with the "official" weight. They said the total weight of a 285 Freedom with a full load of fuel is approximately 10,079lbs. Thought it was funny they used "approximately" with such a specific number. Anyway, we decided not to get the boat, not just because of the weight, but it's just not the right boat for us. My wife and I both agreed that it was a bit overkill for our purposes.
 
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Mustang65fbk said:
I would. They should have a copy of the performance bulletin with more specific numbers like gallons of fuel onboard during the test. Let us know what you find out.
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Check the thread I just posted with the weights and dimensions. Grady sent me a chart with every model weight and dims.
 
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FREEDOM!!! said:
Check the thread I just posted with the weights and dimensions. Grady sent me a chart with every model weight and dims.
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Exactly... as mentioned at least a couple different times, the boat fully loaded could very well be at over 10k lbs, possibly even more than that and closer to 10.5k lbs, depending on fuel, safety gear, water, fishing gear, ice, food and so forth. I admittedly do always have to giggle at the guys who use dry weights and then add everything up and go off of that number, but are then still 1,000-1,500 lbs off on the total weight of the boat itself. Especially those that have been boating for years, as boats I've found out are generally always going to be much heavier than you think they are going to be, and I imagine that's one of the many reasons why Grady White has the "approximate" test weights on their website. I see that you uploaded the chart onto another thread, thanks for doing so! Sorry to hear about the new boat not being up to your liking, do you still have the old boat or what's the plan now?
 
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Exactly... as mentioned at least a couple different times, the boat fully loaded could very well be at over 10k lbs, possibly even more than that and closer to 10.5k lbs, depending on fuel, safety gear, water, fishing gear, ice, food and so forth. I admittedly do always have to giggle at the guys who use dry weights and then add everything up and go off of that number, but are then still 1,000-1,500 lbs off on the total weight of the boat itself. Especially those that have been boating for years, as boats I've found out are generally always going to be much heavier than you think they are going to be, and I imagine that's one of the many reasons why Grady White has the "approximate" test weights on their website. I see that you uploaded the chart onto another thread, thanks for doing so! Sorry to hear about the new boat not being up to your liking, do you still have the old boat or what's the plan now?
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Seems like the industry standard should be to list the wet weight (engines with a full tank of gas and whatever fresh water). That dry weight without engines is absolutely meaningless. People are trying to make decisions based off of this information.... why make the customer make WAGs?

Yes, still plan to keep the 235 indefinitely. Looking forward to seeing this new 265.
 
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Seems like the industry standard should be to list the wet weight (engines with a full tank of gas and whatever fresh water). That dry weight without engines is absolutely meaningless. People are trying to make decisions based off of this information.... why make the customer make WAGs?

Yes, still plan to keep the 235 indefinitely. Looking forward to seeing this new 265.
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Agreed! I imagine that's why GW, and I'm assuming other boat manufacturers, list the weights of their test boats during fuel economy testing. Then you've got a much closer figure, instead of just ballpark, which can again be off by 1k+ lbs or more. Most of the time it probably doesn't matter, but like in your instance when trying to determine which lift to use and if it'll support your boat, or which truck you need to tow/trailer your boat... those are times where the total weight of the boat/motor and even the trailer when towing are considerably more important.
 
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