Mainly to tow our travel trailer, it's only 25' long but with 800# of tongue weight and a lot of wood in the bed, we were over our rear axle rating on the Ford. This truck has 3300# of payload.
And also don't need a WDH with our Cobalt R5 now since it had a tongue weight of 600#
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- Mon May 20, 2024 8:27 pm
- Forum: Cobalt Boats General
- Topic: Let's see your Tow rigs with your boat!
- Replies: 868
- Views: 53646
- Mon May 20, 2024 11:15 am
- Forum: Cobalt Boats General
- Topic: Anchor for 220BR
- Replies: 20
- Views: 363
Re: Anchor for 220BR
Lake Geneva has weeds and mud in some areas, and in other areas, I'm trying to hold on slight breaks/drop offs. But depending on the wind and location, I may have steep breaks that I probably shouldn't even try to anchor at. I have not had any trouble getting this anchor to hold when I anchor at th...
- Mon May 20, 2024 10:08 am
- Forum: Cobalt Boats General
- Topic: Anchor for 220BR
- Replies: 20
- Views: 363
Re: Anchor for 220BR
Let's see a picture of your anchor. What brand and how much does it weigh? What type of bottom are you anchoring in? You lower it in vs throwing it in right? Can tell a newbie boater right away because he throws his anchor. Throwing can cause an anchor to get fouled and does nothing useful. I use a ...
- Sun May 19, 2024 8:27 pm
- Forum: Cobalt Boats General
- Topic: Anchor for 220BR
- Replies: 20
- Views: 363
Re: Anchor for 220BR
3' of chain isn't close to being long enough. I carry 25' of chain for a 26' boat. Chain should be the length of the boat.
You also need to let out enough line. Depending on the wind, the amount of anchor rode may be 5:1 or 7:1.
You also need to let out enough line. Depending on the wind, the amount of anchor rode may be 5:1 or 7:1.
- Sun May 19, 2024 2:39 pm
- Forum: Mercruiser
- Topic: Water Housing Assembly
- Replies: 2
- Views: 107
Re: Water Housing Assembly
Buy the OEM.
- Sat May 18, 2024 5:43 pm
- Forum: Towing, Docking, and Anchors
- Topic: Trailer tires
- Replies: 4
- Views: 226
Re: Trailer tires
Trailer I picked up last fall has power king tow max tires with date code of 2020. Previous owner only used trailer to move back and forth for winter storage. No other trailering so tires look brand new. We trailer a lot so I'm thinking about upgrading tires. Any thoughts about this? Maxxis 8008 or...
- Sat May 18, 2024 5:40 pm
- Forum: Cobalt Boats General
- Topic: Let's see your Tow rigs with your boat!
- Replies: 868
- Views: 53646
Re: Let's see your Tow rigs with your boat!
Just bought a new 2024 GMC Denali 2500HD with the 6.6L gasoline engine to replace our 18 F150.
- Tue May 14, 2024 11:40 am
- Forum: R Series
- Topic: Battery Question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 161
- Tue May 14, 2024 11:33 am
- Forum: R Series
- Topic: Battery Question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 161
Re: Battery Question
I saw your question on the Facebook site. You can have any type of batteries since both Flooded and AGM are both lead acid batteries and have similar charge profiles. No charger you will ever use, including the boats alternator, would be able to differentiate between the two. If it was my "new ...
- Sun May 12, 2024 11:26 am
- Forum: Cobalt Boats General
- Topic: trailer compatability
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1791
- Fri May 10, 2024 10:20 pm
- Forum: Cobalt Boats General
- Topic: Salt Water for the Weekend
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1441
Re: Salt Water for the Weekend
Sounds pretty mellow. Been in the Straight of Georgia north of you with a small craft warning and in a 20' boat...was not fun and we headed back to shore after getting beat up after awhile.
- Fri May 10, 2024 7:27 pm
- Forum: Cobalt Boats General
- Topic: Salt Water for the Weekend
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1441
Re: Salt Water for the Weekend
Done what you are planning on doing a number of times going through the locks into Puget sound. You should have ZERO issues with the combo of tide and winds.
- Fri May 03, 2024 1:32 am
- Forum: Pacific
- Topic: Lake Tahoe Cobalts
- Replies: 61
- Views: 15960
Re: Lake Tahoe Cobalts
You own a home or renting a dock?Bull0080 wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 11:22 pm I bought a 263! Very excited, slip in the keys
Would love to meet up with other Cobalt owners to talk shop on the lake! Cheers
https://www.boattrader.com/boat/2001-co ... 3-9284329/
- Thu May 02, 2024 3:17 pm
- Forum: Volvo Penta
- Topic: Oil Analysis
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1059
Re: Oil Analysis
What viscosity oil does the manual suggest using? I would be surprised if it was 10W30 but I don't know what Volvo recommends these days. It's their own 10W-40 synthetic. Recommendation if that's not available is to use that or higher (i.e., no 5W-40, 10W-30, etc.), but also specifying that it be N...
- Thu May 02, 2024 9:37 am
- Forum: Volvo Penta
- Topic: Oil Analysis
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1059
Re: Oil Analysis
What viscosity oil does the manual suggest using? I would be surprised if it was 10W30 but I don't know what Volvo recommends these days.