I like the ridgeline a lot but they only get a midget 5' bed. If he wants a regular or long bed the Silverado and Colorado are good choices.
I like the ridgeline a lot but they only get a midget 5' bed. If he wants a regular or long bed the Silverado and Colorado are good choices.
12 foot boat is nothing, I'd tow that with a Miata if it weren't for the launch. Actually, I was looking for one to tow with a Miata--I would have just had to launch it by hand.
Don't think there is really a wrong answer here--just about anything will be sufficient provided the bed is large enough. Depending on how much he drives, he may want to just buy it based on price and gas mileage.
pres589 wrote: The internet makes me think that a 12' alum boat with small outboard motor is about 600 lb. Trailers are about 200. I could write out an extensive and not all that funny joke about needing a serious truck for this task. But that's been done a lot here lately. It doesn't seem like he needs a truck for this task at all unless my weight data is way off.
My 14' aluminum boat (a 1957 with a hood and really heavy-gauge aluminum), with 25 hp motor, plywood floor, two 6-gallon fuel tanks, starting battery, remote steering and controls, seats, and cheapy trailer was 1000 lbs on the nose. A 12' boat with a 9.9 and trailer could probably be towed by most motorcycles.
12' boat = 125 lbs (assuming a typical v-hull utility boat)
9.9hp 2-stroke = 75 lbs (typical of evinrude/johnson/merc)
Trailer = 200 lbs (typical small 8" tire boat trailer)
Now, of course you add a 10 lb anchor, 40 lbs worth of fuel and tank, oars, and the like, you might be closer to 500.
Like this. Even with those seats in there, I doubt this is over 500:
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