OT- Largest Trailerable Tug

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Please forgive me for posing such an off topic question, but i don't know of a more knowledgable and group to ask this of, not to mention that this is the only boating group i belong to.

What is the biggest "tug" type boat that can be hauled around by a one ton dually?

I know the 26' Nordic tug can, but we need as big a boat as possible.

We are now in Federal Way and will be going to the factory to look at the C-Ranger 25 in just a few days, but the delivery would be prohibitively far into the future.

Our 22' C-Dory is just to small for our purposes and we will be putting it on the market soon, but we don't want to be boatless until buying another boat.

TIA - Law
 
I would look at the alumtug that is made in woodenville. there was one at the seattle boat show and it was larger then the c-tug and still trailerable, they said. I dont know if the lord nelson tug were ever on a trailer but they are about the same size, some of them.
 
Thanks for the Aluma Tug info. I've found their web site and will give them a call in the morning. It's very cool that they will customize aboat to personal specs, but i fear what happens when rock meets aluminum. This is exactly what i was looking for Tom thanks again.

Joe - That is a beautiful boat, i really like it, but a bit too much wood to maintain for me at this stage of life. Thanks for the link.

Law
 
thats one of the benefits of alum over glass. you can make any changes you want without making new molds. We run a lot of alum sleds up the rivers here and hit a lot of rocks doing it. You would be amazed with the amount of abuse alum will take and no one makes a river runner in glass.
 
A wide load permit can be obtained for pulling a wide load, but it does get a little hairy driving through rush hour freeway traffic at times.

My truck has mirrors that extend outward for just such loads.

The trick is to time your transit through the bad spots during slack traffic.
 
thanks, I too have the mirrors on my Super Duty, but the Oklahoma turnpikes won't let anything on over 8foot, 6 inches. They actually have big white boards on the entrance booth that scrape my motorhome mirrors which are exactly 8 foot 6 inches wide. If you are not centered on entry, you're gonna get some scrapes.

that tug looks good, but a bit too big for me to lug around much, i am thinking.

John
 
I once thought I wanted a Nordic 26 ..... then I wanted one of those 25' C-Doryts.... but I found that the 22' was perfect for towing....easy for me to singlehand...and near perfect on the water...and behind the truck....I like to travel , I can't imagine the stress of towing a 25' through some of these citys ...nice in the water...but I think I would not travel so much if I had anything larger than my 22...


Joel
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starcrafttom":17koz1gn said:
Who would pay to drive thru oklahoma??????
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Tom, Thru, not to....

Once you get in, maybe it's worth it to get out.
:shock:

My advance aplogies to those Brats who live in OK by choice. My sister lives there but then, she deserves it....
:P :cry :cry

Charlie
 
It's ALL RELATIVE Joel (ha) -- when I brought home my F-31 trimaran I nearly took out a car's bumper and fender parked around the corner as I turned onto a local street. I quickly learned turning allowances. 5 yrs of towing it all over the place and even to Miami and back made it a piece of cake (including having to back all the way out of a very small, po-dunk gas station in Baton Rouge because the boat was too high for their overhang).

Now towing my CD-25 is nearly effortless, no problems, just got to THINK when making sharp turns or BEFORE you enter that small mall parking lot...(don't ask how I learned that one.. :roll: )

Steve
 
Oklahoma is a beautiful state with more sunny days than Florida. It has small mountains, many very large lakes and rivers, and is navigable with large barges, trawlers, etc, from Tulsa to New Orleans. Lake Texoma is so heavily stocked with stripers that I have never fished there without making the limit of 9 keeper stripers per day. Route 66 has been restored in that area and Arkansas's crystal clear lakes abut the Eastern border.

Concentrations of Indian sites, etc, are everywhere and the population is in a nice balance between laid back and party hardy.... so a very fun place to boat and visit... John
 
We loved our CD22, we love our CD25 better, Thoreau notwithstanding! Towing the CD25 is NOT a problem, D~J is right...now, the C-Ranger 25, that MIGHT be a hearse of a different color...


Dora~Jean":wtadz101 said:
Now towing my CD-25 is nearly effortless, no problems, just got to THINK when making sharp turns or BEFORE you enter that small mall parking lot...(don't ask how I learned that one.. :roll: )

Steve
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Come on now Pat, don't you wish you could have that 25' C-Ranger hooked up to your rig? Be honest now!!

Having pulled a 38' wide load goose neck trailer with my six speed manual dually, I can surely say that one must obtain several extra levels of enlightenment in order to navigate through strange roads during bad weather and rush hour traffic. You learn to DRIVE.
 
Actually I forgot the comma. It should have been written "38', wide load". I know a guy in Baton Rouge who drives a Tug pushing 106 ' (feet) wide barge strings. They are 800' or 900' long. He has some incredible boat driving stories to tell.
 
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