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Date Registered: 12-2009
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Towing my boat


Hi Guys. Just thought I would give a quick report on my first reasonably long trip towing my fully loaded Quintrex 480 Freedom Sport from Perth to Busselton at Xmas time. First of all let me say how extremely happy I was with the Exys performance. When I say that the boat was fully loaded I mean it. My wife refuses to go camping without every possible luxury she can manage to fit in the Car or the Boat. I am gradually weening her off some of these luxuries during camping, but no where near finished with this humongous task. I have even put a new ROLA roof basket on to help with her extra luggage. The fuel consumption was very reasonable considering the load of 4 passengers. I have lpg in the car as well, but chose to stick with petrol for the towing, as I had been told that is the best way to tow. The car was solid as a rock on the road. No bouncing or swaying. The only drama I had for the whole 2 weeks was getting stuck in the sand pulling my boat out of the water on a rather rough day on a beach boat ramp, which I had already used about 10 times that week. Backed the car and trailer a little too far into the water, and with the waves coming in thick and fast finally loaded boat on only to discover that the exys front wheels were well and truly sucked into the beach. Luckily there were quite a few 4x4 boys down on the beach all pulling there boats in. I just yelled out for some help and before I knew it a couple of boys had rushed over with a snatch strap, Hitched it up and we managed to pull me out boat and all in one go. These guys really new there stuff, to which I will be ever grateful, as i had visions of my exy and boat spending the night with the local fish. They were rewarded with nice cold carton. Had a good chat, and they had some great advice about the ramps in the area. Also had some advice on some handy equipment to have in the exy for these types of occasions. Went straight down to BRB 4x4 and invested in a decent recovery kit, which I hope I will never have to use under these circumstances again.
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Date Registered: 03-2010
Location: Wollongong
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Hi Mate,

Just bought my Exy 4 weeks ago so i can tow my boat that im saving for by the end of the year.

Thanks for the info regarding towing as i was a little concerned on the towing capabilities but sounds like you had no problems.

Good luck at the beach ramps in the future lol


Thanks for the info!

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Date Registered: 12-2009
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No probs mate. And yes, i plan to very careful on the beach from now on. What sort of boat are you planning on getting.
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Either a centre console 4.8m ally with a 50 or 60 on the back.
Or one with a windshield, ally with a 50 or 60 on the back.

Something to go out with around some close islands but not too far out.

I have friends with both and i love the centre console in summer with no rain, and one with a windshield when there is some chop and getting sprayed a bit.

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Date Registered: 08-2009
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AHH!!!!

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions, emoticon emoticon emoticon

Probably the biggest one you will ever make emoticon emoticon emoticon


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Date Registered: 07-2009
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I got me eyes on a Bar Crusher 560C mmm with a 150HP on the back and all the bling emoticon

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Date Registered: 03-2010
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I dream of a bar crusher lol *drool*

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Date Registered: 06-2008
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AkaZulu wrote:

I got me eyes on a Bar Crusher 560C mmm with a 150HP on the back and all the bling emoticon



Boat will be nice but not the engine, I had a 150hp V6 Mariner on an old 5.1 fibregluss hull and the it used to fly (45 knots), but it was so thirsty, costs a fortune every time I went fishing.

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HERE is my old 2008 T31, ST Series1

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Date Registered: 06-2008
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quote:

AkaZulu wrote:

I got me eyes on a Bar Crusher 560C mmm with a 150HP on the back and all the bling emoticon



Boat will be nice but not the engine, I had a 150hp V6 Mariner on an old 5.1 fibregluss hull and the it used to fly (45 knots), but it was so thirsty, costs a fortune every time I went fishing.

Never got to tow it with the Exy though, probably never would have, too heavy.

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HERE is my old 2008 T31, ST Series1

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