Real world pulling power

I don't know, this is the first I've heard of electric brakes on boat trailers.

 

here ya go

 

OP has stated that he's not going to do it. I think he's going for a smaller boat or an alternative way of moving it.

This thread has been entertaining, though. I once moved my parent's 26' camper with my '98 Tacoma 4x4 with the 2.7 and manual tranny. Camper probably weighed 8k or so. I only needed to move the camper 10 feet from where it was sitting, and my parent's 3/4 ton Suburban was hours away. The tongue weight (around 450 lbs I think) didn't bottom out the suspension but it was close. Used 4lo, everything was fine. But this is much, much heavier.

There is a guy who lives in my town who takes a large pontoon to and from the lake with a 1st gen 4x4 that I presume is a 2.7. He literally lives across the street from the ramp, and even though it's a big pontoon, I bet it's under 5,000 lbs. I'm sure he wouldn't take it down the highway, but for his purposes, it's fine. But again, 14,000 is a different animal.

The tongue weight is the most concerning to me. Hitch is attached to the frame. Over 1,000 lbs. of tongue weight I bet could possibly even bend the frame at the attachment points. Strain on the driveline would be my second concern. Rear diff, driveshaft, tranny, and transfer case would see stresses they are not at all designed for. With 4lo I would think the engine won't know the difference, but everything else will.

Here in the Finger Lakes region of NY most marinas use a tractor to put customer's boats in and out of the water. So I thought every marina had a tractor. Maybe Hawaii is different? If the marina can't do it, maybe OP should consider purchasing an old farm tractor.

 

Here you go OP. $3400 is probably less than a new transmission and rear end in the taco in a few years. http://honolulu.craigslist.org/big/cto/5309555670.html

 

What in the fuck is with all the washers?

 

Those aren't washers, they're spacers...jeeez....

 

Moral to the thread, don't tow too heavy & for Christ sakes don't overload !!...

 

Late to this party, but if OP @jobberone is still around.

Don't know if they use them in Hawaii, but when I was a kid growing up in VA, my Dad kept his boat on the Chesapeake Bay at a marina with a forklift set up to launch boats, and store them in a big multi-stack (3 high IIRC) grid rack inside a big warehouse-like barn.