Quote Originally Posted by Dank View Post
Thanks guys!!! So a 2021 mojo - 4800 plus 850 lbs (5650) of lead sitting on 18's is a no go?

Our max was 4500 + 850 (5,350).. and had 15's


Are we close to a theoretical maximum here.. or am I being a drama queen? (King?)

Or, if I went with 300 lbs less in lead (500) - which I was maybe planning on... (same weight) ... would it be ok?

Same handling characteristics would you say? As far as bounce / rear sag of truck?

Of course I would never trailer with lead *asking for a friend.....

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You pose some good questions that had not occurred to me. Especially in light of sandman's statement:
"18's add 2" to the height so for those that are garage challenged with that"

With all that weight, if you add a full tank of gas, 540#'s, another couple hundred pounds of gear, cooler, 3-400 #truck passengers, depending on your rig, you might be reaching towing and trailer tongue capacity.
I wonder how the extra 2 inches height affects trailer tongue weight. You know, like when you have 2 guys carrying a piece of furniture, the shorter guy gets more of the weight distributed to his end. I this case the boat axles sit higher and more incline of boat towards the hitch unless you have an adjustable hitch that you can raise. This would send a higher percentage of the overall trailer weight to the hitch. Shouldn't be a big deal if your towing with most 1/2 ton trucks but I've seen people tow these things with Toyo highlanders and midsize SUV's, and you're really playing with fire at that point so every bit of extra weight or offset of trailer leveling causing more tongue weight maters.
All I'm saying is make sure you have a rig set up for all that weight.