Towing a boat with X5d

[trucky]

Originally Posted by bawareca

Congrats on the diesel. I am pulling my 210 Sea Ray Sundeck with my diesel and I can even get 15-16 mpg going on flat with 65mph. The Sea Ray is around 5k lbs with the trailer, but is twice as wide and twice as tall than the X5 so the aerodynamic resistance over 60 mph puts more strain that the weight.

That Sea Ray Sundeck 210 is a fantastic boat. I had one for a few years and loved it. It was the smoothest riding boat over chop I've ever been in. I ended up selling it and moved up/down to a 24' pontoon. Yay for no more winterizing or I/O maintenance but I miss the ride.

[bawareca]

Originally Posted by trucky

That Sea Ray Sundeck 210 is a fantastic boat. I had one for a few years and loved it. It was the smoothest riding boat over chop I've ever been in. I ended up selling it and moved up/down to a 24' pontoon. Yay for no more winterizing or I/O maintenance but I miss the ride.

Indeed And mine has only ~65 hours

[blue dragon]

65 hours? You need to get outside and play more :p

[williak7]

Hey this is a great post. I was questioning the towing power of the 35d in another post because my 05 x5 4.4 was recently totaled. I pulled my old Malibu (in sig) without any worries and was looking at the 35D as my next ride. Thanks for all the information and I hope to upgrade boats to a Wakesetter sometime soon!

[Socale39]

Had no troubles towing our chevelle project. Doesn't look like it's all there but everything was inside the car. I was a little concerned about a very steep grade to get up to the house but the diesel proved it was not an issue at all. Love this SAV!

[williak7]

Impressive! post some pics when the Chevelle project is complete!

[bawareca]

Originally Posted by Socale39

Had no troubles towing our chevelle project. Doesn't look like it's all there but everything was inside the car. I was a little concerned about a very steep grade to get up to the house but the diesel proved it was not an issue at all. Love this SAV!

Nice! The only problem that I see is the same as mine-no rear self leveling suspension. My 03 4.6is with rear SLS would perform as with empty trailer even when loaded with 6000+ lbs. I still dream about installing one, others dream of removing it

[PGas32]

Our diesel towed my M3 home just fine earlier this year. I also have a 7x12 enclosed trailer that I tow behind it, though much less now that all my motorcycles are gone . I haven't towed (or had a need to, actually) since I noticed the input seal on the diff leaking...not sure if it's related to the extra stress or not.

[Socale39]

Yep, no self-leveling however it wasn't squatting too much. It probably looks lower than normal because I'm on Eibach lowering springs.

[bawareca]

Originally Posted by Socale39

Yep, no self-leveling however it wasn't squatting too much. It probably looks lower than normal because I'm on Eibach lowering springs.

Uhaul trailers are very nose heavy and it will always squat a bit with coil springs. But not with SLS.