B&W 9" drop tow and stow on stock Tremor?

[911Tremor]

Seeing your picture now of how your tongue is setup and it's design, I see where the difference is. Its at the coupler. Yours is mounted "inline", whereas mine is mounted above the I-Beams on the tongue rail. The bottom lip of the tongue on my trailer sits at 19-1/4" when the trailer is sitting evenly, via the jack. It's roughly a 6" difference.

Bottom of the hitch tube on the truck is at 20" unloaded, which should put the top of it at roughly the same as yours, 24".

Boat and trailer for me are 6600lbs w/680 tongue weight, 26ft from tongue to end of trailer (add another 3ft with the engine).

I don't have an updated picture with the new truck, but here it is with the previous F150. I had to put in airbags and use a 2" up hitch as well, because the truck sagged so bad in the back, so in the image its sitting evenly.

I can't remember now, but I think my tremor drops 2 inches with the trailer on the tongue. I could load it on later today and check if you'd like.

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Sweet Sea Pro and ‘Zuke!! ??

 

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I’ll measure the 8” Bulletproof and 7” B&W for ya in the morning.

On the 8" Bulletproof with the double ball on the bottom rung, the bottom ball is just under 8.5" off the ground when the truck is unloaded.

 

[Daimyo68]

Sweet Sea Pro and ‘Zuke!! ??

Thanks! The boat and engine have been great, that 350 on the back is a beast and gets great fuel mileage to boot. Last SeaPro I had was a 97 180cc, sold it 3 years ago still going strong, so I decided to stick with them this time around.... ya know, until I hit the lotto and buy a Yellowfin 36 to fish out of?

That trailer however... that's a long story of unhappiness for another day

Hitlt, maybe there is someone local to you that may have a 9" bw drop that you could test out? maybe an offroad or trailer parts store?

 

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On the 8" Bulletproof with the double ball on the bottom rung, the bottom ball is just under 8.5" off the ground when the truck is unloaded.

On the 7” B&W tri-ball, when using the 2” ball on the bottom rung, the bottom ball is just under 10” off the ground when the truck is unloaded.

So with a 9” drop B&W you should have about 8” of ground clearance unladen.

 

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On the 7” B&W tri-ball, when using the 2” ball on the bottom rung, the bottom ball is just under 10” off the ground when the truck is unloaded.

So with a 9” drop B&W you should have about 8” of ground clearance unladen.

I lose almost 1” of clearance when I stand on the hitch. I weigh about 190.

 

[IconicTremor6.7]

Last minute trip. Poor planning. I fly back into town 2 days before I need to tow the boat so whatever I end up buying is going to have to work. If B&W offered a single ball I think I would be good to go. FWIW, I couldn't find a 2" single ball for the Bulletproof either. Only 1 7/8".

I went with weigh safe 8 inch drop to cover all my trailers. Other than the built in scale I like that there is no 2nd ball hanging in the down position for clearance

 

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I went with weigh safe 8 inch drop to cover all my trailers. Other than the built in scale I like that there is no 2nd ball hanging in the down position for clearance

That’s a great option. Although a bit expensive if only pulling boats. (Fairly static tongue weight.)

I’d love this for towing equipment and material, where tongue weight is difficult to dial-in, but they don’t work with pintle rings. ?