I know my Chevy Equinox can tow a PONTOON BOAT from point a to b, does anyone...

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...know if it can pull out of H2O? The Equinox supposedly has 3500 lbs of towing cap. I understand that we have to take in consideration the cargo of the car. The pontoon is a 20 ft pontoon and from what we can find online it appears that the combined weight of the pontoon, trailer, and motor is ruffly 2500. So with all that in mind, we know it can tow the pontoon from point a to point b, but can it pull it out of the water? How much weight do you take in consideration when pulling something out of the water? The Equinox is AWD full time. The boat trailer is a single axle trailer. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
 
You should be OK - the 3500# towing capacity of the vehicle is for highway use as well - meaning you will be driving in the higher gears - overdrive or top gear. Pulling boats out of the water will not create any problems for you, since you will ahve the vehicle shifted (either manually or automatically) into 1st gear - lots of torque on the wheels and not too much strain on the engine.

Don't worry - you'll be fine with that vehicle and the pontoon
 
I'll probably be proven wrong on this answer but for years we trailered our first two boats. In both cases I never even thought about the weight of the water or the force that it would put on the tow vehicle. We were towing, at largest, a 25' cuddy cabin that boat, motor, trailer and gear came in at about 5500 - 6000 lbs with an old Bronco. Only once did I have to put the truck in 4WD to pull it out of the water and that was due to the ramp being extremely slick.

Remember too that to your 2500 lbs you also have to add the weight of the fuel and toys that are aboard.

My thought is you should be okay...but let's see what others have to say.
 
As long as your not pulling it like 40 ft out of the water it should be fine cuz i pull my boat out of the water and onto the trailer which is about half submerged and it comes out fine so you should be fine especially cuz its full time AWD.
 
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