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Originally Posted by dmann33
Yamaha jet boat? I love those things. We recently departed ways with ours to get an offshore fishing boat. The jet boat’s weight isn’t as much as you generally think. AR240 is about 3600 dry so maybe 4000 with fuel and gear. Add 1000 for a trailer and they are around a 5000 tow. That’s one reason we had one.
One reason we got the X7 is to pull our bigger boat. It’s 6500 loaded and dwarfs the X7. I’ll post a pic later. I haven’t yet pulled at speed yet as I need to lower the tongue weight a little.
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We've been towing our boat (about 6500lbs including the 1200lb trailer) without a brake controller and have towed it over the Sierra's from Sacramento to Tahoe. The trailer has disk brakes on both Axles and our X7 has the M package with M-Sport brakes.
It tows great, stops fine and went down a 6% grade with no issues that I could tell. Is there any advantage/necessity to getting a brake controller at this point?