Part of what determines your capacity is what tow package your truck has - gearing, springs, cooling. If the truck was optioned without a tow package, you will be nearly maxed out. Despite that if the truck is 4x4, you can pull just about anything up a ramp in 4 low if needed.
A 92 Sailfish and a 282 are horses of a different color - and size. I would not tow a 282 with a half ton very far. A 25' regardless of beam shouldn't be an issue.
There's simply no way that he's going to be at only 500 lbs for fuel/gear. Per the brochure, a 25' Sailfish has either a 150 gallon fuel tank or a 202 gallon fuel tank, depending on which model of a 25' Sailfish the OP has. A gallon of fuel is 6 lbs per gallon, of which at 150 gallons that's going to be 900 lbs in fuel by itself if it's a full tank. Conversely, the 202 gallon fuel tank fully loaded would be 1,212 lbs by itself. That's not including any other gear or equipment, just the weight of the fuel by itself. My bet is fully loaded, the OP is going to be over 10k lbs, again depending on which model he has. The 255 Sailfish has a dry weight of 5,125 lbs on up to the 254 Sailfish weighing in at over 6k lbs dry.
You’re comparing your boat with a dry weight of only 4k lbs to the OP’s boat which has a dry weight of anywhere between 5,125 lbs on up to over 6k lbs? Your boat is going to be at least 1,200-2,000 lbs lighter than the OP’s in terms of just the dry weight alone and I’ll bet the total weight of his boat will be even more than that. Imo, this is definitely an apples to oranges comparison here and is in no way accurate when comparing tow rigs for his boat compared to yours.
loaded up, im 8500-9000 lbs. its not the exact same, but its a data point that is relatively close and can be useful with a bit of analysis
There’s a big difference, literally, between the OP’s boat having a dry weight of at least 1,200 lbs more than yours, if not even closer to over 2k lbs more than yours, especially with regards to vehicles and towing capacities. We’ll need him to come back and clarify which model of boat he has for the exact dry weight, though. That being said, I’d be willing to bet his final towing weight with a pretty heavily loaded down boat is going to likely be 10,000-11,000 lbs, maybe even more depending. Comparatively, your setup being at only 8,500-9,000 lbs and with a difference of roughly 1,500-2,000 lbs or more between your setup and his, isn’t really what I’d call being relevant to their question or topic at hand. For example, my boat/trailer fully loaded down is going to weigh roughly around 7k lbs, though I can't see what benefit it would having comparing it to a boat like yours because as you mentioned... yours is at least 1,500-2,000 lbs heavier than mine, it has twin motors, and the potential for different tow rigs needed between the two boats is very much a possibility.
That’s a good data point and examples of some nice upgrades to make 1/2-ton truck capable and safe. Interesting you have decided not to install electric brakes and a controller although my experience is that the surge brakes work if properly adjusted and matched to the load. Looks good as well, I like the blue and I see you have your family modeling.
