hey guys i am looking at purchasing a 92 22re pickup, but am wondering if it will be able to haul around my snowmobile in the bed? anyone else do this? thanks

 

Not exactly sure the load capacities but I had 800 pounds in the back of mine with worn down shocks and it was fine. Not sure how much snowmobiles weigh.

 

bed length is about 6 1/2 foot without the tail gate down, how long is the snowmobile? It should handle the weight though.

 

What do you have for a sled? It's not really an issue of weight-my 550 and 600 both tip the scales at under 600 pounds. I can't see the 800s being that much heavier.

The stance of the skis will probably be the determining factor. If they're too wide-a lot of the newer ones have a wide stance-it'll never be level across the hood. If you're cool with wedging it in there, you can do it. Your truck and sled will take a bit of a beating, but you can do it with enough tie downs.

 

yeah i got a arctic cat m8 153" track. not so worried about it physically fitting in, more about whether the 4 banger will have enough power to haul it around. also wondering about the 4 banger diesels hauling ability as i am going to be looking at one of these as well (would have to get a trailer for the sled though as it only has a 4 ft box).

 

i've fit multiple sized jetski's in the back of my 85.

a seadoo and a skidoo cant be that much different

 

rephrase- i've hauled multiple weight jetski's around with no apparent problem.

a seadoo and a skidoo cant be that much different

 

Everything I hear...is that in a lot of other countries, trucks like ours are used as if they were full-size trucks. Doesn't mean you can haul a 30' trailer up & down canyons...but it's been done

Snowmobile is absolutely no problem.

 

When I rebuilt the porch on my house, I had an aluminum trailer loaded with at least 600 - 700 lbs. of pressure treated wood that my '88 4Runner with 22re 5 speed pulled with no problem. Now, granted, she was no speed demon pulling that weight around but she got it done. I see no problem with your truck pulling an aluminum sled trailer with your Cat on. Again, it won't be a fast ride but you'll get there.

 

i figured the ol faithful 22re would do just fine. thanks guys for the re assurance!

 

the lil 22re will do she wont like it but shell pull it along just fine

 

I used to haul my Polaris 440 ProX around in my '93 single cab no problem! I put it on top of the tailgate to help make sure it wouldnt slide out....and because thats the cool thing to do in Alaska. That was 5-6 years ago though. I have neither the truck nor the sled anymore.

 

just watch out if you have rust...my 85's bed was rusty, and by the end of the ride i thought the dang jetski was gonna be sittin on the rear axle

 

It will work just fine although having loaded quite a few sleds into the back of a pick up over the years. By myself off the garage floor.

Now I would go with a trailer in a heart beat just for the ease of unloading and unloading . Nothing like just being able to back the trailer in the shed unhook and worry about it later.

Instead of unloading it after a weekend of snow (exhausted) so the truck can be reloaded for work to leave at 0 dark 30 in the morning

 

ive overloaded the hell out of my 4runners and had no problems hauling with my little 22re's. it takes a little longer to get going, but all the added weight makes wind resistance back off a bit. steep hills arent too fun, but it still does it, and pulls good mileage doing it.