[Rhodes22-list] trailering

[Peter Thorn]

Hello Jim,

Sorry I can't help you with Blazer info, but I would like to offer some food
for thought.  I was reading somewhere on the web that many boat trailer
makers recognize that many boat owners don't own pickups or Suburbans, so
many boat trailers are designed to carry only 5-8% on the tongue, instead of
the recommended 10-15%.   IF this is the case, you could probably get by
towing your beautiful new Rhodes with a Blazer -- although I would caution
you to be very careful on curves and bumps. IMHO, it would be much better
and far safer to verify tongue weight at 10-15% and transfer the load to
your front wheels with a WDH.  That would be lots cheaper than a new pickup,
or roadside disaster.

The actual tongue weight of a new Rhodes on a new Triad trailer is still a
mystery to me.  Are there any Rhodes owners with late model single axle
Triads who have measured their actual tongue weight?

-PT




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Connolly" <jbconnolly at comcast.net>
To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 8:52 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] trailering


> Do those of you who trailer the R-22 using a Chevy Blazer (small / S-10
> size, not full-size/Tahoe) use a weight-carrying hitch or a
> weight-distributing hitch?  I ask because a close reading of my owner's
> manual seems to indicate that the weight-carrying receiver hitch maxes out
> at 4000 LB trailer weight and 400 lb tongue weight, rather than 5000 & 500
> LB I thought.
>
> Jim Connolly
> s/v Inisheer
>
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