[Rhodes22-list] trailering

[Mary Lou Troy]

Peter,
As was discussed earlier, it all depends on where the boat sits on that 
trailer. I don't think we've ever had too much tongue weight but I think 
there was a time when we only had about 25 lbs. We were just moving it to 
the back lot of the marina but we put a couple of cinder blocks on the 
trailer frame until we launched it again.

I don't know for sure if ours is a Triad or what year it is but I think the 
one time we measured the tongue weight when we had the boat where we wanted 
it, it was 200 - 300 lbs. It was a long time ago and my memory could be 
faulty although Fred and I came up with the same range searching our 
memories independently. Truth is I don't know if it 250 or 300 but I am 
sure it was not as high as 400 or 500.

Mary Lou


At 09:21 PM 8/18/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>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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