[Rhodes22-list] The best Tow Vehicle (for$5,000)

[brad haslett]

Chris,

Ditto to what Rummy and Bill said.  At the $5000 level
you will find most of the pickups to be near the end
of their service life or pretty badly beaten up. 
There is always a market for work trucks and its very
difficult to find a good one at the lower end of the
range.  On the other hand, you would be suprised at
how nice a van you can purchase in that dollar range. 
Ten year old custom vans with a lot of miles left in
them can be bought in the $5000 range.  They make nice
x-country travel vehicles, if not a bit expensive on
fuel, but anything that pulls the boat well will suck
down some gas. Try and get a 3/4 ton model and the
longest wheelbase offered.  Most urban areas have
several on the market at any one point in time and
many have been "housewife" driven with fairly low
milege.  Do a search on autotraderonline.com and see
what comes up in your area.

Brad
--- NAPOLI51950 at aol.com wrote:
> I am looking for advice (personal experience is most
> excellent) on a tow 
> vehicle for my Rhodes I just bought.  A couple
> parameters are that it should be 
> under $5,000 so I would guess it would be mid to
> early '90's.  I live in Oregon 
> so flat land is a bit scarce (except where there is
> no water) so I will have 
> to drag it over a few mountains.  Also I will be
> picking up the 1984 Rhodes in 
> Baltimore so I will be hauling it back 3300 miles. 
> I will also, about once a 
> year, take it on a long road (Rhode?) trip to Baha,
> Canada, or Florida.  I've 
> previously bought a new 1976 Rhodes and kept it for
> 16 years on the Chesapeake 
> and, Alas! sold it and moved out here to Oregon.  I
> couldn't stand it and 
> have finally bought another.
> 
> Thanks 
> Chris Geankoplis
> (napoli68)
> Medford, OR
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