[Rhodes22-list] Advice Please!

[Nell]

To All the Rodies Out There:

 

I have waited patiently all winter long for the arrival of my newly-born
2005 Rhodes 22.

 

Soon, she will arrive at my doorstep and I have a bit of a problem.

 

To digress, when I first moved to western North Carolina back in 1975, it
was the "in thing" for all the PhDs and other professional types newly sent
there by the DuPont Company to buy a truck.

It seems, it was a way to "blend In" NOT! and it was also a sort of status
symbol to say that the owner "had arrived" in Red Neck country.

 

Well, I swore and be damned that I would not ever own a truck for the above
reasons, (my then husband was the "professional type").

It felt sort of insulting to the "born and raised Southerners" to feel that
such mimicry was somehow a status thing.

So. despite owning 9 acres of hay, a stallion that required 150 lbs of sweet
feed every month, 2 home remodeling jobs (self-performed), and lots of other
things like carrying split-rail locust fence posts, tons of bricks for a
patio, and the like, I never came to own a truck. (Yes, I bought and carried
the horse feed, loaded hay on a borrowed truck to put in the hay loft,
remodeled the houses with the help of several friends but not my spouse,
carted the fence posts, come-along, and barbed wire (7 months pregnant), and
laid the brick patio alone.)

 

But now I have a good reason to own a truck. I need to cart my boat!

 

My problem is this: What brand, tonnage, horsepower, and extra gizmos should
a truck have to safely and reliably haul my boat?

 

Everyone I talk to is devoted to a specific brand eg. Ford, Toyota, Chevy,
....

 

I am not wedded to any brand. My mind is open and I ask humbly for the
opinions of those experienced in hauling their Rhodes 22.

 

Your opinions are welcomed and appreciated.

 

nellwolfe