[Rhodes22-list] Advice Please!

[Stephen Staum]

Mine is about 4,000#
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nell" <nellwolfe at cox.net>
To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 5:21 PM
Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Advice Please!


> Thanks for the information.
> By the way, what is the combined weight of boat and trailer?
>
> nellwofle
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Staum
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 10:11 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Advice Please!
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> I tow my Rhodes with my wife's '97 Chevy Blazer.  It pulls the boat just
> fine, is small enough to be easy to maneuver and park in small lots, does
> not ride like a truck and still gets 20 mpg on the highway (not while
> towing).  The 4 wheel drive is handy for tucking the boat into the corner 
> of
>
> my yard for winter, getting up a slippery ramp and plowing through snow
> banks.  The tow rating is 5700# giving plenty of safety margin (my trailer
> has no brakes).  You do not need a monster truck or expedition to tow the
> Rhodes.  SS
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nell" <nellwolfe at cox.net>
> To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 2:54 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Advice Please!
>
>
>> 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
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