[Rhodes22-list] Advice Please!

[Dan Bodnar]

Nell,
Another 2 cents regarding tow vehicles.  Everyone's advice was spot on,
power, long wheel base, and a tow package or at least transmission cooler
are all important and make towing any distance more worry free, and almost
pleasurable.  Any Toyota that can do the job will undoubtedly be a
satisfying ownership experience.  However, since I work for FOMOCO, I feel
obliged to put in a plug. The new Explorer with V8 can tow 7000 lbs. (The
Durango with Hemi can probably tow even more.)  I personally use an E150
passenger van (quad captain's chairs and a 5400 lb towing capacity) to tow
with, and like that package.  A caution on conversion vans... too many are
built using the smallest V8 available (to keep the price down), and since
they are loaded down with gingerbread, that leaves little GCVW (and reserve
engine) for towing.  Also vans are more difficult to maneuver in reverse.
The compact SUVs may be a more civilized compromise, especially if your
towing is limited to a few times a year and relatively short distances.
I'll add that I converted my trailer to dual axle and am pleased with that
modification as well. The boat's position the boat isn't quite as critical
to get it to track straight behind the truck.

Dan Bodnar
SV QOL

-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Peter Thorn
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 9:15 AM
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Advice Please!

Nell,

Congratulations on your soon expected new boat!

A little over a year ago I weighed Phoenix (see picture), the Tundra and the
trailer on South Carolina state highway scales and local quarry scales and
got these results, to the best of my memory:

2000 Toyota Tundra  w/ bed cover  & me           4,850
2003 Triad trailer w/ spare                                  1,100
1984 Rhodes 22                                                 3,200

GVW                                                                 9,150

I also believe one should add about 500 pounds for boating stuff, coolers,
motor etc. I've also learned from reading the archives that newer R22s are
weigh a little more.  So about 4800-5000 pounds should do it for a Rhodes 22
and all the appurtenant stuff to take it down the road to sail.

The GVWR of  the Tundra is 13,600 and it's rated towing capacity is 7,000.
If you're in the market for a newish truck, consider a Tundra. Without
exception, every Tundra owner I've talked with likes their Tundra.  I've
owned many Ford trucks in my day, for which that claim I cannot make. :)

Another possibility you may want consider from Greenville would be
dry-sailing the boat on the trailer at McCotters in little Washington, where
you could leave the mast up and the motor on.  Bob Dilk, another Rhodie, can
tell you more about that because he did it -- but I know they have a good
ramp there.   If you haven't already heard about them, Bath, NC, the home of
Edward Teach (a/k/a  Blackbeard the Pirate), and Belhaven all access the
Pamlico and are reasonably close to Greenville.

Fair winds,

PT
Chapel Hill




----- 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-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [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!
>
> 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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