[Rhodes22-list] Traveling with motor mounted.

[Scott Badley]

Richard,

You gotta love WY as we know how to close during holidays!
Not much to see in Rawlins except the old prison.

Hope you get going and make it home ok.

By the way Sheridan I northern WY is a much better place to be from and to live than along 1-80.

Scott B
Sheridan, WY 

-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Richard Beytagh
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 6:16 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Traveling with motor mounted.

Hi Rob

This is John and Julie Waldhausen's boat and sadly, not mine. I am helping out on the delivery so I am now en-route back to NC, It seems like I am having all the drama on the return trip. Front wheel bearing on the truck failed and I limped into Rawlins WY (don't worry you won't find it on the map). Being Memorial day nothing was open, but I hope to be on my way again early tomorrow.

The trailer was set-up with about 200 lbs weight on the front and a good 12" gap between the bow and the front vee. I stuck to the Interstates and tried to avoid going through any large cities as it is here that you get the bad roads and traffic. I probably averaged about 65-70 on the Eastern side, but when I reached the prairies I pushed the it up to 70-75 mph. The boat was strapped down and was very stable in the trailer. It was only when we launched that I found one of the wooden cradle slats had sheared through and it was only the weight of the boat that kept it in place.

It was easy to place the boat precisely on the trailer as it was suspended and we could move the trailer around freely (pic). A great benefit to the trailer was it had an extension tongue that added an extra 8' and allowed us to launch at low tide with barely the axle of the truck in the water.

Cheers
Richard



Richard
Cell: 828 337 0180


On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:

> Richard,
> Congratulations on getting home.  Beautiful boat, by the way.
>
> Since we're talking about trailering and such, I wanted to point out 
> how far forward Richard's boat is in this picture.  When I load, I 
> can't get mine much more than aft port over the axle.  But then my 
> tongue weight is barely sufficient and my maximum trailering speed is 
> 55-60.  I need a new trailer wince to help load my boat this far forward.
>
> Richard, I'm curious how well it trailered, and how fast you could go.  
> - rob
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