[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes 22 weight with trailer

[Boris Hayete]

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Boris

On 12/5/24 16:36, Peter Nyberg wrote:
> Boris,
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> There's a topic in the Reference Pages section of the website with a bit of info on this:
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> http://www.rhodes22.org/reference-topic.html?T|reference/Towing%20-%20Rhodes%2022%20Tow%20Weight.html
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> My R22 was built in '88, and I have a 2 axle Triad trailer, so I may be at the heavier end of the spectrum.  My '07 Tacoma has the factory towing package, and is rated for 6,500 lbs. I get where I'm going, but there are times that more power would be nice.
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> I personally don't think 3,500 is going to cut it, unless you're only going a couple of miles over level ground.
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> Let's see what the rest of hive-mind thinks.
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> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
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>
> [ Sent From rhodes22.net ]
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>> On 2024-12-05, at 15:52:45 EST, boris at borisland.com wrote:
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>> Asking the hive mind for advice:
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>> I’m eyeing a refurbished Rhodes 22 1973 with a single-axle Triad trailer.  I’ve
>> seen a *wild* range of displacement values for Rh22, and a similarly wild range
>> for trailer weights.  What I know from the manufacturer is that the 1970s boats
>> are lighter - likely because they don’t have in-mast furling and use balsa core
>> rather than marine foam - but the one in question has been refurbished with a
>> marine head installation, so it’s not the original-spec.  Further, Triad
>> trailers can be two-axle and one-axle, and this one is one-axle.
>> Are there any owners here with a 1970s vintage boat and a single axle triad
>> trailer who can weigh in (pun intended) with their boat and trailer total
>> weight?  My Sienna isn’t supposed to pull anything above 3500, so this is an
>> important question for me.
>>
>> Boris
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