[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes 22 weight with trailer

[Boris Hayete]

This is very helpful, Tom.  Could you explain the concept of “young weight”?

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> On Dec 5, 2024, at 4:43 PM, Tom Van Heule <tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com> wrote:
> 
> My V6 2012 grand Cherokee would move the boat at 45mph.  I wouldn't "haul"
> with that vehicle.  2015 Duramax didn't even notice it was back there.
> 2012/2017 IMF boat. Dual axle, triad specs trailer.  With "stuff" but no
> water, and the 8hp merc , it was just around 3000lbs give or take.   It was
> best with 425lbs of young weight. Motor on the back of the boat.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> 
>> On Thu, Dec 5, 2024, 3:36 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Boris,
>> 
>> There's a topic in the Reference Pages section of the website with a bit
>> of info on this:
>> 
>> 
>> http://www.rhodes22.org/reference-topic.html?T|reference/Towing%20-%20Rhodes%2022%20Tow%20Weight.html
>> <http://www.rhodes22.org/reference-topic.html?T%7Creference/Towing%20-%20Rhodes%2022%20Tow%20Weight.html>
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> I personally don't think 3,500 is going to cut it, unless you're only
>> going a couple of miles over level ground.
>> 
>> Let's see what the rest of hive-mind thinks.
>> 
>> Peter Nyberg
>> Coventry, CT
>> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
>> 
>> 
>> [ Sent From rhodes22.net ]
>> 
>>>> On 2024-12-05, at 15:52:45 EST, boris at borisland.com wrote:
>>> 
>>> Asking the hive mind for advice:
>>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>>