[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes 22 weight with trailer

[Boris Hayete]

Ah, I’m slow!

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> On Dec 6, 2024, at 7:14 AM, Tom Van Heule <tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com> wrote:
> 
> Tongue
> 
>> On Fri, Dec 6, 2024, 4:45 AM Boris Hayete <boris at borisland.com> wrote:
>> 
>> This is very helpful, Tom.  Could you explain the concept of “young
>> weight”?
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> 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>
>>>> <
>> 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
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>