[Rhodes22-list] trailering

[Peter Thorn]

Mary Lou,

Thanks for your response.  If your trailer is an older Triad (before axle
was moved aft), I think your recollection is probably pretty accurate.

We look forward to meeting you on the West River.

PT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary Lou Troy" <mltroy at netreach.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] trailering


> Peter,
> As was discussed earlier, it all depends on where the boat sits on that
> trailer. I don't think we've ever had too much tongue weight but I think
> there was a time when we only had about 25 lbs. We were just moving it to
> the back lot of the marina but we put a couple of cinder blocks on the
> trailer frame until we launched it again.
>
> I don't know for sure if ours is a Triad or what year it is but I think
the
> one time we measured the tongue weight when we had the boat where we
wanted
> it, it was 200 - 300 lbs. It was a long time ago and my memory could be
> faulty although Fred and I came up with the same range searching our
> memories independently. Truth is I don't know if it 250 or 300 but I am
> sure it was not as high as 400 or 500.
>
> Mary Lou
>
>
> At 09:21 PM 8/18/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hello Jim,
> >
> >Sorry I can't help you with Blazer info, but I would like to offer some
food
> >for thought.  I was reading somewhere on the web that many boat trailer
> >makers recognize that many boat owners don't own pickups or Suburbans, so
> >many boat trailers are designed to carry only 5-8% on the tongue, instead
of
> >the recommended 10-15%.   IF this is the case, you could probably get by
> >towing your beautiful new Rhodes with a Blazer -- although I would
caution
> >you to be very careful on curves and bumps. IMHO, it would be much better
> >and far safer to verify tongue weight at 10-15% and transfer the load to
> >your front wheels with a WDH.  That would be lots cheaper than a new
pickup,
> >or roadside disaster.
> >
> >The actual tongue weight of a new Rhodes on a new Triad trailer is still
a
> >mystery to me.  Are there any Rhodes owners with late model single axle
> >Triads who have measured their actual tongue weight?
> >
> >-PT
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Jim Connolly" <jbconnolly at comcast.net>
> >To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 8:52 PM
> >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] trailering
> >
> >
> > > Do those of you who trailer the R-22 using a Chevy Blazer (small /
S-10
> > > size, not full-size/Tahoe) use a weight-carrying hitch or a
> > > weight-distributing hitch?  I ask because a close reading of my
owner's
> > > manual seems to indicate that the weight-carrying receiver hitch maxes
out
> > > at 4000 LB trailer weight and 400 lb tongue weight, rather than 5000 &
500
> > > LB I thought.
> > >
> > > Jim Connolly
> > > s/v Inisheer
> > >
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