[Rhodes22-list] Slim's new trailer

[Steve Alm]

Jim, Ed, Wally,

Thanks for the invite.  I love it when I can scare up gigs in places I want
to visit and write the trip off.  I had some buddies that played South Padre
and they loved it.  Ed, there's a chain of piano bars called Rum Runners and
one of them is in Wilmington, NC.  I hear they're looking for players.  Hmmm
But this is a busy time of year for me plus Mom's coming up here for
Christmas so I doubt I'll be able to get away.  One of these times, though.

Wally, this probably varies from state to state but in MN, the law requires
any trailer over 3000 lbs to have breaks.  My trailer didn't have breaks
before and I never had much trouble stopping, but then again I never had to
really test it either--having to slam on the breaks to avoid something.  I
doubt I could have stopped very quickly, esp. going down hill.

Slim

On 10/15/04 8:22 AM, "Jim White" <jdwhite at utpa.edu> wrote:

> Slim:
> I concur with Ed. In fact why don't you bring your band down here and play
> on the island, lots of gig in this resort, get a little sailing in here in
> the American tropics. You don't even need to haul Fandango.
> Extending a Texas invitation (in fact to you all...)
> jw
> 
> At 08:18 AM 10/15/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>> Slim:
>>         Why is the season over?
>> 
>>         Rummy said he is pulling his boat out next week.  Did you get the
>> idea that he was putting his boat away for the winter?  That will be a new
>> trick if he is.
>> 
>>         Some of us sail all year round on Lake Hartwell. In fact, you might
>> relate to the cooler temperatures better than us.  Now that you have a
>> trailer that works, see America!  Sail America!  Come to South Carolina.
>> 
>>         I think that Rummy might just be getting his boat spruced up for the
>> Christmas parade to the dam, a showy event in these parts.
>> 
>>         Come on down!
>> 
>> Ed K
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Steve Alm
>> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 3:57 AM
>> To: Rhodes
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] My new trailer
>> 
>> We pulled Fandango out for the season today.  The haul out went fine but the
>> big news is that it was the first time I put the boat on my newly rebuilt
>> trailer with its new second axle.  I'm happy to report it tracks like a
>> dream come true!  We didn't get up to any highway speeds but at 45 mph I
>> could easily tell how stable it was.  Before, with only one axle, we were
>> having lots of trouble getting the boat far enough forward to get enough
>> tongue weight.  We had to remove the outboard and rudder assembly and move
>> onboard gear forward.  Without doing all that, we'd fishtail at 40 mph.
>> Today we left the motor and rudder where they belong, didn't move any gear
>> forward, no backing in and out of the water at the ramp trying to jockey the
>> boat forward, no fuss, no muss--we just loaded her up and off we went.
>> 
>> Not only that, but I also added electric breaks and they work great.  I can
>> adjust the breaking power from the driver's seat and set it so I can just
>> tap my breaks and stop as if there's no trailer at all.  With my 3/4 ton
>> Ford E250 I hardly knew I was pulling or stopping anything.  Yay!!!
>> 
>> Next to the boat itself, this was the best fortune I ever spent.  I sang
>> hundreds of songs to pay for this, but I finally have a boat I can trailer.
>> 8-)
>> 
>> Life is good.  Too bad the season's over!
>> 
>> Slim
>> 
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