[Rhodes22-list] Advice Please!

[Stephen Staum]

I tow my Rhodes with my wife's '97 Chevy Blazer.  It pulls the boat just 
fine, is small enough to be easy to maneuver and park in small lots, does 
not ride like a truck and still gets 20 mpg on the highway (not while 
towing).  The 4 wheel drive is handy for tucking the boat into the corner of 
my yard for winter, getting up a slippery ramp and plowing through snow 
banks.  The tow rating is 5700# giving plenty of safety margin (my trailer 
has no brakes).  You do not need a monster truck or expedition to tow the 
Rhodes.  SS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nell" <nellwolfe at cox.net>
To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 2:54 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Advice Please!


> To All the Rodies Out There:
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> I have waited patiently all winter long for the arrival of my newly-born
> 2005 Rhodes 22.
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> Soon, she will arrive at my doorstep and I have a bit of a problem.
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> To digress, when I first moved to western North Carolina back in 1975, it
> was the "in thing" for all the PhDs and other professional types newly 
> sent
> there by the DuPont Company to buy a truck.
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> It seems, it was a way to "blend In" NOT! and it was also a sort of status
> symbol to say that the owner "had arrived" in Red Neck country.
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> Well, I swore and be damned that I would not ever own a truck for the 
> above
> reasons, (my then husband was the "professional type").
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> It felt sort of insulting to the "born and raised Southerners" to feel 
> that
> such mimicry was somehow a status thing.
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> So. despite owning 9 acres of hay, a stallion that required 150 lbs of 
> sweet
> feed every month, 2 home remodeling jobs (self-performed), and lots of 
> other
> things like carrying split-rail locust fence posts, tons of bricks for a
> patio, and the like, I never came to own a truck. (Yes, I bought and 
> carried
> the horse feed, loaded hay on a borrowed truck to put in the hay loft,
> remodeled the houses with the help of several friends but not my spouse,
> carted the fence posts, come-along, and barbed wire (7 months pregnant), 
> and
> laid the brick patio alone.)
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> But now I have a good reason to own a truck. I need to cart my boat!
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> My problem is this: What brand, tonnage, horsepower, and extra gizmos 
> should
> a truck have to safely and reliably haul my boat?
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> Everyone I talk to is devoted to a specific brand eg. Ford, Toyota, Chevy,
> ....
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> I am not wedded to any brand. My mind is open and I ask humbly for the
> opinions of those experienced in hauling their Rhodes 22.
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> Your opinions are welcomed and appreciated.
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> nellwolfe
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