[Rhodes22-list] advice needed

[jbconnolly at comcast.net]

Regarding trailers,  I wouldn't buy a painted steel trailer that might ever have been dunked in New England seawater, especially if it were made from closed channel steel, and painted only on the outside.  See Stan's description on the R22 web site for benefits of his Triad trailer.  If the trailer attached to this '88 is an original Stan trailer, it is likely OK, though I have a strong preference for galvanized trailers that I don't think Stan shares.

My previous boat (prior to buying recycled from Stan) was a long-unused O'Day Mariner found in a boatyard on Cape Cod.  The trailer was galvanized open channel steel.  This was important as it allowed better examination of general structural integrity.   I had the boatyard replace the bearings, and I arrived to take it home with two new tires mounted on galvanized rims, a new lighting kit, and two new safety chains.  I still had to replace the jack, rotted keel rollers, and a cracked bunk board after I got home.

When I bought my recycled '85, I sprang for a new galvanized Triad trailer instead of a recycled one.  Some things are not worth worrying about.

If the trailer is a Triad, aren't they in CT?  They only sell their R22 trailer to or through General Boats, but they can probably repair them if needed.  

IMO, dealing with Stan is worth the extra $$$.  Buying recycled and getting the boat delivered is easiest, if not inexpensive, and you get to meet Elton too.

Good luck

Jim Connolly


> Ron,
> 
> Good point.  We CT boat owners are reasonable to deal with, but our 
> water eats up the trailers.  Not only did my Porto Potty explode this 
> summer, but my trailer did also.  I think I mentioned it on the list 
> when it happened.  Spectacular!
> 
> More recently, Bruce's trailer wheels seized, and he had to spend a 
> pretty penny to replace them.  He pulled his boat a month ago, and the 
> wheels seized again (although not nearly as severely) before I borrowed 
> his trailer 3 weeks later to pull my boat on Bruce's trailer.  Today 
> when I moved the trailer 2 weeks after pulling my boat, the wheels had 
> seized again, again.
> 
> I had to drag the trailer with the boat on it 8 feet over the gravel.  I 
> had to put my truck in 4 wheel drive to keep the truck's wheels from 
> spinning.  Once I could back up the truck, the trailer wheels freed, and 
> they turn normally again.
> 
> Cheryl -- this is a real consideration.  Ron's boat got home sound, if 
> not safe.  Some others have had trailer mishaps, and their boats have 
> not made it back in one piece.  We all look at these trailers and think 
> they must be good for just one more trip, but often they aren't.  
> Especially if they have not been used for the purpose in many a year.
> 
> Rik Sandberg can look at a trailer and tell if it's safe.  Roger 
> probably can, too.   I can't.  Chances are you can't either.  If the 
> trailers have been dipped into fresh water from time to time they should 
> be fine.  But salt water, and especially salt water around here, does a 
> lot of hidden damage.
> 
> Bill Effros
> 
> Ronald Lipton wrote:
> 
> > Cheryl,
> >
> >    I bought my boat in much the same circumstances, bought it
> > sight unseen in connecticut and trailered it to Chicago. The sellers
> > were reasonable and I could have walked away if I felt they
> > misrepresented the boat.  I was most worried about the trailer, and I
> > had a yard located about two blocks from the seller check it and
> > repack the bearings.  It turned out that the boat was fine, but the
> > trailer was badly rusted and the yard did not properly recap the
> > hubs.  It was a real marginal, nail biting trip.  The brakes were
> > shot, pieces started falling off the trailer, and the only thing holding
> > on the bunks was the boat itself, which I discovered after the boat
> > was launched.
> >
> > caveat emptor
> >
> > ron
> > On Nov 28, 2005, at 7:29 PM, Cheryl O'Grady wrote:
> >
> >> We have located a used R22, 1988, refurbished in 1998, with furling 
> >> genoa
> >> and IMF.  He says it is in very good condition, but it is in
> >> Connecticut.  What kind of risk do I take to buy it sight unseen?
> >>
> >> Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> Cheryl
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