[Rhodes22-list] Towing & tow vehicles

[Alan Robertson]

Sam,
Your Rhodes and trailer should weigh around 3500 lbs.with equipment. Weight distribution on rear axle of towing vehicle important; if too light, wheels can slip on wet launching ramp. Best to get a vehicle that weighs at least
750 to 1,000 lbs. more than your trailer and boat. This, with at around 400 lbs. on the hitch will prevent ordinary swaying and keep "tail from wagging the dog" if it starts to sway back and forth downhill anytime. Be sure any new or used vehicle you get has a trailer towing package.
We always used a big GM Station wagon with a 5.3 engine or now, a Chev. Suburban to accommodate all the boat gear including the tiller. When towing with the latter, it doesn't feel as if we were towing anything!
Stan has cautioned us that 55 should be the top speed!

Bigal  Delmar NY
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  From: Ellyn and Sam Moore<mailto:smoore at cat4.net> 
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  Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:28 PM
  Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Towing & tow vehicles


  Hi all...
  I recently became the proud owner of a '77 RC. I rented a U-haul F-150 to tow my "new" boat the two hundred miles home on the single axle, no brakes, Triad trailer. The rig towed beautifully, no wagging, adequate stopping ability. The U'haul guy said the truck was rated at 5,000 lbs.I am looking to buy a tow vehicle by spring, thinking of a Grand Cherokee.
  Sam Moore
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