Re: Tow vehicle help
Forget about a dual purpose vehicle.
There's very little worse than the whole rig sliding into the drink. Except a bad collision enroute.
You need a friend with adequate towing capacity.
And braking capacity. And yours and his insurance paid up. And he let you take the wheel.
You might ask your local dealer/marina.
And do you keep the trailer back at the house?
Wonder if a good tow service, say one that's associated with AAA, would do it for a reasonable fee. To me, reasonable would be around $125-$150 one way. Mileage over 20 + tow 4 + return 4 and 20 or say, 44 miles or less than $3.50 per mile. You couldnt even insure a car for $300.
Folks around here used to buy older hi cubic inch GM or Fords-- fishing car on steriods -- to tow to the Gulf. About 200 miles. At 33 cents per gallon gas was no issue and insurance was cheap.
But today with so many insurance and liability issues. No way.
I know you think of that $300 a year in terms of 80 or 100 gallons of fuel or several days of fun. Well, $300 is barely 25 pounds of good steak. Or a year of property taxes. Dont even think about it. If you can afford this $15,000 - $25,000+ plus boat, you ought to be able to absorb 1%-2% for
a few miles. Just do it.
btw make sure that not having trailer brakes or
nd sway bar setup is not an issue.
Some earlier suggestions are also right on target.
go for it!
good luck!
Forget about a dual purpose vehicle.
There's very little worse than the whole rig sliding into the drink. Except a bad collision enroute.
You need a friend with adequate towing capacity.
And braking capacity. And yours and his insurance paid up. And he let you take the wheel.
You might ask your local dealer/marina.
And do you keep the trailer back at the house?
Wonder if a good tow service, say one that's associated with AAA, would do it for a reasonable fee. To me, reasonable would be around $125-$150 one way. Mileage over 20 + tow 4 + return 4 and 20 or say, 44 miles or less than $3.50 per mile. You couldnt even insure a car for $300.
Folks around here used to buy older hi cubic inch GM or Fords-- fishing car on steriods -- to tow to the Gulf. About 200 miles. At 33 cents per gallon gas was no issue and insurance was cheap.
But today with so many insurance and liability issues. No way.
I know you think of that $300 a year in terms of 80 or 100 gallons of fuel or several days of fun. Well, $300 is barely 25 pounds of good steak. Or a year of property taxes. Dont even think about it. If you can afford this $15,000 - $25,000+ plus boat, you ought to be able to absorb 1%-2% for
a few miles. Just do it.
btw make sure that not having trailer brakes or
nd sway bar setup is not an issue.
Some earlier suggestions are also right on target.
go for it!
good luck!