New Boat Hauler
 

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:27:36 -0400, Gene
wrote:

On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:48:39 -0400, John H
wrote:

After all y'all's comments about the 4WD, and the fact that I'm not too desirous
of a white truck, I went with this one:

http://tinyurl.com/2a7lejw

Hopefully they'll leave that page up for a few days.

I drove it home last night. It drives well. But, it's definitely in a bigger
league than the 4Runner.

Now if I can just find a nice place for the "Save the Bay" bumper sticker.

I, for one, would be very interested in frequent updates, opinions,
and squawks. I'm seriously considering a K2500 or K3500 dually for a
replacement for the current truck....

I love this truck. I wish it had a little smaller turning radius, but so far
that's all I've got to complain about. And, now that I know how much room it
takes, even that's not a problem.

Towing that trailer, I get 35% better mileage than I got with the 4Runner. On
the highway, I'm getting between 20 and 21 mpg. That's better than the 4Runner
by about a gallon. Can't complain, given the size of the turbo diesel. It's
comfortable, roomy, and I'm thrilled with it.
--

Hope you're having a great day!

John H

New Boat Hauler
 

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:42:01 -0400, Gene
wrote:

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 16:55:15 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Nov 2, 5:27*pm, Gene wrote:
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:48:39 -0400, John H
wrote:

After all y'all's comments about the 4WD, and the fact that I'm not too desirous
of a white truck, I went with this one:

http://tinyurl.com/2a7lejw

Hopefully they'll leave that page up for a few days.

I drove it home last night. It drives well. But, it's definitely in a bigger
league than the 4Runner.

Now if I can just find a nice place for the "Save the Bay" bumper sticker.

I, for one, would be very interested in frequent updates, opinions,
and squawks. I'm seriously considering a K2500 or K3500 dually for a
replacement for the current truck....

--
It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are
enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
*-Thomas Sowell

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
*http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net/boating/the_boat/my_boat.htm

Forté Agent 6.00 Build 1186

One problem with dualies is that unless you're loaded with
something, they can be fairly worthless on snow, ice or even heavy
rain. Too much flotation in the back end.

Of course, you might not have a problem w/that out on the east coast.

Never had a problem with that... the trick is narrow tires. Hugely
wide tires, the wider the better, make sense on sand, not so with the
Piedmont hard red clay and snow and ice....

I've read that dualies cut down on your mileage significantly. Are you sure you
need 'em?
--

Hope you're having a great day!

John H

New Boat Hauler
 

On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:27:12 -0400, Gene
wrote:

On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:10:39 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:42:01 -0400, Gene
wrote:

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 16:55:15 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Nov 2, 5:27*pm, Gene wrote:
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:48:39 -0400, John H
wrote:

After all y'all's comments about the 4WD, and the fact that I'm not too desirous
of a white truck, I went with this one:

http://tinyurl.com/2a7lejw

Hopefully they'll leave that page up for a few days.

I drove it home last night. It drives well. But, it's definitely in a bigger
league than the 4Runner.

Now if I can just find a nice place for the "Save the Bay" bumper sticker.

I, for one, would be very interested in frequent updates, opinions,
and squawks. I'm seriously considering a K2500 or K3500 dually for a
replacement for the current truck....

--
It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are
enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
*-Thomas Sowell

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
*http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net/boating/the_boat/my_boat.htm

Forté Agent 6.00 Build 1186

One problem with dualies is that unless you're loaded with
something, they can be fairly worthless on snow, ice or even heavy
rain. Too much flotation in the back end.

Of course, you might not have a problem w/that out on the east coast.

Never had a problem with that... the trick is narrow tires. Hugely
wide tires, the wider the better, make sense on sand, not so with the
Piedmont hard red clay and snow and ice....

I've read that dualies cut down on your mileage significantly. Are you sure you
need 'em?

Probably not. I haven't found that they cut down on mileage, but they
are damn expensive to buy. They add a LOT of stability....

I'm really leaning toward super singles....

I'm not planning on any races down Splugen Pass, so I've not worried about the
stability. This pass, BTW, made my wife famous in our group of motorcyclists for
having done it on her motorcycle.

http://tinyurl.com/24xudu6
--

Hope you're having a great day!

John H

New Boat Hauler
 

On Nov 4, 6:38*am, John H wrote:
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:27:12 -0400, Gene
wrote:



On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:10:39 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:42:01 -0400, Gene
wrote:

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 16:55:15 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Nov 2, 5:27 pm, Gene wrote:
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:48:39 -0400, John H
wrote:

After all y'all's comments about the 4WD, and the fact that I'm not too desirous
of a white truck, I went with this one:

http://tinyurl.com/2a7lejw

Hopefully they'll leave that page up for a few days.

I drove it home last night. It drives well. But, it's definitely in a bigger
league than the 4Runner.

Now if I can just find a nice place for the "Save the Bay" bumper sticker.

I, for one, would be very interested in frequent updates, opinions,
and squawks. I'm seriously considering a K2500 or K3500 dually for a
replacement for the current truck....

--
It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are
enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
-Thomas Sowell

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net/boating/the_boat/my_boat.htm

Fort Agent 6.00 Build 1186

One problem with * dualies is that unless you're loaded with
something, they can be fairly worthless on snow, ice or even heavy
rain. *Too much flotation in the back end.

Of course, you might not have a problem w/that out on the east coast.

Never had a problem with that... the trick is narrow tires. Hugely
wide tires, the wider the better, make sense on sand, not so with the
Piedmont hard red clay and snow and ice....

I've read that dualies cut down on your mileage significantly. Are you sure you
need 'em?

Probably not. I haven't found that they cut down on mileage, but they
are damn expensive to buy. They add a LOT of stability....

I'm really leaning toward super singles....

I'm not planning on any races down Splugen Pass, so I've not worried about the
stability. This pass, BTW, made my wife famous in our group of motorcyclists for
having done it on her motorcycle.

http://tinyurl.com/24xudu6
--

Hope you're having a great day!

John H

Looks like you could kick the bike into neutral and coast the way
down, John.

New Boat Hauler
 

On 11/3/2010 9:27 PM, Gene wrote:
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:10:39 -0400, John
wrote:

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:42:01 -0400,
wrote:

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 16:55:15 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Nov 2, 5:27 pm, wrote:
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:48:39 -0400, John
wrote:

After all y'all's comments about the 4WD, and the fact that I'm not too desirous
of a white truck, I went with this one:

http://tinyurl.com/2a7lejw

Hopefully they'll leave that page up for a few days.

I drove it home last night. It drives well. But, it's definitely in a bigger
league than the 4Runner.

Now if I can just find a nice place for the "Save the Bay" bumper sticker.

I, for one, would be very interested in frequent updates, opinions,
and squawks. I'm seriously considering a K2500 or K3500 dually for a
replacement for the current truck....

--
It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are
enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
-Thomas Sowell

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net/boating/the_boat/my_boat.htm

Forté Agent 6.00 Build 1186

One problem with dualies is that unless you're loaded with
something, they can be fairly worthless on snow, ice or even heavy
rain. Too much flotation in the back end.

Of course, you might not have a problem w/that out on the east coast.

Never had a problem with that... the trick is narrow tires. Hugely
wide tires, the wider the better, make sense on sand, not so with the
Piedmont hard red clay and snow and ice....

I've read that dualies cut down on your mileage significantly. Are you sure you
need 'em?

Probably not. I haven't found that they cut down on mileage, but they
are damn expensive to buy. They add a LOT of stability....

I'm really leaning toward super singles....



One of the joys of owning a small boat that can be trailered is that you
don't need a humongous truck to tow it.

New Boat Hauler
 

On 11/4/10 8:37 AM, Paul@BYC wrote:
On 11/3/2010 9:27 PM, Gene wrote:
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:10:39 -0400, John
wrote:

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:42:01 -0400,

wrote:

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 16:55:15 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Nov 2, 5:27 pm, wrote:
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:48:39 -0400, John
wrote:

After all y'all's comments about the 4WD, and the fact that I'm
not too desirous
of a white truck, I went with this one:

http://tinyurl.com/2a7lejw

Hopefully they'll leave that page up for a few days.

I drove it home last night. It drives well. But, it's definitely
in a bigger
league than the 4Runner.

Now if I can just find a nice place for the "Save the Bay" bumper
sticker.

I, for one, would be very interested in frequent updates, opinions,
and squawks. I'm seriously considering a K2500 or K3500 dually for a
replacement for the current truck....

--
It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people
who are
enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
-Thomas Sowell

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net/boating/the_boat/my_boat.htm

Forté Agent 6.00 Build 1186

One problem with dualies is that unless you're loaded with
something, they can be fairly worthless on snow, ice or even heavy
rain. Too much flotation in the back end.

Of course, you might not have a problem w/that out on the east coast.

Never had a problem with that... the trick is narrow tires. Hugely
wide tires, the wider the better, make sense on sand, not so with the
Piedmont hard red clay and snow and ice....

I've read that dualies cut down on your mileage significantly. Are
you sure you
need 'em?

Probably not. I haven't found that they cut down on mileage, but they
are damn expensive to buy. They add a LOT of stability....

I'm really leaning toward super singles....



One of the joys of owning a small boat that can be trailered is that you
don't need a humongous truck to tow it.


Yes! Since I no longer own a trailerboat and have no intention of buying
another, my next "utility" vehicle will be a small pickup, like a Ford
Ranger or whatever the corresponding Toyota is. If you can get one with
4WD and a four cylinder engine, that's what I want.

Every so often I read where Toyota is planning to import a small diesel
pickup. I don't know if that is still in the planning stages.

New Boat Hauler
 

On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 05:01:34 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On Nov 4, 6:38*am, John H wrote:
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:27:12 -0400, Gene
wrote:



On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:10:39 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:42:01 -0400, Gene
wrote:

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 16:55:15 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Nov 2, 5:27 pm, Gene wrote:
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:48:39 -0400, John H
wrote:

After all y'all's comments about the 4WD, and the fact that I'm not too desirous
of a white truck, I went with this one:

http://tinyurl.com/2a7lejw

Hopefully they'll leave that page up for a few days.

I drove it home last night. It drives well. But, it's definitely in a bigger
league than the 4Runner.

Now if I can just find a nice place for the "Save the Bay" bumper sticker.

I, for one, would be very interested in frequent updates, opinions,
and squawks. I'm seriously considering a K2500 or K3500 dually for a
replacement for the current truck....

--
It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are
enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
-Thomas Sowell

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net/boating/the_boat/my_boat.htm

Fort Agent 6.00 Build 1186

One problem with * dualies is that unless you're loaded with
something, they can be fairly worthless on snow, ice or even heavy
rain. *Too much flotation in the back end.

Of course, you might not have a problem w/that out on the east coast.

Never had a problem with that... the trick is narrow tires. Hugely
wide tires, the wider the better, make sense on sand, not so with the
Piedmont hard red clay and snow and ice....

I've read that dualies cut down on your mileage significantly. Are you sure you
need 'em?

Probably not. I haven't found that they cut down on mileage, but they
are damn expensive to buy. They add a LOT of stability....

I'm really leaning toward super singles....

I'm not planning on any races down Splugen Pass, so I've not worried about the
stability. This pass, BTW, made my wife famous in our group of motorcyclists for
having done it on her motorcycle.

http://tinyurl.com/24xudu6
--

Hope you're having a great day!

John H

Looks like you could kick the bike into neutral and coast the way
down, John.

Nope, damn near have to stop for the switchbacks. It was a hard ride with rain
almost to the top where it turned to snow. At the top was a small customs shack
and a small coffee shop with a wood stove. It was the most beautiful thing in
the world. It's probably a good thing it was raining. If I could have looked
down and seen that view, I'd probably have called for a helicopter to get me
down!
--

Hope you're having a great day!

John H

New Boat Hauler
 

On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 08:42:25 -0400, HarryK wrote:

On 11/4/10 8:37 AM, Paul@BYC wrote:
On 11/3/2010 9:27 PM, Gene wrote:
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:10:39 -0400, John
wrote:

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:42:01 -0400,

wrote:

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 16:55:15 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Nov 2, 5:27 pm, wrote:
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:48:39 -0400, John
wrote:

After all y'all's comments about the 4WD, and the fact that I'm
not too desirous
of a white truck, I went with this one:

http://tinyurl.com/2a7lejw

Hopefully they'll leave that page up for a few days.

I drove it home last night. It drives well. But, it's definitely
in a bigger
league than the 4Runner.

Now if I can just find a nice place for the "Save the Bay" bumper
sticker.

I, for one, would be very interested in frequent updates, opinions,
and squawks. I'm seriously considering a K2500 or K3500 dually for a
replacement for the current truck....

--
It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people
who are
enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
-Thomas Sowell

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net/boating/the_boat/my_boat.htm

Forté Agent 6.00 Build 1186

One problem with dualies is that unless you're loaded with
something, they can be fairly worthless on snow, ice or even heavy
rain. Too much flotation in the back end.

Of course, you might not have a problem w/that out on the east coast.

Never had a problem with that... the trick is narrow tires. Hugely
wide tires, the wider the better, make sense on sand, not so with the
Piedmont hard red clay and snow and ice....

I've read that dualies cut down on your mileage significantly. Are
you sure you
need 'em?

Probably not. I haven't found that they cut down on mileage, but they
are damn expensive to buy. They add a LOT of stability....

I'm really leaning toward super singles....



One of the joys of owning a small boat that can be trailered is that you
don't need a humongous truck to tow it.


Yes! Since I no longer own a trailerboat and have no intention of buying
another, my next "utility" vehicle will be a small pickup, like a Ford
Ranger or whatever the corresponding Toyota is. If you can get one with
4WD and a four cylinder engine, that's what I want.

Every so often I read where Toyota is planning to import a small diesel
pickup. I don't know if that is still in the planning stages.

They've had them in Europe for years. Every Toyota model except the very small
ones. Here's a site with all the European models. Eveything from the Aurus on
up, except for the Prius, come with a diesel.

http://www.toyota.nl/cars/new_cars/index.aspx

Maybe one of these days we'll be so lucky.
--

Hope you're having a great day!

John H

New Boat Hauler
 

On Nov 4, 7:37*am, "Paul@BYC" wrote:
On 11/3/2010 9:27 PM, Gene wrote:



On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:10:39 -0400, John
wrote:

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:42:01 -0400,
wrote:

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 16:55:15 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Nov 2, 5:27 pm, *wrote:
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:48:39 -0400, John
wrote:

After all y'all's comments about the 4WD, and the fact that I'm not too desirous
of a white truck, I went with this one:

http://tinyurl.com/2a7lejw

Hopefully they'll leave that page up for a few days.

I drove it home last night. It drives well. But, it's definitely in a bigger
league than the 4Runner.

Now if I can just find a nice place for the "Save the Bay" bumper sticker.

I, for one, would be very interested in frequent updates, opinions,
and squawks. I'm seriously considering a K2500 or K3500 dually for a
replacement for the current truck....

--
It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are
enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
* -Thomas Sowell

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
* http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net/boating/the_boat/my_boat.htm

Forté Agent 6.00 Build 1186

One problem with * dualies is that unless you're loaded with
something, they can be fairly worthless on snow, ice or even heavy
rain. *Too much flotation in the back end.

Of course, you might not have a problem w/that out on the east coast..

Never had a problem with that... the trick is narrow tires. Hugely
wide tires, the wider the better, make sense on sand, not so with the
Piedmont hard red clay and snow and ice....

I've read that dualies cut down on your mileage significantly. Are you sure you
need 'em?

Probably not. I haven't found that they cut down on mileage, but they
are damn expensive to buy. They add a LOT of stability....

I'm really leaning toward super singles....

One of the joys of owning a small boat that can be trailered is that you
don't need a humongous truck to tow it.

Or slip rent.

New Boat Hauler
 

On Nov 4, 7:42*am, HarryK wrote:
On 11/4/10 8:37 AM, Paul@BYC wrote:



On 11/3/2010 9:27 PM, Gene wrote:
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:10:39 -0400, John
wrote:

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:42:01 -0400,

wrote:

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 16:55:15 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Nov 2, 5:27 pm, wrote:
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:48:39 -0400, John
wrote:

After all y'all's comments about the 4WD, and the fact that I'm
not too desirous
of a white truck, I went with this one:

http://tinyurl.com/2a7lejw

Hopefully they'll leave that page up for a few days.

I drove it home last night. It drives well. But, it's definitely
in a bigger
league than the 4Runner.

Now if I can just find a nice place for the "Save the Bay" bumper
sticker.

I, for one, would be very interested in frequent updates, opinions,
and squawks. I'm seriously considering a K2500 or K3500 dually for a
replacement for the current truck....

--
It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people
who are
enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
-Thomas Sowell

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net/boating/the_boat/my_boat.htm

Fort Agent 6.00 Build 1186

One problem with dualies is that unless you're loaded with
something, they can be fairly worthless on snow, ice or even heavy
rain. Too much flotation in the back end.

Of course, you might not have a problem w/that out on the east coast.