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On 4/5/12 7:35 AM, Happy John wrote:
On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:15:53 -0400, wrote: North Star wrote: On Apr 3, 4:56 pm, wrote: On 03/04/2012 6:56 AM, North Star wrote: On Apr 3, 9:14 am, wrote: In , says... On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 06:36:57 -0700 (PDT), North wrote: I was pretty well settled on a new 'Legend 15 AllSport' due to my 4 cyl RAV4's low tow rating of 1500 lbs. Lately I've been looking at the construction methods used in this model and the superior methods used in a higher class boat... the 'Legend 16 Xcalibre' For an additional $3400. + add'l taxes of about $500., I can upgrade to a bigger, heavier boat with a 50hp 4 stroke Mercury vs the 40hp I was planning on with the smaller boat. Besides the additional cost of about $3900... I would be overloading my tow capacity by 500 lbs... about 33% more than the RAV4 is rated for. i.e 2000 lbs vs about 1300 for the smaller boat. What to do? I can drop a few pounds by keeping the gas tank empty until I reach my destination.. and not loading much into the bigger boat... and by towing at a 90km speed (55 mph). Am I asking for trouble... sure do like all the extra options.. such as bigger motor, stronger construction, bigger boat for about 80% use on the ocean, instruments and a built in swim platform/ladder. see the windshield models on the website.. http://legendboats.com/ Pulling a load of over 150% of your rated capacity would be simply stupid. Hard to believe you asked the question. Let him go, he already knows the results of bad Karma! At least I haven't been run out of my home province by family members, kevin. Disowned then? Running at 150% of ratings is retarded stupid. -- Speaking of stupid...did you watch that Conservative Senator get bitchslapped by Liberal MP Justin Trudeau? It was like an early Easter present. ~~ snerk ~~ Why drive this on-topic thread into a political ****storm? Donnie sometimes tries to show he can be sociable. But, I think he realizes that Harry doesn't approve, so he reverts back to his display of anti-social, immature,assholish behavior so Harry won't leave him. Damn shame. You're a lot funnier when you try to deny you're a racist piglet. |
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On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:42:57 -0400, X ` Man wrote:
On 4/5/12 7:35 AM, Happy John wrote: On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:15:53 -0400, wrote: North Star wrote: On Apr 3, 4:56 pm, wrote: On 03/04/2012 6:56 AM, North Star wrote: On Apr 3, 9:14 am, wrote: In , says... On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 06:36:57 -0700 (PDT), North wrote: I was pretty well settled on a new 'Legend 15 AllSport' due to my 4 cyl RAV4's low tow rating of 1500 lbs. Lately I've been looking at the construction methods used in this model and the superior methods used in a higher class boat... the 'Legend 16 Xcalibre' For an additional $3400. + add'l taxes of about $500., I can upgrade to a bigger, heavier boat with a 50hp 4 stroke Mercury vs the 40hp I was planning on with the smaller boat. Besides the additional cost of about $3900... I would be overloading my tow capacity by 500 lbs... about 33% more than the RAV4 is rated for. i.e 2000 lbs vs about 1300 for the smaller boat. What to do? I can drop a few pounds by keeping the gas tank empty until I reach my destination.. and not loading much into the bigger boat... and by towing at a 90km speed (55 mph). Am I asking for trouble... sure do like all the extra options.. such as bigger motor, stronger construction, bigger boat for about 80% use on the ocean, instruments and a built in swim platform/ladder. see the windshield models on the website.. http://legendboats.com/ Pulling a load of over 150% of your rated capacity would be simply stupid. Hard to believe you asked the question. Let him go, he already knows the results of bad Karma! At least I haven't been run out of my home province by family members, kevin. Disowned then? Running at 150% of ratings is retarded stupid. -- Speaking of stupid...did you watch that Conservative Senator get bitchslapped by Liberal MP Justin Trudeau? It was like an early Easter present. ~~ snerk ~~ Why drive this on-topic thread into a political ****storm? Donnie sometimes tries to show he can be sociable. But, I think he realizes that Harry doesn't approve, so he reverts back to his display of anti-social, immature,assholish behavior so Harry won't leave him. Damn shame. You're a lot funnier when you try to deny you're a racist piglet. Thanks Harry. Donnie needs some inspiration every so often to keep him off track. You're always able to provide a nice example of immature, assholish behavior. |
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On 4/5/12 7:50 AM, Happy John wrote:
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:42:57 -0400, X ` wrote: On 4/5/12 7:35 AM, Happy John wrote: On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:15:53 -0400, wrote: North Star wrote: On Apr 3, 4:56 pm, wrote: On 03/04/2012 6:56 AM, North Star wrote: On Apr 3, 9:14 am, wrote: In , says... On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 06:36:57 -0700 (PDT), North wrote: I was pretty well settled on a new 'Legend 15 AllSport' due to my 4 cyl RAV4's low tow rating of 1500 lbs. Lately I've been looking at the construction methods used in this model and the superior methods used in a higher class boat... the 'Legend 16 Xcalibre' For an additional $3400. + add'l taxes of about $500., I can upgrade to a bigger, heavier boat with a 50hp 4 stroke Mercury vs the 40hp I was planning on with the smaller boat. Besides the additional cost of about $3900... I would be overloading my tow capacity by 500 lbs... about 33% more than the RAV4 is rated for. i.e 2000 lbs vs about 1300 for the smaller boat. What to do? I can drop a few pounds by keeping the gas tank empty until I reach my destination.. and not loading much into the bigger boat... and by towing at a 90km speed (55 mph). Am I asking for trouble... sure do like all the extra options.. such as bigger motor, stronger construction, bigger boat for about 80% use on the ocean, instruments and a built in swim platform/ladder. see the windshield models on the website.. http://legendboats.com/ Pulling a load of over 150% of your rated capacity would be simply stupid. Hard to believe you asked the question. Let him go, he already knows the results of bad Karma! At least I haven't been run out of my home province by family members, kevin. Disowned then? Running at 150% of ratings is retarded stupid. -- Speaking of stupid...did you watch that Conservative Senator get bitchslapped by Liberal MP Justin Trudeau? It was like an early Easter present. ~~ snerk ~~ Why drive this on-topic thread into a political ****storm? Donnie sometimes tries to show he can be sociable. But, I think he realizes that Harry doesn't approve, so he reverts back to his display of anti-social, immature,assholish behavior so Harry won't leave him. Damn shame. You're a lot funnier when you try to deny you're a racist piglet. Thanks Harry. Donnie needs some inspiration every so often to keep him off track. You're always able to provide a nice example of immature, assholish behavior. I'm not nearly as good at *that* as you and your gang of right-wing rejects are. |
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