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Home Forums Search Trailer Sailor Roster Chandlery Events Classifieds Resources About TSBB SBO Sites	Instructions/FAQ | Rules & Etiquette | Edit Profile | Forum Login View Thread | Post Response | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg | Consider a station wagon Posted By: Brent - N20 Date: 11/27/08 6:24p.m. Report: outside forum guidelines In Response To: Towing vs stopping (pic) (Ed, N24, Sarasota) Probably thrown this out here before, but FWIW I've been pleased with the '93 Buick Roadmaster wagon I bought to tow my Nimble 20. Lacking 4WD and big knobby tires it wasn't going to get the boat out of Gene's holler, but it's been fine ever since. 350 (5.7l) V-8 and tons of torque, so there's never any thought about the load. The trailer doesn't have brakes, but having the vehicle low to the ground and weighing more than the tow go a long way toward stability. The engine & all the heavy stuff from the boat can go in the back locked up out of the weather. And for miscellaneous non-boat use it gets 25+ MPG on the highway, seats eight or can take a stack of plywood flat in the back. Rides like a (really big) car and meets the much stricter car safety standards. Who needs a truck? -Brent

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Weight -- David Hollenback -- 11/23/08 4:39p.m.

Nimble 20 weight. -- Jim Bailey - Pensacola -- 11/23/08 7:26p.m.

re: weight -- Paul Miller, Nimble 20, Deland, FL -- 11/24/08 4:56p.m.

hauling the N20 -- Gene Halpern - ex Nimble 20 'Morgan Truce' -- 11/24/08 6:09p.m.

Thanks to All -- David Hollenback -- 11/26/08 5:01p.m.

Nimble 20 weight -- Al -- 11/27/08 6:34a.m.

There is literature on the N20 and N24 and if you don't have any, one of us -- norm ex Nimble 24 -- 11/27/08 7:35a.m.

Towing vs stopping -- Ed, N24, Sarasota -- 11/27/08 2:23p.m.

 Consider a station wagon  -- Brent - N20 -- 11/27/08 6:24p.m.

station wagon -- Gene Halpern - ex Nimble 20 'Morgan Truce' -- 11/28/08 3:00a.m.

other factors -- Gene Halpern - ex Nimble 20 'Morgan Truce' -- 11/27/08 8:00a.m.

travel lift scale -- jan nikolajsen -- 12/7/08 3:42p.m.

The weight issue -- Nick Cherau -- 12/8/08 7:56p.m.

cored hull? -- Brent - N20 -- 12/9/08 11:38a.m.

I doubt that is it. -- Mark N, Nimble Arctic, Jax FL -- 12/10/08 7:07p.m.

What's a few extra pounds..? -- Gene Halpern - ex Nimble 20 'Morgan Truce' -- 12/11/08 9:47a.m.

Weighing in on the subject -- Dickens, Nimble Arctic -- 12/12/08 6:58a.m.

a post script -- Dickens, Nimble Arctic -- 12/12/08 7:03a.m.