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- Messages
- 217
- Reaction score
- 168
- Points
- 147
- Location
- Lake Stevns, WA
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2012
- Boat Model
- Limited S
- Boat Length
- 24
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Im going this year and coming a great distance too. What did you end up doing instead? Thats a lot of time and gas to waste.View attachment 2516
2011 Duramax Diesel
This was in Fort Lauderdale. We were getting ready for the crossing to Bimini Island. Unfortunately it got cancelled because of Hurricane Debby.
We had already paid for 3 nights in Bimini so we charted a small plane and made the best of it.Im going this year and coming a great distance too. What did you end up doing instead? Thats a lot of time and gas to waste.
I'm the same as you on car payments. We have 4 vehicles and the newest is what I just bought my daughter. 2003 lexus 140K pretty much new condition, 2006 Chevy colorado for my son 60K miles, it was my truck new, then daughter, now son, and the 2008 Suburban with about 125K miles. I grew up in the car business so I have no attachment or love for vehicles and look at them for what they are.Everyone here seems to have such a nice vehicle. I have been driving my 2006 Grand Cherokee since I bought it used back in 2006. I hate car payments, the Cherokee only has 140,000 on her, and I only drive 4 miles each way to work. We manage to get the wife and I, two kids, the Golden Retriever, and all of the camping gear in every weekend for our two hour trip up north so until the boys get too big to ride in the back or the wheels fall off I am going to keep her. Plus it matches the boat.
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2010 Chevy Express 2500, 12 passenger van, 6.0 motor with 6 speed. Tows great.
Ride was very rough and bumpy so I removed a leaf spring and added air suspension and bilstein shocks, rides much better now.
We usually have people meet at the house, load into the van, and go launch the boat for the day.
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I had a RWD Trailblazer SS w/ 4.10s for a while and never had any issues, even at Frederick's landing after it's soaking wet or a few times at Cumberland when it was 40ft down. I think anything with traction control would work pretty well these days. Maybe get one with a G80 auto locker or with a LSD for a safety margin.We are in the market for a new car to haul our kids and their friends around and pull the boat. I think a conversion van would be great, but I am concerned about the local boat ramps. More than once I have had to kick in the 4 wheel drive to make it up a slippery ramp. Most of the ramps around here are long and steep. Have you ever had any issues pulling the boat out?
The only time I ever felt that I NEEDED 4 wheel drive was at Brookville Lake in Indiana. All my back tires would do was spin! The ramp was wet and full of algae and slippery to walk on. (It was the only time we have ever been there so I'm not sure if it is like that all the time or we just caught it at a bad time).I had a RWD Trailblazer SS w/ 4.10s for a while and never had any issues, even at Frederick's landing after it's soaking wet or a few times at Cumberland when it was 40ft down. I think anything with traction control would work pretty well these days. Maybe get one with a G80 auto locker or with a LSD for a safety margin.