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Subject: [Leica] Grandpa's Boat
From: ric at CartersXRd.net (Ric Carter)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 22:46:00 -0500
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That tub would look great strapped to the top of that CTS. Put four old 
sneakers on the roof as a rack and rope her down bow & stern. You should be 
great!

Ric



> On Dec 20, 2022, at 10:31 PM, Christopher Crawford <chris at 
> chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
> 
> The owners manual for my Cadillac CTS says explicitly that "This vehicle 
> was not designed for towing and should never, under any circumstances be 
> used to tow a trailer of any kind." I'll take GM at their word on that.
> 
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> ?On 12/20/22, 7:59 PM, "LUG on behalf of Douglas Barry" 
> <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of 
> imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
>    Any sort of car should be able to pull a trailer with a lightweight 
>    aluminium fishing punt. Most of those boats weigh 100kg or a lot less. 
>    You shouldn't need a pickup or anything beefy to shift it.
> 
>    On 20/12/2022 23:42, Christopher Crawford wrote:
>> I need to buy a pickup truck or something I can pull a trailer with 
>> first; so for now the boat is stranded. It is still in perfect mechanical 
>> condition, it does not leak or anything.
>> 
> 
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