Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/12/21

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Subject: [Leica] Grandpa's Boat
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 12:43:00 +0000
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On 21/12/2022 03:34, Christopher Crawford wrote:
> My grandpa carried it in his pickup bed. Its light enough that one person 
> can load it and unload it if you're careful. My grandma gave me the truck 
> after he died and I drove it for several years until the transmission died 
> and the cost to fix it was more than it was worth. I had a Crown Victoria 
> after that and I have a small trailer for the boat that the Crown Vic 
> could pull. My current car is a Cadillac CTS and the owners manual says 
> that it was not designed to tow a trailer and should never be used for 
> that. I'll take GM at their word on that; the car was too expensive to 
> risk damaging it.
>

Fitting a tow bar to any unibody car can be done quite easily and 
shouldn't damage the car provided it's done properly by a professional 
and you're not continuously towing on very bumpy roads for any distance.
https://thefunoutdoors.com/rvs/can-a-cadillac-cts-tow-a-trailer/

Mind you, Ric's suggestion of the four sneakers is a lot cheaper and 
probably quite effective and practicable especially if you don't have 
too far to drive to water.


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