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Boat Towing

JEBar

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I'm sure that some folks will want to tow a small boat/jetski .... a few years back we owned a light weight 10' Lowe aluminum boat (picture 1) .... it was bought to use fishing in South Dakota where we spend our summers .... instead of towing it in a campground and launching it with our Freightliner Sportchassis, we used a GEM (street legal) car (picture 2) .... it came in handy for moving picnic tables and other such things .... the 72 Volt, front wheel drive GEM car pulled and launched the boat with ease .... unfortunately, getting the boat out of the water proved to be an exercise in futility .... with the GEM sitting at a nose up angle on a wet, sandy, concrete boat ramp, the front end didn't have sufficient weight to keep the drive tires from spinning .... I have no clue if a front wheel drive Elio will have the same issue .... time will tell


Jim



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My 14' aluminum with trailer and 10 horse is well over 500#.

My favorite local lakes have ramps (sorta) that are steep and gravel.

Elio fishing will be bank or float tube fishing for me.

Besides, I much prefer my favorite kind of boat - someone else's.

FWIW, Lake od the Woods and back, 1 tank in an Elio, about $20 at current gas prices.
 

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I prefer boats that can be hand carried... sunfish, hobie cats, etc. There's nothing quite like tooling along with your mast almost parallel to the water and standing on the outside of the hull to keep from going over.

while that looks like fun, if I can't pull a rope or turn a key and hear a rumble, I ain't going ...
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