Black Betty Delivers!

Yesterday I completed a 2500 mile round trip from Florida to Wilkes Barre, Pa to pick up a Seawind 24 Catamaran. The Seawind was disassembled and looked like a pile of boat parts. She was donated to a charity and I was the only bidder. So for 150 bucks I had another S24!
Betty performed very well. After rebuilding her brakes, all new from the booster out lines, calipers, shoes, pads, cylinders etc., a new fuel sender/pump, air shocks, tank straps and assorted misc. parts she decided it was time to go. We beat the cold weather by just days.
Betty is a tow package vehicle and performed better with a load than she does without. At around 100 psi with who knows tongue weight on good roads I did not know she was even there. I used an extended tongue hitch with a 6 inch drop and turned it upside down. The ball was above the bumper cover getting the trailer level.
SoI have to say anyone thinking of buying a 20 plus year old B-Body wagon and using her for a work horse I say go for it. I had a pick up before and got pushed all over the road by big rigs retrieving a similar boat. It rode like a truck, what it was. Betty rode like a Buick Roadmaster and that is exactly what she is![img][/img]

Great news . who needs a truck when you have a roadmaster !

Yep, we can put wings on 'em
and they'll probably fly too.

I always think of my OCC as a pick-up truck with a permanently installed cap. The ride is better than the truck as well, as well as access to the "cap".

The aluminum in the mast is worth more than you paid for her as scrap.  And they threw in a free trailer too?

Well done.  My largest/heaviest haul was 600 sq ft of 3/4" maple flooring, plus compressors, nail guns, chops saws and other assorted tools.  Oh yes, and a wife and 2 cups of coffee.  The wood alone weighed 1680 lbs. Trip was a 400 mile run from Geneva NY to Franconia NH. Very smooth ride with that much weight.

The trailer was acquired for the trip. A 7000 lb powerboat trailer it needed serious rebuilding for that use, but it is ok for a 2000 lb sailboat. For my next trick I will retrieve 3 pallet loads of pavers one at a time. Around 3400 lbs each.