Hi Eddie,

The boat is over 10 thousand pounds, actually around 12 thousand I think. The truck is a Nissan Titan with 315 HP and a good amount of torque. The boat stays in the water at our dock behind the house in Marathon Florida most of the time so it is not an everyday event to get the boat out of the water. We have a new Chevy 2500 HD also that pulls the boat a little better than the Nissan. I have installed 5000 pound air bags on the rear axal of both trucks. Both trucks are used to to pull a 30 foot cattle trailer loaded up with claves. Towing has never been a real issue.

I don't know what the future will be. I am getting to old and weak to haul the big fish over the rail. We also have a zillion lakes and rivers here. A small boat sounds like a good plan for me also.

My plan was to be living in southern France by now. It is just not going to happen for many reasons.

Getting old sucks...lol To many "I can't do this any longer" No more flying airplanes, no more working a hundred hours a week, perhaps no more running around in the ocean very soon, and no more four set gigs. Plus I had to stop chasing cars and howling at the moon!!...lol

I can't really complain...like Joe Walsh said "life's been good so far"

Not sure how we got so far off the amp thread but I am taking it easy today, no pressure.

Billy

Billy

“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”