[walterj7]

Hi, I just brought home my new 07 Tundra Double Cab 4X4 XR5 w/Towing Pkg. (7,800#) 4.7L iMax V8, last Friday from the dealer I purchased it from (on the internet) David Maus Toyota in Sanford, Fl. I now have a whole 189 miles on it so I don't even know what kind of mileage I'm going to get.

I have been hot to purchase a 76-85' Hunter 27' SD(shallow draft) sailboat for the last couple of years I have come to the opinion that when I finally find one in the equipment and condition I need I will have to travel quite some distance and trailer it back Florida. The trailer idea also kind of fits a storage solution here in Daytona Beach as about 25% of all the marina slips have been bought up and removed from public use etc. So slips are not not available but marinas and boat yards are also in great demand etc..

So there has been some concern about where I'm going to store a 27' sail boat for the 5 or 6 months I'm back up north. My new solution is on a trailer. I can keep the trailer with boat on it in the compound provided in the adult community in which we live. Now of course I know that I could hire the boat transport out but I'll also need a great truck to do the launching and retrieval as well as the storage of the boat once it gets here etc.

The plot really thickens when you factor in that I also have a 22'6" Sea Ray as well as a double trailer with 2 jet ski’s back up north.

So sort of out of nowhere my wife says to me a couple of weeks ago that I should really consider a new truck! However

Because we weren’t really thinking of purchasing a new vehicle in Florida this has caused some concerns. Like In 2 weeks we travel some 1,250 miles to Holland’s Cove, on Lake Ontario 2 miles from Pultneyville NY , (upstate) NY.

I quickly went on to Craig’s List and found a good used tow dolly (MasterTow) and plan on towing my Cadillac DeVille back to Upstate NY.

This trip should be a good towing shake down cruise etc. Normally i wouldn’t set out on this long of a trip with an unproven solution, however I have really been impressed with Toyota’s commitment to building a great truck etc. I'm going to do it on blind faith.

Any ideas comments etc would be welcomed.

Regards,

WALTERJ7
P.S. I just love this truck, it has much more than I would ever want for a work vehicle and almost as much stuff as my Caddy. This truck rides pretty fine also.