Wooden Boat Guy transitioning to ? (need advice)

[Glenn MacGrady]

I suspect that a lightweight trailer like yours with a canoe can be towed by almost any car. I would encourage you to contact your local trailer hitch dealer for more details about the options.

I pull a heavier trailer than that with a 4 cylinder Corolla.

I have investigated hitches for my only functioning vehicle, a 2013 Mercedes E350 sedan.

I'd only consider a Stealth Hitch, which hides away when not being used, but the price of that hitch plus professional installation is far too much for me. I'd rather put the money toward a lightweight canoe. In addition, the ground clearance of the deployed receiver would be very low on a skirted sedan that already bottoms out on dips and bumpy roads.

The whole enterprise is not worth it to tow a heavy canoe on smooth roads a few times a year. Not when I have easily cartoppable carbon canoes. The real answer is a time machine to take me back to the greatest decade, the 1960s.

 

[Benson Gray]

The whole enterprise is not worth it to tow a heavy canoe on smooth roads a few times a year.

My experience is that once you have a hitch then it will get used for many other things too. I selected a canoe trailer that could have a plywood deck added so it has helped me move: a lawnmower, a snowblower, furniture, bark mulch, firewood, brush, and a variety of other items that would not be easy to fit in my car.

Benson

 

[Steve in Idaho]

The real answer is a time machine to take me back to the greatest decade, the 1960s.

...and a return to the Magic Bus.

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

My experience is that once you have a hitch then it will get used for many other things too. I selected a canoe trailer that could have a plywood deck added so it has helped me move: a lawnmower, a snowblower, furniture, bark mulch, firewood, brush, and a variety of other items that would not be easy to fit in my car.

Benson

That's a reasonable thought. I'd have to attach a plywood floor across the cross bars. Is that woodwork? I don't do woodwork.