OK, stoopid newbie question time. What kind of plane should I get? I
know, I know... depends on what I want to do. I am looking for
something to use to prepare/flatten rough wood enough to go through my
thickness planer. I own a jointer, but it is a 50+ year old 4-incher
with a pretty short bed. My planer, on the other hand, is the DW735.

I thought at first 'jointer plane' because, well... I'll be using it in
place of a power jointer. Then I read a little about the Jack plane on
the Knight Toolworks site; "The Jack Plane is used for hogging off
wood, leveling, flattening, and smoothing surfaces." Hmm.... leveling,
flattening... yep... sounds like what I want to do. But then I read a
little about the scrub plane, and thought that it might fit the bill,
as well, and get me to a 'flat enough' surface for passing through my
planer the quickest.

For the detail-curious (you know who you are), Most of the things I
make are fairly small; foot stools, shelf/coat racks, etc., and my
existing jointer works really well for glue-line edges. I've got a
whole big pile of rough oak, ash and maple, and most of it has some
sort of warp/bow/twist in it. I currently own an old #4 (smoother?),
and a block plane.

So... suggestions? I'd also like to know what the heck 'razee' is...
does that just mean it has a tote? Seems to me that would be a pretty
useful thing given my intended use. Thanks in advance, and as a
(mostly) lurker, thanks to all for the great info I've gleaned from the
Wreck over the past few years.

-John