Car dollies

I don't believe the writer was asking the pros or cons of using a tow dolly. He's asking for opinions on the specific unit mentioned or for advice on other brands. He stated his Elantra cannot be towed 4-down.

I'm sure there are a lot of tow dolly brands out there, but be sure you get one that has surge brakes.

I tow my Kia Soul with a Demco "Tow-It 2" It's been great for the 5 Years I've been on the road (full-time)

Mike

Remco


According to Remco your Dodge must be trailer towed. Usually if you can use a driveline disconnect Remco will tell you that.

So apparently disconnecting the driveshaft is not not an option.

We have an Acme tow dolly. Purchased it used because our car (Hyundai Sonata; only a year old when we got our first MH) can't be flat towed. Works great. On flat road/pavement easy for one (even DW) to move. When pulling into a back-in site, yes you do have to unhook first and stow the dolly (we just roll it to the back of the site and then back in over the tongue), but you have to unhook if you're flat towing too. Took an 8 wk trip last fall with another couple. They were flat towing we were towing on dolly. Yes they could hook up & unhook a few minutes quicker than we could but it really wasn't an issue. And we have the flexibility to change cars without having to get a whole new hook up system. Of course as mentioned, when time comes for a new car we may look for one that can be flat towed since getting on knees is getting tougher as we age!

Daveb1256, don't let them discourage you. When we first started out, we had a dolly because we could not tow our car 4-down. Yes, it can be cumbersome to deal with at times, but unless you change campsites every day, you are not dealing with it every day. Just at arrival and departure. We had a Master Tow dolly so I have no first hand knowledge of the ACME but I have seen a fairly large number of them in campgrounds so they must be popular.

I suggest you try to find a used one. When it comes time to replace your Elantra, find something that can be towed 4-down if you are still RVing.That is what we did and 4-down is much simpler that dollies.

My advice is to rent one first, just to see how it works for you. They are heavy and cumbersome at the camp sight. And you might change your mind without much cost.

Campinghoss@51 wrote:
When we had our motor home I used a ACME tow dolly. Light and easy to move around if the needs arises. You can see them on line.

I think the OP is talking about the ACME EZE-TOW dolly.

When we had our motor home I used a ACME tow dolly. Light and easy to move around if the needs arises. You can see them on line.

Good luck with that. I tried a dolly for awhile and found it too heavy to deal with and took too long to fasten the car down and take off. They weigh around 500 lbs. If you pull into a dead-end, figure on 45 minutes to get turned around. A huge percentage of RV sites are back-in so you'll need to disconnect and store the dolly. Don't buy a new one if you can avoid it.