Car towing question..

WILDEBILL308 wrote:

kfp673 wrote:
Hello all. We have been really struggling with the motorhome vs 5th wheel decision and will be heading to Hershey this weekend to help with that decision. We thought we were leaning toward motorhome until we started to look into the car towing situation

With that said, I have a car towing question. We would pretty much always have to tow a car since we never just hang in the campground. The problem is trying to decide if towing is an option. So... My question is, is there such a thing as a 4 wheel tow bar that does not require cutting and can be installed on a leased vehicle, and easily removed? I have an equinox AWD company vehicle. The company vehicle plan allows us to use the car as a personal vehicle as well. I was excited to see that the equinox is an approved 4 down tow vehicle until I watched a video of the installation and saw the cutting and drilling involved. That wont work with a company car. Are there any tow bars or vehicles that are easier to install? Jeeps maybe? Dolly apparently is not an option with this AWD car according to the owners manual.

Any recomendations? Thanks!

Talk to your company and see if you can buy the car at the end of the lease. That way you can install the baseplate and wiring harness so you can tow 4 down. Otherwise I would buy a car to tow. You do have a POV don't you?
Bill

X2...

Also, if they wont sell it to you, maybe you can just leave everything on it after the lease is up. You would lose the cost of the base plate/lighting...but since you don't pay for the car anyway, it's a small price.

Our Terrain (sister to the Equinox) had no modification to the front fascia, but did have some parts removed and holes drilled to install our Roadmaster base plate. However, once everything is installed and the fascia back on, the tow bar mounts can only be seen by getting down on your knees and looking through the small horizontal slot. Normally, you would never know it's there.

Ron