How long before buying a toad

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Did our first 6 month snowbird trip toadless. The DW said it would be one more thing to worry about. Ended up spending $3000 renting cars when we wanted to sightsee or shop. Would have paid for a tow bar setup on something. The trouble is neither of or daily drivers is towable 4 down.

We'll probably stay toadless until the next big adventure, then buy something cheap at set it up to tow.

Busskipper wrote:

maddawg46 wrote:
How long did you have a Class A motorhome before you bought a tow vehicle. I just bought a Class A but don't have a car that I can tow without a dolly. I'm not going to tow a vehicle on a dolly.

Bought the toad while we were waiting on deciding which A to buy.

So in my case first we bought the Toad then the Coach - :)

BOL,

Same here! Bought a 2015 Jeep JK Wrangler. Now I need to buy the class A!

One of the reasons that I selected Class A for RVing in the first place was because I could take a run-around vehicle with me. I'm on my 6th Class A, always with a toad.
BTW the perfect toad is the one I have now, 2007 GMC 4x4 Envoy (many reasons).

We didn't wait very long. After getting first coach we traded in one of our cars for a towable one. Having a car with us when we travel is a convenience we would not be willing to give up.

Already had the Jeep Wrangler for hauling the kayaks and fishing in the hard to reach spots. Bought the tow bar and brackets before we started shopping for a MH. (put the brackets on myself). We saw a MH with potential in TX. We drove the Jeep down there, bought the MH and towed the Jeep back to AR.

We also bought our toad before our motorhome. I wanted something small, light, ability to flat tow and fun. We got a '12 Fiat 500C convertible for our toad. I set it up myself with all Blue Ox equipment. Haven't towed it yet as I finally have my RV in the driveway after 2 months of new RV blues! :E

I didn't know it at the time but I had my toad before the coach.

We bought our class A and went full time about five months ago. We like our car, but she'd have to be towed on a dolly. DH is resistant to towing, dolly or 4 down. So, I drive the motorhome and he follows as a chase car. It has worked for us because we both like to drive and we often spend 2 weeks or more at a given site. And as a new rv driver, it is sometimes nice to have a shorter length, an extra set of eyes, and a car driver behind who always lets me cut in front of him in traffic. We have put in about 2500 miles this way. I expect the idea of towing will eventually grow on DH and we will change vehicles.

We rented three times (once per year, 2004, 2005 and 2006) before actually buying the first motorhome. During our rental days, we would reserve a car with Enterprise and that was an average experience. Sometimes they could not pick us up or delayed. They didn't always have a good choice of cars or limited choice.

So, in 2007 when we ordered our 2008 Monaco Dynasty, we purchased a 2007 Honda CR-V before we took delivery of the motorhome. I would never want to be without my own 'toad'.

Obviously '4 down' is the best but not everyone has the right car for that, so a dolly or trailer is the next choice.

Have fun and safe travels,

MM.