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sltrawick
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Jan 17, 2016

No extra car

We just upgraded to a Class C Fleetwood Jamboree. We do not have a tow dolly and I'm just wondering about those who do. Do you bring an extra vehicle with you when you camp? Or if you don't, How hard is it getting around without one or do I really need to think about getting the tow dolly? Can't flat tow as our car won't allow it, but not ready to make the purchase of a tow dolly yet

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  • Thanks for all the suggestions. Our Class C is 31'. Our small car is a Kia Rio that you can't tow 4 down. We are debating on just getting a used car to tow 4 down or a tow dolly. Our other vehicle is a Ford F-250, so we will not be taking that lol
  • Through the years, we have done many different things. We are currently running an antique 23' class A. It can tow just fine, but we just haven't bothered. With a small coach, you can get most places just fine. If you want to do more, rent something. We do carry bicycles and they are good for much of what we need.

    Think about where you are going. Setting up a towed is always north of 1K$us. You can rent a lot for that. If you don't have a something behind, you can get by without a TPM to watch. We didn't have our towed in Yellowstone, so we paid for a lot of extra fuel, but the view from the cab was worth every penny.

    The only place we have been that we rented a car was Branson. That place just had no parking room and getting to and from the campground was an amazing pain.

    Matt
  • I drive a 'C' and pull a Jeep Wrangler 4 down. There are just too many places I want to explore where my 'C' won't fit, starting with big cities. My 'C' is too long for a metered parking spot on the street and too tall for most parking garages.
  • Went to El Paso to visit a friend for Christmas one year for one week did not take the toad, bad mistake we rented a car for two days the cost was huge in comparison to having the toad, never again we take the toad with us every where we go with the RV, we flat tow.

    navegator
  • The only time we don't tow our car is when camping with friends, and know they will have theirs.
  • Took a two week trip to Oregon and left the toad home, never again. Thought I wouldn't need it, bad idea. Wanted to see more of Mt. St Helens and driving the

    coach would have been a pain. Tow dollies are another issue. It's like having three vehicles because you need to put it someplace.Spend the money to tow

    your toad, you won't regret it. My opinion, yours may vary.
  • We tow a car. We find it necessary. We park the MH at a campground and do our sightseeing in the car. 30 mpg in the car is better than 9 mpg with the MH and a car is much easier to park at most attractions. Also easier to hookup than a dolly and car IMHO.

    It depends on your camping style. We are travelers and sightseers. If you are campers that camp to enjoy the beach and campground, there may be no good reason to tow a car.

    Friends of ours decided to buy a dolly to take their non towable car. They have since said they should have sold the car and get a towable car.
  • Depends a lot on how long & wide your RV is. My Tiger obviously doesn't need a 'toad' but even with my 24' Born Free I sometimes towed a Honda CR-V for convenience. You will find yourself quite limited without an auxiliary vehicle.
  • Like a lot of things, it depends.
    How long is your C ?

    If it is fairly easy to maneuver, driving IT might be your answer.
    Getting a bicycle or two might work too. I have an electric one.

    Then there is the scooter solution. They can be mounted in the vicinity of your rear bumper.

    I ended up with a small enclosed trailer to take my motorcycle along. Two small scooters/mopeds would fit in it too.
  • More times than not you will want transportation where you go. We've rented cars, called taxis, but some places neither were convenient. Sometimes you want a car just to haul a portable dump tank to the dump station. When we get our on order new mh we will also get my Sonic setup to be towed.