Towing a vehilcle

Wrangler equals freedom!

There are no freeways in Northwestern Wyoming.
I know, because I used to live in Greybull.

WyoTraveler wrote:

John&Joey wrote:
Jeeps are gas guzzlers, hard enough getting 5-9mpg with the MH.

Honda and Saturn would be my first choices with Honda taking the first place. Saturn is out of business, but they are light and tow well.

I get about 20 to 22 mpg in my V6 Jeep wrangler 2 door.

Don't be fooled.....my 2012 has rarely seen 20, much less 22! I am not saying it can't be done, but you can't drive the speed limit on an interstate and get 20, much less 22. Go 60 and maybe.....

John&Joey wrote:
Jeeps are gas guzzlers, hard enough getting 5-9mpg with the MH.

Honda and Saturn would be my first choices with Honda taking the first place. Saturn is out of business, but they are light and tow well.

I get about 20 to 22 mpg in my V6 Jeep wrangler 2 door.

At one time, all the Motorhome Guru's said the smallest and lightest towable vehicles were best. At that time the Suzuki Samurai or Sidekick, or the Chevy Saturn were the toads of choice. Today it has gone hog wild with anything goes, even a Caddy or Hummer.

In choosing a toad to tow 4 down it is difficult to find something new that is small and light and can be towed 4 down that is not a manual. If you want an automatic, you need to look at the list in FMCA's yearly towable guide. One reason the Jeeps are popular is most 4X4s have a transfer case that can be put into neutral so the automatic can be put in park. Problem with the new JK is that it is heavy. This has little effect on my performance but has a profound effect on the amount of diesel that I use going up hills. We have two Jeeps, a JKUR, and a Grand Cherokee and both are pretty heavy although less than 5000lbs. I hear the new Cherokee in 4x4 flavor with a transfer case does well, the front wheel drive auto cannot be towed.

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I've towed a 2002 Cavalier since 2002, never know it's back there. Just hook it up, put it in neutral,key in first position and it's ready to go. Last summer I unhooked it in St. Louis, drove to DC and got as high as 37 MPG on the road. Wish they still built them. At one time almost all GMC cars would tow would four down but had to be either standard or 4 speed automatic. Some of the new ones still are.

Why concern yourself about the weight. Just get something within the capacity of your MH. Personally I would never think think of one of those tiny cars, I've seen the end results of a few accidents with them. None of the occupants survived.

Our last jeep liberty pulled just fine and we had room for 6400 more pounds to pull. So technically I could have pulled two of them with room left over.

I would never sacrifice comfort and piece of mind over saving a few bucks in fuel. Once I have to worry about that I'll quit RVing.

I tow a chev Colorado 4X4 for down great for off road. Colorado has 90% dirt roads. Make sure it a 4 wheel drive. about 4300 lbs

Heisenberg wrote:
I have a 2012 Equinox and a 2014 Jeep Wrangler Sport. The Equinox is a very easy tow and gives us 25 MPG on our trips. When we have used it to commute it gets 29 to 30 MPG. We bought the Jeep to get us to those places the Equinox should not go. The Jeep strains to get 20 MPG on a long commute. The point of the story is when we tow a dinghy the things we do after arrival do not get the best mileage the Equinox has to offer and the Jeep offers us the chance to go into the boondocks in Colorado and the West. However we still have both options, two easy to tow vehicles.

I joking here, what you need is a stacker trailer so you can take both.