Forgive me if this has been answered. We just bought a new 24 foot Solera diesel . What do you suggest we purchase as a toad? We have had several trailers but this is our first motorhome. Thanks for helping me out ..

Occasionally we take our bikes along. Ten years & 80,000 miles and never felt we needed a toad.

Well, were not terribly small in spite of what my DW thinks, but were not very large either. We have always towed Subarus. They have been our daily driver and require no special changes, etc to tow. Just put it in neutral, set the ignition to 2, and away we go.

CloudDriver wrote:Occasionally we take our bikes along. Ten years & 80,000 miles and never felt we needed a toad.I/we always take bikes along, but also never felt the need for a toad with our 22' or 24' Class C motor homes. Never ran into a problem with either one. Just about anywhere a crew cab long bed dually could go, they could go also. It only takes a couple of minutes to unhook the water and electric. I need about 3 lanes to make a U turn with the 24'er, but don't remember what the 22'er needed, but pretty sure it was about the same.I now also have a 32 1/2'er and that is a different animal. I've yet to get a toad and really don't want to. I need about 3 1/2 lanes to make a U turn and you have to plan ahead driving something that long. There are definitely places you can't go with that, which were doable with the shorter RVs

Most of the time, nothing. When I'm traveling and sightseeing, 30 foot C works fine for getting around. I don't RV in big cities, have no reason to visit suburbs, the only two environments hostile to RVs. Towing makes the rig so big and clumsy (no backing up) that it guarantees I MUST leave the RV somewhere and use towed vehicle to get around. When I take the RV out to one of the local lakes (15 - 40 miles from home) to leave it there for a week or two, but not stay out there 24/7, I tow my Ford Ranger (3400 pounds) so I can get back to town and take care of business. A few people kind of move out there with taking vacation, commute to town to work during the day.When the wife died, I gave away her Accord and got a Fit (2500 pounds) which I've set up to tow. It can carry four people, five in a pinch, but I'll still tow the truck (2 seats) if I need to carry dirty stuff on my errands or sometimes just because I know I'm carrying only me.

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Nevadastars
Explorer
Oct 06, 2013
The main reason we got a Class C is to tow our Suzuki Sidekick off roader. Just about any plans we make are for exploring off road. So, we got the 25ft Four Winds Chateau to tow the Suzuki or our Kawasaki Teryx UTV. Works out great since the shorter MH can go to just about any campground and be within length limits.
noe-place
Explorer
Oct 02, 2013
No toad for 9 yrs running. I always reserve a rental vehicle ahead at our destination and pick it up on arrival. Works for us. But good luck with your search.
The_Two_Ds
Explorer
Oct 01, 2013
2004 Gulfstream Conquest towing a 2007 Honda CR-V with bikes mounted on a Thule Double Track 2 on the CR-V.
EsoxLucius
Explorer
Sep 29, 2013
Here they are for the past twelve years.

http://www.royrobinsonrv.com/rv-towing-guide-washington
http://www.motorhomesearch.com/2003_Dinghy_Towing.pdf
http://www.motorhomesearch.com/2002_Dinghy_Towing.pdf
RhodaHOW
Explorer
Sep 29, 2013
I stumbled accross this web page while looking for answers to what can and can't be toad. I think it is very helpful.

http://mysite.verizon.net/vzes1enx/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/towing_11.pdf
snowdance
Explorer
Sep 29, 2013
pnichols wrote:
I just checked the floorplan and specs of the Jamboree 23B. It's only 2.5 inches shorter (on a Ford chassis) than our Itasca Spirit 24V.

That 23B has great freshwater and greywater capacities. I wonder where a lounge chair opposite the dinette went? (We have a lounge chair opposite our dinette.)

We passed on a newer 23B amd went with an older one as it had a couch across from the dinette. We also found it in a 4WD but decided to go with the 2WD. Just could not find the lay out in a newer one we liked.
pnichols
Explorer II
Sep 28, 2013
I just checked the floorplan and specs of the Jamboree 23B. It's only 2.5 inches shorter (on a Ford chassis) than our Itasca Spirit 24V.

That 23B has great freshwater and greywater capacities. I wonder where a lounge chair opposite the dinette went? (We have a lounge chair opposite our dinette.)
snowdance
Explorer
Sep 27, 2013
Our motorhome is one inch longer than the 8 foot bed, duel cab dulley pickup we drive often no point in pulling with them. Just park in 4 spaces at the malls.
GollyCollie
Explorer
Sep 27, 2013
We have towed trailers for years but are new to motorhomes. We have a 32 foot Leprechaun and bought a new Chevy Sonic. I wanted something that tows 4 down and is an automatic. We towed it on a 3000 mile trip this summer and it tracked and pulled perfectly. I installed a bypass switch so I didn't have to pull a fuse and that was money well spent.
Bordercollie
Explorer
Sep 27, 2013
Try no toad for a while. Rent a car at destination when and if you really need one. RV's are not allowed to park on streets in crowded cities like Boston. RV's are too tall for most parking structures. Some RV parks have city and shuttle bus service available and tour buses near tourist areas. We avoid driving in big cities where practical. When we camp at remote sites, we try to have everything we need so we don't usually need to run into town. Social group RV'ers usually need to tow and share rides with others riding around and seeing sites.