What "toad" to buy
We just purchased our new future full time home. Fleetwood Bounder 35E, Workhorse, gas powered. We realize the need to have a toad; however we are not experienced enough, at this time, to make the pur...
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kfp673 wrote:
What about any of the small pickup trucks? I did not check the links in earlier posts, but does anyone tow the GMC, Chevy, or Toyota small PU? The issue we keep running into with our consideration is that we would like to have a PU for daily use as well as hauling our 4 kayaks but full size are typically over 5k dry weight
I tow a Dodge Dakota. It's actually a midsize and fairly heavy, but makes a good toad because like you I needed a truck too for other things. Although I loved my Wrangler, it wasn't a pickup.
Not all small trucks are towable four-down. I haven't checked recent models, but the Dakota and the small truck Chev and GMC make are towable four-down if they are 4wd. I looked at a Toyota 4wd and in their manual they say don't tow it four down. A salesman at the dealership assured me that was just Toyota being too cautious and it was towable. You just put the transfer case in neutral and the tranny in park and you were good to go. So I told him I'd buy the truck if the dealership would write out an addendum to the contract putting in writing that they say it can be towed four-down behind a motorhome and that the dealership would be responsible for any damages if they were not correct. They would not put in it in writing. So that tells you something right there.
