We always take our toad except when I know that there will be a vehicle available for us at our destination. For example, our son had 3 vehicles so while we are here visiting him and his family we did not bring the toad. We will be going to Oregon the end of May where we will not have a vehicle handy so we will be taking the toad. We could break camp and drive to where we need to go, but it is so much easier just to take the toad that the extra fuel required to tow it makes it worthwhile. We get 6.5-7 without the toad and 5.5-6 with it.