2 wheel dolly or flat tow?
I'm thinking 2 wheel dolly is the way to go. But as a newb who doesn't even have an RV yet, thought I'd check and see if I needed a slap upside the head. Thinking of towing a Honda CRV behind a cl...
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way2roll wrote:JaxDad wrote:
When he found out that that rental, delivered to us, and ours to use for 3 days was going to cost $135 ($$45/day) and that was likely considerably LESS than the added cost of gas to drag a toad 3,000 miles round trip he was dumb-founded.
I've never noticed any real impact to MPG towing a car behind our MH. If it is it's negligible and certainly nowhere near $45/day. Just rough math tells me that if I avg 8 MPG without my car, and say for the sake of argument it impacts my MPG by 1 when I tow(which I doubt) bringing it to 7 mpg, travelling 300 miles/day with gas at $2.50, I would pay an extra $13 a day to bring my own car. That's $31 less than the rental. I would have to see a decline in performance down to almost 5mpg to achieve $45/day. But using your 3000 mile round trip still comes in at $133, which is still less and I've had my own car for 10 days - not 3. Never mind that I am still paying for my car and it's insurance anyway while it sits at home - so if I rent I am now paying for 2 cars, one of which is sitting in my driveway. I like to be self sufficient, and towing my car is not only easy and cheap but I never have to worry about not finding a rental, one that hasn't been smoked in, not finding an uber or even a breakdown on the road. Renting a car has it's merits and we've done it, but it's not cheaper than towing your own.
If I was a ‘flat-lander’ I might agree, but for me, Toronto to Florida involves well over 1,000 miles of mountains.
Even if the gas money (never mind wear & tear, tires, tow hardware, etc., etc.) was the same, and it’s not, not even close, the other issue for me is that a toad means I have to deal with 40+ hours of extra work driving, dealing with extra hassle of gassing up, etc., etc.
Also, because I normally travel for ‘work’ (the DW calls it play) I fairly regularly have to tow a trailer, if not the entire (one way) distance at least a few hundred miles. That’s impossible with a toad.
I’ve had a toad, and for me, it’s NOT cheaper, or more convenient, or a workable solution.
