Tow dolly - not that bad after all
I have towed four down with different cars for many years now. I traded the latest toad recently just before a trip and was faced with having to decide what to do. I had never used a tow dolly and ...
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I bought a used Demco dolly so we could take the PT Cruiser to Chattanooga with us. I towed a Jeep four down many miles before that, using a fixed arm inexpensive ($165) towbar.
"THEY" say those bars should never be used, just as "THEY" say a dolly is too much trouble.
IMO, "they" are wrong on both counts.
I now have a Roadmaster towbar on the Dodge pickup. I can't see where it is any better than my old Reese fixed arm unit. I still have to get out and look to see if I am close enough to connect it. Well, OK, the Roadmaster is rated at 6000 lbs. capacity, whereas the Reese was only 5000 lbs, so in that respect it IS better!
Dolly, towbar, or trailer? It is purely personal preference. No more, no less.
"THEY" say those bars should never be used, just as "THEY" say a dolly is too much trouble.
IMO, "they" are wrong on both counts.
I now have a Roadmaster towbar on the Dodge pickup. I can't see where it is any better than my old Reese fixed arm unit. I still have to get out and look to see if I am close enough to connect it. Well, OK, the Roadmaster is rated at 6000 lbs. capacity, whereas the Reese was only 5000 lbs, so in that respect it IS better!
Dolly, towbar, or trailer? It is purely personal preference. No more, no less.
