Farm Camp wrote:
I know you didn't ask this but when I was researching my options somebody mentioned that I might consider buying a used truck or full size van and dedicate it to the job of towing. Then keep your gas sipper as a daily driver.
That might not work for your situation but I thought I'd mention it.
In my case we just decided to bite the bullet get the camper we wanted and then went out and found a truck that could haul it.
We did not want to get into a situation where we got a camper that "fit" our TV, end up unhappy with it, have to trade up to a larger camper *and* a new TV... And also take the associated hit on depreciation - since we were only looking at new campers.
Best of luck.
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This is an excellent suggestion.
An older used vehicle purchased for the purpose of towing in many cases will be much better than adapting a economy vehicle to towing.
You should be able to find a ten yr old vehicle for a reasonable price and still have some life left in it.
Insurance will be lower and often you will qualify for multi vehicle discounts. Often most insurance companies will give very nice discounts if you tell them the tow vehicle is for "recreational" usage and not a daily driver.
Basically you would just have the tags and insurance per year to pay for so costs should not be all that bad.
Heck, I have not one but three pickup trucks, two antique cars. The trucks are are daily drivers. We dumped the last daily driver car years ago in favor of the trucks. The trucks are more roomy and comfortable to drive than the smaller economy car we had.
Alternately instead of towing why not consider a "conversion" van? It would also qualify for recreational insurance...
