Flat towing
Thinking about a new jeep wrangler with automatic tranny can they be flat towed behind the camper and how much to set it up.
Forum Discussion
bighatnohorse wrote:tonymull wrote:
The cost of an open car hauler and a flat tow setup is roughly equal. If you have a little payload to spare, why put whatever wear and tear is involved on your $20000 vehicle rather than a $2500 trailer? And you can use the trailer for other things. You can not back up a flat tow setup.
Good question and there are at least two answers.
One, we can disconnect the toad and follow the truck camper to places that we cannot haul a trailer.
Second is that the car hauler requires licensing, tires, etc.
There are more reasons but the first one is our principle objection.
Good answer. I can see why it would be better for some people/situations. In our case we are traveling with a Prius C and an ATV on the trailer. We mosey up through BC, where the ATV is critical to fish some lakes, then spend 2 months in Alaska, where the DW has lots of family and friends and uses the Prius so we can go our separate ways at times, then we mosey back through BC. Wear and tear flat towing that route, and we do it every year, can be considerable.
