Towing a car behind your camper

Truck and camper fits in a parking space, we don't unload it and we don't tow a car .
The few times that we really needed a car to do whatever....we rented one.

On short trips for a few days bringing a car for us is pointless. When we go for a longer stay, we tow a utility trailer outfitted with all our toys.
It can haul a motorcycle or a pair of scooters as well.

We do own a 2013 Chevy Sonic (2700#) that we bought to flat tow, but after researching that option, we decided against it.
Buying all the needed gadgets to flat tow can be expensive ($3500) and not worth it for the few times we really needed to have something smaller than a 20 ft camper.
For flat towing you might need a better ($$) tow bar that can be removed from any angle on uneven terrain. The cheaper ones don't do that .
To tow on a dolly is...not worth the bother for us and the people that do agree, it gets old fast.

We sometimes tow our Jeep behind our 920 Lance. It's much easier driving than a CC dually. I bought new brackets and moved the step just enough to clear the hookup. Still easy to get in and out of the camper.

Mark

joe b. wrote:

It really just depends on where we are going as to towing a toad or not.

THIS!
I also have no issues and don't think twice about unloading the TC at my destination either. I like having both options depending on location.

I used to flat-tow my Jeep similar to joe b.'s. It worked great and only cost me .5mpg.

I tow a Jeep Wrangler behind our Chevy/Lance. At times I will off load the TC and use the Chevy but many of the back roads in Colorado we enjoy, the truck is just too large. I haul a Lance 845, use a Ready Brake Aux system with a Towmaster Falcon II tow bar. The combination of the tow bar and the Ready Brake length, works just fine for me. I have a 18 and a 36 (I think) inch extensions but don't use them.
It really just depends on where we are going as to towing a toad or not. We just got back from a two week trip, leaf peeping into northern Virginia, West Virginia, southern Ohio, down through Kentucky, Tennessee, both Carolinas and home without the Jeep. We kept the TC on the truck the entire trip and didn't have any problems going where ever we wanted to go.

The previous summer we towed the Jeep from Florida to Mt. Rushmore, Devils Tower, Montana to Yellowstone MP, then south to Colorado for most of the summer, then to Utah, Arizona and New Mexico before heading back to Florida. Here is the TC and tow stopped by Yellowstone Lake. Without an extension, I have plenty of room between the two vehicles.

We tow a 74 Ford Bronco when using our TC. I built a bifold rear deck for the back of the TC and with a 18" extension on the hitch and the tow bar it works for us. Have towed it several thousand miles and like the ability to unhook and drive around and not use the truck and camper to see things we want to. Glad that it is set up for us and would recommend a simple tow and drive set up for longer trips. JMHO

Check with Superhitch as to specifics. There is a lot less load, both tongue load and stress on the hitch when towing a vehicle with 4 wheels on the ground.

Most campers have a rear entry which will interfere with the hitch extension and vice versa. The very large campers with the dry bath and a few smaller ones like the Lance 830, will have a side entrance.

As for removing the camper at a campsite it is not simple with a less than flat surface and most private RV campgrounds will not even allow the removal. An advantage of a truck and camper is having a much shorter rig so it is easier to use to explore an area and no worries about stopping at a spot to go hiking or fishing or whatever. With a Class A motorhome or any trailer your ability to pull into many areas is very limited or impossible to do.