Travel Trailer Towing Recommendations
We just purchased our first travel trailer. We are looking at purchasing a new tow vehicle. Would like recommendations on what tow vehicle is best what to avoid. We will be towing a bunkhouse GVWR is ...
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valhalla360 wrote:BCSnob wrote:
Vans are also for people who require interior cargo space PUs and SUVs cannot offer. A van with locking rear and the right tires offers adequate traction for summer on road towing; 4x4 towing is really only needed for off road towing and towing in the snow (which most don’t do). This comes from 20 years experience boondocking on dry and wet pastures.
Grew up with my Dad using vans for decades. This included winter trips Up North in Michigan for snowmobiling. Once you load up a van with 1500lb of people and gear and then put a trailer on the back, there is plenty of traction.
No it's not an off roading machine but neither is an F350 dually 4x4 diesel.
It's more than suitable for what the OP described.
Lol, comparing what people drive 50 years ago is hardly applicable.
And I've driven in enough snow with enough different vehicles, in enough different conditions to know that one can "get around" just fine in a 2wd vehicle properly equipped. From ice roads to the snottiest, heaviest snow possible, solo, towing, plowing snow, etc.
Heck, I ended up driving 650 miles during the Texas snowmageddon from Dallas to Albq in a blizzard most of the way in a rwd BMW rental car with a defective abs system that would randomly lock a front wheel and turn it into a ski, passing everyone on the road. Didn't bother me.
Doesn't mean it was ideal...and if I recall the OP is considering new luxury SUVs. If anyone thinks they are comparable to a cargo van with seats, you are easily fooled.
But you doo you...
