How do you manage without a toad?
Looking to buy a 32' Forester, a little long for a daily driver. ;) My Land Cruiser can't be flat towed, and I hate to think of downgrading to a Jeep. So I'm wondering if I'll feel site-bound if I tra...
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We do not tow another vehicle with our 24 foot Class C when on RV trips. Our style of camping does not require running around a lot away from the places we like to camp.
However, we just got back from six days of drycamping with friends at a lake in a National Forest. My job was to tow from home up to the lake our small aluminum boat behind our Class C so the group had use of it for sightseeing and fishing on the lake.
Boy or boy what hassle that was driving to/from the lake that was over 300 miles from home: Watch every turn to make sure it's wide enough, change lanes on highways very carefully so as to leave plenty of room, make sure the brake and turn signal lights on the towed vehicle are always working after each hookup, good luck just pulling into "any" station to refuel the motorhome, good luck pulling into favorite fast food places' parking lots for quick lunches while inroute, etc..
Having to tow a run-around-vehicle would kindof ruin the joy of travel in between camping destinations.
However, we just got back from six days of drycamping with friends at a lake in a National Forest. My job was to tow from home up to the lake our small aluminum boat behind our Class C so the group had use of it for sightseeing and fishing on the lake.
Boy or boy what hassle that was driving to/from the lake that was over 300 miles from home: Watch every turn to make sure it's wide enough, change lanes on highways very carefully so as to leave plenty of room, make sure the brake and turn signal lights on the towed vehicle are always working after each hookup, good luck just pulling into "any" station to refuel the motorhome, good luck pulling into favorite fast food places' parking lots for quick lunches while inroute, etc..
Having to tow a run-around-vehicle would kindof ruin the joy of travel in between camping destinations.
