Travel wiyhout toad

[chuckelsesser]

Has anyone traveled without a toad. Thinking of buying 27 - 30ft B+
Wonder if I should even think of not towing. We are not people that are out exploring every day. Live in FL will go north in summer to get away from heat mostly. Sold our 43ft downsizing.

[SRockwood]

If you're mechanically inclined, you could always get a cheap Jeep to tow. I paid $600 for a 97 Cherokee with a dead water pump, new water pump, lift, tires, odds and ends and a lunchbox locker, and I'm just over $2k into it and I can take it just about anywhere.

[chuckelsesser]

Bumpyroad wrote:
what the heck is a 30 ft. B+?
bumpy

It's like a class C without a Bunk above cab. Usually the entertainment center is there.

[wbwood]

badbob1 wrote:
We do both, just depends on what our plans are. Love the freedom our 24' Solera gives us but also enjoy having a toad along. Did find our Equinox was a bit heavier then what Wanted to drag behind the Sprinter. Just purchase a Smart Car and find it is easy to drag along. Hardly notice it is behind us and is nice to go explore he area we are staying. We will still make many trips with no toad behind us.
BadBob

If it were just the two of us, we would do the smart car thing also. They are a great price and great toad.

[badbob1]

We do both, just depends on what our plans are. Love the freedom our 24' Solera gives us but also enjoy having a toad along. Did find our Equinox was a bit heavier then what Wanted to drag behind the Sprinter. Just purchase a Smart Car and find it is easy to drag along. Hardly notice it is behind us and is nice to go explore he area we are staying. We will still make many trips with no toad behind us.
BadBob

[Snowman9000]

We have been toadless so far. It does cause you to think twice or three times about little trips to town and such. We try to not let it do that, but it just does. You sort of weigh whether it's worth putting stuff away and all that.

Then again, towing a toad is a pain too! Plus the time spent hooking up, unhooking, etc. Time wise toad versus no toad is sort of you can pay me now or pay me later, if you get my drift. Same for convenience too, I guess. It's inconvenient to haul the thing around, but darn convenient to have once you're set up somewhere.

Really, whatever works for you. If you want to go toadless, it certainly is do-able.

[DrewE]

I don't bring a toad with my 32' class C. Thus far, I've felt no great need to do so—though I also don't tend to stay set up at a single campground for more than a couple or a few nights, so there's plenty of opportunity to travel without needing to make special trips.

One might have been kind of handy visiting Letchworth State Park. Touring around it in the motorhome was not a big difficulty, though; just slightly cumbersome.

I'm also not inclined to do more than the essentials to set up camp. It's a lot easier to go toadless if you don't have to spend an hour dismantling the campsite (moving chairs, packing or relocating the pink flamingos, stowing the awning, etc.) to be able to move out when needed or wanted.

[wbwood]

The Logans wrote:
We don't tow anymore, when we considered the cost of the toad (about 24,000.00) and the yearly expenses (Insurance, towing gear, gas, oil, maintenance), it's much more cost effective to just rent when we get to our destination. It's about 70.00 a week to rent, and they come and pick us up. Inexpensive, and hassle free.

Where and with who can you rent for $70/week?

And you can buy towable cars for about half the price you mentioned.

[ol__yeller]

We have had our 27' for a year now with no toad. Prior to this one we had a truck and TT. We find that when we are staying in one location for a week or longer a toad would be nice to run to the store or go sightseeing. At a week however, it is time to dump the tanks so we generally are unhooked to go to the store. If we were travelling every day or every few days we probably would never need a toad. So far, we are fine without one. We just find now we need to plan a little more.

[The_Logans]

We don't tow anymore, when we considered the cost of the toad (about 24,000.00) and the yearly expenses (Insurance, towing gear, gas, oil, maintenance), it's much more cost effective to just rent when we get to our destination. It's about 70.00 a week to rent, and they come and pick us up. Inexpensive, and hassle free.

[wbwood]

We have a 32' Class C. we have done it both ways. We had a tow dolly for about a year. We used it twice. Not because it was a dolly, just because that's all we really needed as far as towing a car. My car got totaled in May. I opted to replace the car that can't be towed on a dolly or flat on the ground. Didn't see a reason to make a car choice based on a couple trips a year. We decided that if we needed to have a car, that my wife would either follow me (short trips) or we would rent once we got to the destination. So far, we haven't rented yet. It all depends on your trip and what you want to do. However, we are thinking of replacing her SUV with something smaller and flat towable. We got rid of the dolly. Sold it for what I paid for it minus $100. Not a problem as I put about 2000 miles on it...lol

[midnightsadie]

25ft and no toad ,its not needed.

[Bumpyroad]

what the heck is a 30 ft. B+?
bumpy

[chuckelsesser]

I went on Enterprises sight and found wk end rentals very reasonable. Figured what towing equipment would cost and can rent 70 days. Then add fuel savings.
Thank all for your responses.
Chuck

[JC435]

We're on our second Class C and have never towed. There have been very few instances when we felt that we missed having one. Most of the places that we go to (Walmart, movie theaters, restaurants, state and national parks, etc.) have ample parking.

[Golden_HVAC]

I think that you will find that in a class B motorhome, a toad will not be a requirement. You will probably enjoy the freedom of needing to hitch up before leaving camp too!

I have gotten my 27' class C into many small parking lots, and parking at a grocery store is only a matter of parking further from the crowded area next to the entrance. I would park over one of the lines, taking up about 4 spaces, so that it is easy to get out of the space. Many parking lots are required by the city to have say 200 spaces, but they only have a minimum size of about 7.5' X 16' long, and that is only enough for a small car. They have no incentive to make the spaces larger, and can have more square feet of rentable space for each parking spot they can have on the property, so there is incentive to create more spaces, even if they do not fit modern cars between the lines.

Out sightseeing, there normally are locations for parking motorhomes and tour buses.

Enjoy your travels!

Fred.