Travel wiyhout toad
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...
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KristinU wrote:SRockwood wrote:
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.
What about tow plates and brake controller and all of that stuff? Eventually we'd like to get an older Wrangler that we could tow if we ever wanted to.
I just went with a simple tow bar with attachments welded directly to my recovery bumper, and no brakes for now, but I'm a rebel and this is obviously not recommended. Figure another $4-500 for braking. Either way, about 10% of what many here recommend.
In the end, it's a spare vehicle we use for fun when at home, and it's a spare vehicle we use for convenience/exploration when "camping" with the RV. It's not been without problems, but none left us stranded and are to be expected on a vehicle of this age/mileage. I saved myself a lot of problems by just replacing nearly all of the wear items whenever I worked on a specific system (i.e all new steering links when I lifted it, all new cooling components when I did the water pump).
