Will Any Manual Tranny Work?
Now that we've moved from a trailer to our Class A, we're thinking about what kind of Toad we'd like to get. It seems like more and more new automatic tranny cars can't be towed flat, so we're thinki...
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Our first "toad" was a 1996 Ford Contour, 5 spd stick. The next was a 2007 Chevy HHR with automatic. Our current "toad" is a 2011 Ford Ranger, auto/4WD.
It's my understanding that most manual tranny cars can be towed 4 down with little to no modification. However, NOT the "all wheel drive" versions.
What you really need to do is RESEARCH thoroughly what vehicles can and cannot. Start with your owners manual. Then...what do you really want? Some cars can be towed 4-down...but you have to pull over every couple hundred miles to start the motor (get oil pumping in the tranny). Would you mind that inconvenience?
Others, like my Contour, HHR and Ranger require nothing like that at all.
Automatic tranny, is of course, more convenient....to say nothing of easier to sell when you're finished with it. However, these cars (automatics) seem to be harder to find. GM most likely has the most.
G'luck!
It's my understanding that most manual tranny cars can be towed 4 down with little to no modification. However, NOT the "all wheel drive" versions.
What you really need to do is RESEARCH thoroughly what vehicles can and cannot. Start with your owners manual. Then...what do you really want? Some cars can be towed 4-down...but you have to pull over every couple hundred miles to start the motor (get oil pumping in the tranny). Would you mind that inconvenience?
Others, like my Contour, HHR and Ranger require nothing like that at all.
Automatic tranny, is of course, more convenient....to say nothing of easier to sell when you're finished with it. However, these cars (automatics) seem to be harder to find. GM most likely has the most.
G'luck!
