Trying to figure out my best Toad option

[Gundog]

I want to figure out which vehicle to use for toad. I have a Dodge Ram 3500 4X4 diesel weighs about 6800#. Our car is a 2008 Mazda 6 front wheel drive auto trans weighs about 3300#. MH has a 10000# tow rating and after weighing it I have the capacity.

I have a 16' car trailer but don't really want to always deal with trailer storage. I have a Ready Brute 8000# tow bar I bought from the seller of our MH but it needs the brackets for the Ram PU and a cable for the breaking.

If I pull the car I need a tow dolly as I do not want to always have the car trailer. I would trade off the car but it only has 38,000 miles and is excellent condition blue book is not that high on it. For the money I get for the car the rigs I am looking at for the same money all have 150K miles that to me is a dumb trade.

I am wondering how much fuel economy I will lose hauling the PU over towing something that is lighter? I am just trying to work this out and figure out which direction makes the most sense. Most of our trips are short I own a business and getting away is hard for long duration's.

It seems hauling the truck for now might make the most sense.

[Tom_Barb]

We towed our 2002 D-2500 diesel several years, came in handy a couple times when we were bringing stuff home.didn't tow all that bad either.

[Big_Katuna]

Towing the truck around does not sound like fun.
I would do a tow dolly. You’ll get most of your purchase price back.

[camp-n-family]

Have you had the truck weighed? Seems on the light side. My Ram 2500 diesel 4x4 tips the scales at 8k empty.

[wildtoad]

Sell the car buy something small,used that can be towed 4 down. Not sure why you’d want to haul a 7,000lb truck for running around, sight seeing. Time for a change.

[donn0128]

To me it makes way more sense to A, see if your car can be towed 4 down, or B, buy a tow dolly. Either way your car would be the best choice.
I guess as an option, buy a older CRV or Suzuki Sidekick 4x4 and go have fun off road.