That is learned by owning and using one or two (actually 3)..... I should be studying the Tow Dolly Forum (if there is one) as we had some interesting and rather comical events the past 3 days with our new dolly.... Nothing hurt but embarrassing!!!
Hey, you should stay on the HiLo Forum with your insight and experience. I always enjoy your posts! Bob
Past RVs: '69 Eldorado Slide-In, '78 Cruisemaster Class-C, '83 Prowler TT, '89 StarCraft P-up, '01Coleman P-up, '04 Campmaster Toy Hauler, '07 Raptor Toy Hauler, '07 HiLo 2807C, Featherlite SURV Toy Hauler. Currently celebrating 40 years of RV'ing in a 2014 Minnie Winnie.
Bob,
I hope you can give me a little insight; tow dolly or tow-bar? Since we will be going to a Coachmen Freedom 27' MH with a possible gas guzzling chevy 6.0L engine, we are thinking we might as well look for a small 'Toad', [I think that is what they call a towed vehicle]. I know the tow dolly is more expensive but would it help with the mpg versus a tow bar? What do you use for a towed vehicle? I would want something used, light, economical, seats [4] and has AC.
Is there an advantage over using a dolly versus a bar insofar as the mpg?
I see from your previous and present RV list above you have been through the whole spectrum of Rv'ing. We started out tenting and bought our first RV in 1982, an early 70's Hi Lo. We then went to a new 40' Champagne edition Nu-Wa Hitchhiker and quickly changed to a new Carri-lite when I retired and we headed to the foreboding mountains of Colorado. From there we went to a 31' Hi-Lo, then a 40' Toy Hauler just before moving to Texas. It would not fit in our RV garage so we bought a new 32' Homeland Sundance 5th wheel. When my wife underwent surgery and the 5th wheel sat in the garage for two years, we sold it. Then she improved and we decided to buy a 2406 Tow lite; and now the Coachmen Motorhome.
Our most memorable experience was when we tented in campgrounds and RV parks from Colorado to Oregon. That was the least expensive, yet most enjoyable trip we have ever taken and we met so many nice people wherever we stayed.
In the new irv2 forum I just joined last week, a subject was brought up by a Class 3 RV'er who felt somewhat uncomfortable joining the forum because of the very expensive 500K to million-dollar motorhomes that are so prevalent among the members, and here he is with an older Class C and obviously felt out of place. There were several responses to the owner that assured him that he was most welcome and we each must live and do with what we can afford, after all, we cannot all be millionaires.
The Rv'ing and camping forums are to help and assist folks who have questions and problems that many of the members have experienced previously and can readily provide some advice or answers to the new or inexperienced members.
As you have so kindly remarked, I do have some experiences and being a hands-on DIYS kind of guy, I am always glad to help a fellow RV'er with what knowledge I have learned through trial and error or through past experiences. I do plan on remaining a 'happy camper' with the Hi Lo forum and will check in often to see what is going on and when needed, put in my two cents worth.
I would appreciate your responses about the 'Toad', and a tow-dolly versus a tow-bar.
Thanks,
Jerry Curtis 2406 T
Fredericksburg, TX
