what does everyone use for a tow vehicle.

[Trevor57]

My 1986 Volvo 240, and my old converted trailer. It towed that trailer very well, and the camper I am building right now should be lighter. Volvo rated these cars to tow 3,300 lbs at 50 mph per the owners manual!

This car is not going to be towing anywhere near that amount, but I can assure you that merging onto a highway is not an issue. With a trailer, or without.

[Sheddie]

I still love my first car, it was 15 years old and rusty when i bought it, i never expected it to last since the guy i bought it from figured it was miled out. I did more stupid and crazy things in it than i can even remember. It finally finished rusting out after i drove it 9 1/2 years and 245,000km. I really wish i had taken care for the body rust, not driven it in lakes... and so on.
Its sitting in the back of my yard now. I really had wanted to make it to 500k and i have to decide if i will make it my winter beater and still try and do that or not.

So Dan, what was your first car

[dancam]

But anyway, love your car! Can you still get parts for it? What kind of fuel milage do you get towing?

Hi Dan, thank you. Yes it is a lovely old car and apart from the paint getting a bit shabby is all original and in near new condition.
Parts; Fortunatly we have never needed many parts for it and the service parts like brakes and bearings etc are common enough. A few years ago I had to get a new power shaft made for the power steering, but that was a simple enough one to make. Most of the components like brakes, electrical, fuel, transmission etc are shared by a lot of the other manufacturers so if you know what you are looking for you can find it on a Jaguar, Rover, Austin or the like. Body parts would be the issue, the only way there is second hand or make something.
Fuel milage; With a Supersnipe you don't think much about that, you just fill it up and enjoy the drive. As the old saying went, "they could pass anything except a petrol station". They got that reputation mainly from the the big old monsters of the 1940s and '50s. The one I have, just touring on the highway will get 22 - 24 mpg, and puting the teardrop on the back won't effect that a lot. Towing our previous caravan around the South Island was a bit different, although it wasn't a lot bigger than the teardrop, it was 8ft wide and with the big flat front on it, we may as well have had a parachute out the back. But we were still getting about 16-18mpg. The old 1954 Supersnipe dad had was probably about that on its own.

Nice. I enjoy seeing cars like this on the road still. Not many in this area because of the rust.

I still love my first car, it was 15 years old and rusty when i bought it, i never expected it to last since the guy i bought it from figured it was miled out. I did more stupid and crazy things in it than i can even remember. It finally finished rusting out after i drove it 9 1/2 years and 245,000km. I really wish i had taken care for the body rust, not driven it in lakes... and so on.
Its sitting in the back of my yard now. I really had wanted to make it to 500k and i have to decide if i will make it my winter beater and still try and do that or not.

So Dan, what was your first car

Im sure i had posted it in here but cannot for the life of me find it back and im not gonna read the whole thread to find it. It was a 1993 ford festiva. Bought it with 219k in 2007.
Looked like this when i bought it (fresh coat of paint and bondo over the rust)


This is now



It was my tow car for everything, it could handle way more than the 02 civic and would go through anything. I used chains while pulling a trailer more than once





But i really abused it. All the time...

Spent half an hour stuck on this boat launch before someone found us. No handbrake and the water was making our feet wet. No cell reception and i couldnt take my foot off the brake..








Was our wedding car and we did a road trip honeymoon in it...


But i could talk for hours about it, so i digress. 30mpg is the lowest ive gotten while towing though.



Building the trailer above for a cross canada trip but had to replace the car. Spend 6 months building its replacement:




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[Sheddie]

Hi Dan, I love it. It is probably more of a parts car now, but they sure do take a bit of killing.

[Dan242]

https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/JB7HaCzgseXdQmtr62kLpwQsld04oUdC9O00ewssgdunew TV! Well at least for moving it around the yard. I think once the trailer is bigger than your TV, you may have problems

[robuilt]

2011 Jeep Wrangler

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[AZKayaker]

1999 Dodge Dakota 5.2 V8.

[KCStudly]

Nice location, AZK. Where is that?

[Camp4Life]

Looks like Northern California. But I could be completely wrong considering I'm Canadian and have never been there lol
I'm just going by the scenery and the trees. My second guess would be AZ, hence the username.

[KCStudly]

Both likely guesses, but I was hoping for something a little more specific.

[Sheddie]

Nice location, AZK. Where is that?

Looks like Northern California. But I could be completely wrong considering I'm Canadian and have never been there lol
I'm just going by the scenery and the trees. My second guess would be AZ, hence the username.

Both likely guesses, but I was hoping for something a little more specific.

Hi Camp4life. What about this location. Can you guess where this one is. It was where the Yogi Bear Movie was shot.

Just north of Taupo on the Waikato River
"Filming took place on the Lake Whakamaru Reserve, Waikato, New Zealand, as it was winter in the northern hemisphere and to wait for summer would put the production end time to be six months longer than if in southern hemisphere". (Quote; thanks to Wikipedia).

[Gold5one]

I'm partial to those Dakota trucks. The size can't be beat for boon docking.
Back when they made small 5th wheels for mini trucks , they could used for some serious RV camping.

[Camp4Life]

Nice location, AZK. Where is that?

Looks like Northern California. But I could be completely wrong considering I'm Canadian and have never been there lol
I'm just going by the scenery and the trees. My second guess would be AZ, hence the username.

Both likely guesses, but I was hoping for something a little more specific.

Hi Camp4life. What about this location. Can you guess where this one is. It was where the Yogi Bear Movie was shot.

Just north of Taupo on the Waikato River
"Filming took place on the Lake Whakamaru Reserve, Waikato, New Zealand, as it was winter in the northern hemisphere and to wait for summer would put the production end time to be six months longer than if in southern hemisphere". (Quote; thanks to Wikipedia).

That looks like an awesome place to spend a couple weeks and do some hiking and canoeing!

[Akuma129]

I use My 2007 Honda Pilot, yes I say Honda Pilot lol, please don't give me hell. I pull a home made enclosed I built in April this year and is awesome lol. /Users/JJ/Desktop/Travel Trailer Project/IMG_2350.JPG/Users/JJ/Desktop/Travel Trailer Project/IMG_2013.JPG

[catinmoon]

I use My 2007 Honda Pilot, yes I say Honda Pilot lol, please don't give me hell. I pull a home made enclosed I built in April this year and is awesome lol. /Users/JJ/Desktop/Travel Trailer Project/IMG_2350.JPG/Users/JJ/Desktop/Travel Trailer Project/IMG_2013.JPG

As with so many vehicles, I love the square style of the older versions of the SUVs. The new blob shaped vehicles are so hard for me to see out of. The Pilot has a classic look. Great tow vehicle I would think. does the back door swing out or up?