what does everyone use for a tow vehicle.

[bobhenry]

SCION XB OR THE SUZUKI ESTEEM



WHEN I START TOWING DOUBLES I BREAK OUT "ANGUS"

[halfdome, Danny]

For the past few years I've been towing our 1420# + gear teardrop with a 2006 Chevy Trailblazer with a straight 6 cylinder engine.
The straight six has more torque than my former Chevy S-10 Blazer with a "V" 6 cylinder.
They are of similar sized engines but I get 15.5 MPG with the straight six, vs 14.5 MPG with the smaller body sized S-10 Blazer.
The "V" 6 use to chug up the Oregon side of the Siskiyou mountain grade but the straight 6 has no problem doing the speed limit, and then some, if nothing gets in my way.
It recovers better if I get slowed down by some slow truck.
It has a better transmission too where I don't have to physically down shift on mountain grades.

I'm done with buying new vehicles since we get taxed with a rapid transit tax, on the value of the vehicle, that I'll never use .
It will never come out our way in my lifetime, if ever.
They even tax our teardrop & our home for the RTA
Danny

[kykate]

Just finishing the renovations and repairs on our TV - a 1997 Mitsubishi Montero. We have removed the middle row of seats and covered the floor with insulation and plywood, to level the surface and so it can double as a sleeping area when we have extra family camping with us. Gasoline V-6 with a townie capacity of 5,000#, with electric trailer brakes. Since our trailer's dry weight is about 1,800#, it should suffice.

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Kate

[Sparksalot]

New TV for me. Retired State Trooper mobile. Complete with gear drawers already installed.

[slowcowboy]

My old ford suv the aka exploder gave up the ghost I can't get China to make me a ford fender mounted selnoid that's worth a dam.they all short out..other folks are having problems to with the bad Chinese made ones.so, I am towing with my 93 dodge cummins,..great power,.. great old classic truck and great 20 or better mileage on desil...problem is when I go camping is I have a flatbed on my dodge so yea, were do you stow your camping gear?..I have a old pick up shell camper top and I want to build a slide in box with lots of huge long drawers to mount the pickup box camper shell on..I can sleep under it,. and have enclosed storage. Then since I have a 4 wide teardrop,.. I can stuff a girlfreind or a guy freind out under the pickup shell on the truck and draw straws for who gets to sleep inside my teardrop..and it's all removable to use my truck flatbed and gooseneck trailer hitch for my bigger farm trailers...or leave it home and take my quad with my tear drop camping..Slow.

[slowcowboy]

Hey.sparks just mount a light bar on top heee! And watch people hit the brakes as you go down the highway to your next camp spot..slow.

[flboy]

My most recent pics of my 2011 F150 4WD with 5.0L V8 pulling my CTC.







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[halfdome, Danny]

There's at least one vintage trailer & teardrop rallie that wants non vintage vehicles to unhook and move away from the trailer.
I'm not too fond of that idea since the tow vehicle can be a support vehicle for some essential gear.
If I don't take my 55 Chevy Belair then I take my 93 Chevy Silverado pick up truck.
I had it totally repainted in the original color, new grill, all new lights, tires and polished up the rims and replaced the chrome caps & lug nuts.
I bought the truck new in 1993 and it only has 126,000 miles on it.
It finally died on me a few months ago and had to have it's first tune up, it's a 350 HP V8.
Seems to have satisfied the host last year. It's 25 years old but the body style is 30 years old.

I still need to hook up the brake controller I bought last year, great hauler and gets about 15+ mpg hauling the teardrop.
Danny

[tony.latham]

The grizzled old bugger flashed his blue eyes and mimicked a deep guttural Samurai growl, "TOYOTA!"







Tony

[Sparksalot]

Hey.sparks just mount a light bar on top heee! And watch people hit the brakes as you go down the highway to your next camp spot..slow.

LOL. They already do that Slow.

I just finished mounting ham radio antennas on it. Now for the subtle UFO hunter stickers.

[low277]

This is mine, Chevy Silverado with my continuing project trailer.

[dancam]

1992 ford festiva. It took the 4 of us and towed this almost 2000 pound trailer from alberta to the west coast (prince rupert), north all through alaska, took the top of the world highway to dawson city, all the way across and down to niagra falls, toured all of nova scotia, most of PEI and made it all the way back home to alberta. Most challenging drive was the cabot trail on cape breton island. The hills were almost too much for my 63hp festiva pulling this trailer. But we made it! I wish i had some photos of the cabot trail on my phone, it was amazing.

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[Mad Cow]

I use a 2015 Chevy 2500 6.0L gasser. Bit of overkill I suppose, but I need a 3/4 ton for other stuff than any towing that might happen. I am not going to buy another vehicle to tow with.

[Gold5one]

My HHR is being sold, because I now have a 2002 Chevy Avalanche. It was an estate sale- owned for 12 years by a retired mechanic who owned a garage in Binghamton NY, before he retired to Florida about 15 years ago. I got real lucky on this - saw the new Craigslist adv yesterday and bought it today. In this case, the pictures really did not do justice.
I only realized this weekend, when I saw a youtube video, that I could use the Avalanche just like a small teardrop camper- fold the back seats down, take out the midgate and I have room for a foam mattress and sleeping bag, cooler, etc, stretching back into the bed area and can still sit up in the cab. Plus, I can reach between the console and hit the ignition and run the heater or A/C- The rear windows are already tinted for privacy, too.
So-oo, I can hit the road this year and not spend any time or money building a new camper! If I should ever buy another RV, I can pretty much tow anything I want- $4800 was a bargain.

[PCO6]

I only own Jeeps … so that's what I tow with. Mostly with my LJ & XJ but I also own a TJ & MJ.