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[Joe-FL]

I am still in the "deciding" phase so it is hard for me to tell someone which way to tow is better. Since I have a Challenger with a V10 gasser my #1 priority is to go with a toad that is light weight no matter how I drag it behind me.

We are in the middle of several months traveling. Pulling a 12' aluminum single axle trailer with my Harley Trike on it is very simple for me. My total toad weight is just over 1,600 pounds with a tongue weight between 100 and 150 pounds.

We have seen a few vehicles on 2 axle open trailers being towed behind MH's as we travel this summer. Two different times they were Wranglers, which in 90% of the cases can be towed 4 down.

I have read all the advantages of towing 4 down. I just can not convince myself I want to tow that way. Hooking up and unhooking a fiver never bothered me. Dealing with loading and unloading a motorcycle on a trailer never bothered me. Certainly putting a small car onto a tow dolly will not be an issue. I'm not really letting the money part influence my decision because if I was worried that much about a few hundred dollars then I would be traveling the U.S. in a VW bus and sleeping in a tent.

For us on our next trip out we will probably either be towing a Mini on an aluminum flat trailer or a tow dolly. If we are 4,000 miles from home and the Mini gets wrecked or something else goes wrong and I don't want to sit somewhere and let someone rip me off for repairs at least I can just load it up and continue.

These are just my thoughts after only traveling in a MH for a few months. Everyone has to look at what is available and decide how they want to do it.