Having a towed vehicle also known as a toad with you means you don t have to pack up all your gear and make sure everything is properly stowed inside the rv every time you want to go somewhere.
Best toad for rv.
Towing a car behind a motorhome with a tow dolly does come with some inconveniences.
Its there so you can set up camp and still have an easy way of traveling around without having to drive your rv everywhere.
Throughout the years car manufacturers have offered this ability on their vehicles.
Attaching a toad a toad is attached to an rv with a specially designed hitch that looks like the capital letter a.
It will have a pivot point at the tail of the rv usually a ball on the hitch point of the rv and be attached to the toad vehicle on the front end of it.
Here are a few.
While you may not find it in the dictionary in the rv world the word toad is slang for towed vehicle typically a car suv or off road vehicle that you tow behind your motorhome to make it easier and less expensive to get around and about explore shop and run errands in the areas you visit with your rv.
A toad is a vehicle you tow behind your motorhome.
A tow dolly adds 500 to 1 500 pounds to the towed weight which will now total 4 000 or 5 000 pounds.
While you can use a wide variety of vehicles for this purpose you generally want to think about something small and easy to tow behind your motorhome.
Brands such as jeep and toyota offer some of the most popular toad vehicles for couples on the market.
For most couples a smaller yet lightweight car is the best for towing on the back of the rv.
In some states like washington tow dollies must have a separate license plate.