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01-17-2023, 04:10 PM
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Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Ingleside TX
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What truck as a toad?
Wife and I are looking for a toad for our class C. I want a jeep because I have towed them before with no problem for years but she wants a small truck. I am ok with that buy needs to be a 4X4. Any suggestions and or advice would like to hear.
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01-17-2023, 07:06 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2021
Location: DFW
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Kill 2 birds with one stone and go for the Gladiator.
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2020 Chevy Silverado 1500
Forest River Wildwood XLite 263BHXL
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01-18-2023, 12:45 PM
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Fleetwood Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: San Jose, Ca, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by carybosse
Kill 2 birds with one stone and go for the Gladiator.
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That was my response - and we ended up with both a Gladiator AND a Wrangler! Now we can tow whichever one we want!
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Alan Hepburn - San Jose, Ca
2007 Bounder 35E being pushed by a 2020 Jeep Gladiator Sport S or a 2022 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited (JLU) Sport S
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01-18-2023, 07:32 PM
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Tiffin Owners Club Texas Boomers Club
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: North Texas
Posts: 1,532
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Both Ford & GM have mid-size pickups that easily tow.
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01-18-2023, 08:44 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 783
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We tow a 2019 Ford Ranger. It’s 4 wheel drive and has quite a bit of zip as it’s a turbo charged 4 cylinder. It’s a Lariat, so it’s got quite a few nice features such as collision avoidance, lane keeping assist, leather seats and a nice but not over the top entertainment system. It also gets decent gas mileage and is under our 5K tow limit.
The GMC Canyon and Chevy Colorado are both 4 down towable, but I found the towing procedure on the Ford to be just a bit easier and at the time, it was considerably cheaper than the other trucks.
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John, Laurie & the 3 Schnauzers
2019 Newmar Bay Star 3609
Ford V10 - 24K Chassis
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01-18-2023, 10:01 PM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Aug 2021
Posts: 382
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x2 on the ranger. We’ve got a 2020 lariat. Very easy tow procedure and lots of creature comforts.
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01-18-2023, 11:34 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2022
Posts: 386
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Gladiator, Ranger or Colorado. Maybe a Tacoma?
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01-19-2023, 01:32 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2022
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we love our 2017 ford f150 4x4 eco boost. plenty of power and gets 25 mpg.
someone said the Tacoma, that does not flat tow fyi.
trucks you can flat tow are the Jeep gladiator, Dodge 1500, ford F150 and ford Ranger. there maybe a few more.
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2020 Jayco Jay flight 224 travel Trailer
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01-19-2023, 06:41 PM
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"Formerly Diplomat Don"
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Moorpark, Ca.
Posts: 21,954
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We towed a 2016 4 door Canyon 4x4. It weighs in at about 4400 pounds. It requires that the battery be disconnected before towing.
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2019 Newmar Dutch Star 4018 (Freightliner)
2019 Ford Raptor
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01-19-2023, 09:03 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
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Don, I recently started towing a 2022 Colorado and it does great. My next trip will have overnight stops. Can I leave truck connected to my Dutch Star and be ready to go next day.? My question is, my RVI brake will remain on and gets its power from motor home or do I reconnect battery and put transmission back to 2nd and disconnect power to truck and start over the set up the next day?
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01-19-2023, 09:31 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2020
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I tow a 22 Colorado 4x4. It pulls nice with a pretty easy transition to toad. I put a high current switch on the battery lead and then ran the umbilical to the battery side on it for my Brake Buddy.
Jlinnx01, when I overnight, I unplug my Brake Buddy, then pull one side of my 6 (or7) pin plug from the RV. The next morning you just plug back in and reset the toad brake system. No need to put the truck into gear unless you are taking it off the towbar.
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Spartan K2 Chassis
22 Chev Colorado toad
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01-20-2023, 05:06 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Fulltime/ SE Minnesota
Posts: 3,083
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We towed Ranger in the past and were very happy
with it.
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08 Foretravel Nimbus 40 ft tag axle / 1000 watts of solar
2019 Ram 1500 Big Horn Hemi 4x4
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01-21-2023, 08:28 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2022
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We tow a 2022 Colorado 4x4, 4d. drove to Mt Whitney from Oklahoma no issues follows nice.
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01-22-2023, 06:44 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: North Tx
Posts: 674
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Feddy
we love our 2017 ford f150 4x4 eco boost. plenty of power and gets 25 mpg.
someone said the Tacoma, that does not flat tow fyi.
trucks you can flat tow are the Jeep gladiator, Dodge 1500, ford F150 and ford Ranger. there maybe a few more.
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I've owned two eco boosts and never got close to 25mpg. You must drive real slow or have a different way of calculating mileage.
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