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Towing or carrying the Rig

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Towing or carrying the Rig

Post by 4sum4 »

Looking at Ideas for towing or carrying a Rig to comps ect,
and wondering what people would rather do either tow a rig and carry the spares camp gear or carry the rig and tow a trailer for the spares and camp gear
I no it would come down to whats legal and what not ,just after some thoughts
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Post by superzuki »

if you coud afford a truck to carry the rig and the tools id do that. or carry tools in the 4wd and just tow the comp truck. seems pointless to me having a truck which can caeey the vehicle but still needs a trailer.
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Post by MissDrew »

A truck big enough to carry a 4x4 is to big to use as a daily driver. There for a truck becomes a deadicated tow rig. Can also be difficult to store when not being used, the list of againsts just goes on and on.

Using a Cruiser or patrol to tow with means the daily driver is also the tow rig, means its a dual purpose rig. So there for becomes ALOT more cost effective.


Look at my 80 series for eg.
it towes my hilux when needed
it takes my family away for family 4x4ing weekends away
it gets me to work and back and takes the wife shopping.

If I had a truck it would just sit in the shed between comps and add to the overall DIRECT cost of comping which is high enough as it is.
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