willald wrote:

..Don't own the MH yet, but will soon. And we ARE planning to use a dolly, and probably will for at least several years.

I've researched this very thoroughly. The vehicle we need to bring with us, a Kia Sedona minivan, would cost something north of $3000 to set up for 4 down towing. A nice (new) Dolly can be had for less than HALF that much. And, we'd get to spend some of that $3k all over again, every time we trade vehicles. No thanks.

Really like the idea of being able to tow almost ANY FWD vehicle made. Also like that I can do so without having to alter or do ANYTHING to the towed vehicle at all.

I've watched several videos, researched tons, etc. on the differences in hookup procedures for dolly vs 4 down towing. No doubt 4 down towing is easier, and would be the way to go if you were full time and on the road all the time, or had health issues and bending down a lot was an issue. Still, I'm just not seeing where hitching up with a dolly can possibly be as bad as some make it out to be. Looks pretty simple and easy to me, no worse than what I'm used to with our current setup.

For a working stiff like me in their 40s and still plenty healthy enough to work a dolly (AAMOF my fat a** could use the exercise!), and still feeding several mouths and don't have an extract $3k to throw at a 4 down setup (or another $1k to throw at it every time towed vehicle is traded)......The dolly just makes a LOT more sense.

Now, when the van wears out and we have to replace it, THEN I may replace it with a vehicle that can be towed 4 down wihout so much expense/modification, and we may go to 4 down towing then. Until then, though, it just is not worth the expense for us.

This is another of those choices like a zillion other RV related things (DP vs gasser, MH vs towable RV, etc) - There is no one size fits all, everyone's situation is different, and the right choice is the one that fits YOUR budget, needs, and wants. Thats 'bout all there is to it.