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01-29-2005, 05:54 AM
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Seasoned Camper
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Dublin
Posts: 54
M.O.C. #1836
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www.hitch-buddy.com
I saw this hitch buddy in a trader add. I'm looking for a tow solution and saw this possibility using a truck or a SUV as a tow vehicle. The price tag is 6000 but it would adapt to any vehicle. I'm looking for the pros and cons. Thanks
URL Link www.hitch-buddy.com
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01-29-2005, 10:10 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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Daryl & Carol, do you have a link to that or could you describe it? I'm not sure what it is you're talking about. Sorry to be so dense.
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01-29-2005, 05:30 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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Thanks for the link. That's a cool idea. What I don't know is how much hitchweight it would have and how many non-pickups out there could handle that much weight, at least with a Montana. Maybe I didn't read far enough into the website.
Also, I wonder how it handles in the wind.
Interesting idea, though.
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01-30-2005, 03:48 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Conover
Posts: 995
M.O.C. #1832
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Looks cool, I wonder how much she is. Steve according to Web site they offer a 5k and 6K model. 5K has ,3500 pin weight capacity and ^k has 4,500 pin weight capacity. 5k tows up to 18K and 6k model up to 23K. Looks cool, I wonder how it backs and also how wind would effect it, essentially you convert 5th whee towing into conventional tag along towing. Or at least to me that's the way it looks on the video.
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01-30-2005, 04:02 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Carpentersville
Posts: 468
M.O.C. #2785
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My initial impression is "No way in H*** am I going to risk my carcass with that thing!"
Have fun backing it into a campsite
Eric
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01-30-2005, 07:41 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Forestville
Posts: 6,025
M.O.C. #496
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I saw a large 5th wheel being towed using one of these last summer, the tow vehicle was a Chevy Suburban. It was going the opposite way than I was, but it sure turned my head.
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01-30-2005, 08:25 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Fallon
Posts: 6,064
M.O.C. #1989
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Can a SUV tow a Montana? I can see some smaller units but is there one that could tow big 5ers.
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01-30-2005, 01:06 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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I think you can get the Suburbans (or whatever they're called nowadays) and the Excursions with enough tow rating. Maybe.
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