wenglish
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I had no idea U-Haul tow dollies don't have brakes. I always assumed they had surge brakes.
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wenglish wrote:I had no idea U-Haul tow dollies don't have brakes. I always assumed they had surge brakes.
That’s what I thought, too, but apparently not. It seems, they used to, but a few years back they took the surge brakes off of them, for whatever reason.
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way2roll
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I think you'll be fine with the dolly, just take it easy. How many RVer's towing a car with no supplemental brakes, and we just learned that apparently everyone using a Uhaul tow dolly doesn't have them. My guess that stopping distance isn't that much longer. Looks like you have a shorter, light coach with some pretty heavy brakes. Even with the CRV you probably aren't near your GCWR.
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Tom/Barb
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Put it on a trailer,, its cheaper than fixing the CRV.
The Baystar will do the job easy..
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2018 CRV is not listed as towable including dolly. Have you considered liability if you were involved in a serious accident and in voilation of accepted towing practices? And that can include "not your fault". Don't think for a second that any towing violation won't be determined with a serious accident and claims can exceed insurance coverage.
Drive it up, fly/train back and take the family up seems best from your post. Or shipping costs which would be offset by gas, food, motel etc.
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Tom/Barb wrote:Put it on a trailer,, its cheaper than fixing the CRV.
The Baystar will do the job easy..
Agreed, the Baystar drivetrain, brakes, chassis, etc. will probably handle this just fine. Not worried about that at all.
However, I'm not convinced the hitch receiver and attachment points that have a 5k/500 lb limit will handle nearly 6,000 lbs of total weight, and probably close to 600 lbs of tongue weight quite so easily.
Thats why I'm leaning more toward the dolly, if we do tow it. I just would prefer the dolly has some kind of braking, if possible.
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way2roll
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CA Traveler wrote:2018 CRV is not listed as towable including dolly. Have you considered liability if you were involved in a serious accident and in voilation of accepted towing practices? And that can include "not your fault". Don't think for a second that any towing violation won't be determined with a serious accident and claims can exceed insurance coverage.
There is no such thing as being cited for "violation of accepted towing practices". You can be cited for a legal infraction. However, being under GCWR accompanied with the fact there is no law in NC that requires a car being towed to have supplemental brakes means there is no legal issue here and thus no violation.
On edit - this from Etrailer:
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The only way to tow a 2018 Honda CR-V FWD behind a motorhome is on a tow dolly
I would add trailer to that.
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willald
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CA Traveler wrote:2018 CRV is not listed as towable including dolly. Have you considered liability if you were involved in a serious accident and in voilation of accepted towing practices? And that can include "not your fault". Don't think for a second that any towing violation won't be determined with a serious accident and claims can exceed insurance coverage....
According to Honda, yes, this CRV most certainly *IS* towable with a dolly. It can't be flat towed, but it can be towed on a dolly so long as it isn't AWD (and this one is not).
Yes, I most definitely am aware of how insurance and liability works. I'm also aware of all the myths around such that have been thrown up and refuted a zillion times, also (which way2roll did a very nice job of refuting this one in the previous post. Thank you, way2roll).
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rjstractor wrote:...Or, you could consider having the car shipped, although that would certainly cost more than either a trailer or dolly rental.
Already looked into that, and its obscenely expensive - around $1000.
I'd buy a new dolly that has brakes before I'd do that.
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way2roll wrote:There is no such thing as being cited for "violation of accepted towing practices". You can be cited for a legal infraction. However, being under GCWR accompanied with the fact there is no law in NC that requires a car being towed to have supplemental brakes means there is no legal issue here and thus no violation. You have to meet the rules of each state as there is no reprocrity other than a drivers license. If any state requires brakes and you don't - well I wouldn't want to be in that situation.
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