Hi Cassie, and a belated welcome to the playground. I tow my Daihatsu Terios (see my avatar) with a Hitch n' Go A-frame. Works fine but it's a bit unwieldly if you want to store the A-frame separately from the motorhome and car, at a guess it weighs about 25-30 kgs. Mine came with a sort of tray which is bolted to the bus's towbar and, with the arms folded together, supports the A-frame when detached from the car but still hitched to the towball.

The reason I went with Hitch n' Go was that there was an agent located in Yeppoon, Queensland, close to where I was living a few months ago. I was initially looking at a system from Saftowing that a former Forum member (Shekon) fitted to her motorhome (see http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t58873392/flat-tow-recommendations/?page=1). Unfortunately they are no longer located on the Gold Coast, which would have been handy for me at the time, and they failed to reply to two email enquiries I sent them. The link also includes advice from another much-missed Forum member Billeeeeeee who went for a Gypsy dolly (I'm sure jules47, who graces the dolly in the pics, will help out if you want more info on this solution), and wendyv who went with Ready Brute to tow their Terios.

You need to carefully choose the car you want to tow if you haven't already got one. I went with the Terios mainly for its weight (around 1,100 kgs) but the Suzuki Vitara or Grand Vitara are also popular (a bit larger and weigh around the 1,500 kgs mark). So it will depend on the towing capacity of your motorhome and A-frame (my Hitch n' Go is rated at 1,900 kgs). Another thing to look at is the transmission of the car you want to tow - they generally need to be manuals but some of the Suzukis can be either manual or auto depending on their configuration - any reputable installer of the A-frame should be able to advise which models are suitable.

As Aus-Kiwi said, the towed vehicle needs to have a mounting plate fitted to the front subframe which has the attaching points for the A-frame - they are custom made for the popular models and should be part of the overall installation.

Good luck with whatever you choose, and keep asking questions if you need to.

 

Joe

 

Hi 

we have a sunliner eclipse and tow a Suzuki swift with a hitch and go easy to hook up and no problems towing just don't try reversing it though the Gold Coast dealer made us a tow bar to suit and fitted it all up I think it cost about $3000 at the time 

if you have a fiat you will need a special wiring loom that cost about $500 fitted by fiat dealer 

Dragonfly1 

Thanks all for your advice. My Sunliner is on a renault. Obviously I will have to do more research. I was thinking of a manual suzuki swift or little getz. Thanks again and hope to meet lots of grey nomads.