Is it Towed or Toad or Both?
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Is it Towed or Toad or Both?
Just wondering. Are both terms correct?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Inquiring minds want to know.
Steve
2011 Born Free 22 foot RSK, rear side (corner) kitchen, E350, 29k miles.
Our first motorhome. Lots to learn. Thanks.
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2011 Born Free 22 foot RSK, rear side (corner) kitchen, E350, 29k miles.
Our first motorhome. Lots to learn. Thanks.
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Re: Is it Towed or Toad or Both?
Both terms are used and are used interchangeably.
Bill Hemme - Spencer, Iowa
E-mail: whemme@earthlink.net
2002 Born Free (Ford E-450 V10) 26' RSB
2016 VW Golf GTI - toad
E-mail: whemme@earthlink.net
2002 Born Free (Ford E-450 V10) 26' RSB
2016 VW Golf GTI - toad
Re: Is it Towed or Toad or Both?
Thanks Bill. I wonder where the word Toad came from?
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Steve
2011 Born Free 22 foot RSK, rear side (corner) kitchen, E350, 29k miles.
Our first motorhome. Lots to learn. Thanks.
CA/OR border
2011 Born Free 22 foot RSK, rear side (corner) kitchen, E350, 29k miles.
Our first motorhome. Lots to learn. Thanks.
CA/OR border
Re: Is it Towed or Toad or Both?
toad (n.) Look up toad at Dictionary.com
c. 1300, from late Old English tadige, tadie, of unknown origin and according to OED with no known cognates outside English. Applied to loathsome persons from 1560s. Toad-strangler "heavy rain" is from 1919, U.S. Southern dialectal.
Toad is, of course, a homonym for towed.
c. 1300, from late Old English tadige, tadie, of unknown origin and according to OED with no known cognates outside English. Applied to loathsome persons from 1560s. Toad-strangler "heavy rain" is from 1919, U.S. Southern dialectal.
Toad is, of course, a homonym for towed.
'06 Born Free 32 RQ Kodiak Chassis
(Former: '01 Born Free 23 RK)
Dinghy: '16 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon with a Blue Ox Aladdin tow bar.
Traveling with Sir Winston and Lady Rae (Cavalier King Charles Spaniels)
(Former: '01 Born Free 23 RK)
Dinghy: '16 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon with a Blue Ox Aladdin tow bar.
Traveling with Sir Winston and Lady Rae (Cavalier King Charles Spaniels)
Re: Is it Towed or Toad or Both?
Per the Good Sam RV glossary you have the following:
Dinghy - A vehicle towed behind a motorhome, sometimes with two wheels on a special trailer called a tow dolly, but often with all four wheels on the ground.
Toad - Term for room (generally in older RVs) that "tipped-out" for additional living space once RV was parked. Newer RVs mainly use 'slide-out' rooms
I never did get Toad, but Dingy made sense to me. A room that tips out also makes no sense to me, but then again many things in life seem a little bizzare to me, but probably not to you.
Dinghy - A vehicle towed behind a motorhome, sometimes with two wheels on a special trailer called a tow dolly, but often with all four wheels on the ground.
Toad - Term for room (generally in older RVs) that "tipped-out" for additional living space once RV was parked. Newer RVs mainly use 'slide-out' rooms
I never did get Toad, but Dingy made sense to me. A room that tips out also makes no sense to me, but then again many things in life seem a little bizzare to me, but probably not to you.
Russ and Denise
2002 24RB
2002 24RB
Re: Is it Towed or Toad or Both?
As a sailboat owner, I've always called my towed vehicle a "dinghy." It just makes more sense to me as a dinghy is towed by a sailboat.
'06 Born Free 32 RQ Kodiak Chassis
(Former: '01 Born Free 23 RK)
Dinghy: '16 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon with a Blue Ox Aladdin tow bar.
Traveling with Sir Winston and Lady Rae (Cavalier King Charles Spaniels)
(Former: '01 Born Free 23 RK)
Dinghy: '16 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon with a Blue Ox Aladdin tow bar.
Traveling with Sir Winston and Lady Rae (Cavalier King Charles Spaniels)
Re: Is it Towed or Toad or Both?
Now, I confess I'm not a fan of the 2015 Jeep Cherokee either, but c'mon, that's just harsh!Covfam wrote:what if you have a towed that looks like a toad?
'06 Born Free 32 RQ Kodiak Chassis
(Former: '01 Born Free 23 RK)
Dinghy: '16 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon with a Blue Ox Aladdin tow bar.
Traveling with Sir Winston and Lady Rae (Cavalier King Charles Spaniels)
(Former: '01 Born Free 23 RK)
Dinghy: '16 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon with a Blue Ox Aladdin tow bar.
Traveling with Sir Winston and Lady Rae (Cavalier King Charles Spaniels)
Re: Is it Towed or Toad or Both?
dont get me wrong i LOVE my Jeep Cherokee, its a great balance of room, true 4x4 off road capability that can tow 4500lbs with our heavy duty towing package and still gets 27mpg, and we have the transmission package that allows 4 down towing, its litterally the perfect vehicle for our needs but unfortunatly looks too much like those Girly crossoversRoger H wrote:Now, I confess I'm not a fan of the 2015 Jeep Cherokee either, but c'mon, that's just harsh!Covfam wrote:what if you have a towed that looks like a toad?