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1. NOT Camping World. 2. We never have enough tools. 3. Etrailer.com is a great online source with decent videos on how to install. 4. Great choices mentioned above as to which equipment to buy, etrailer.com is usually in the lower end for new stuff. Buying used is good if you get the specific hardware required. 5. Having some mechanical skills and time makes installation cheaper than buying from some shop and paying labor. 6. Having some relationship with a reliable mechanic, mobile or shop is good. Cheap is cheap. I recently fired my used to be reliable shop for repairs/installed for my beyond amateur abilities. There were too many simple mistakes that I found 500 miles down the road.

Towing car rear up will lower the car front-end ground clearance. I would test by putting the back end up tires up about 9 inches and see if you have adequate ground clearance on the front of the car. Consider all the dips you encounter going in and out of roads such as gas em up stations. I use a dolly from Master Tow and the FRONT tires sit up 9 inches from the ground. I measured to verify the distance. This dolly gives me more grief than the RV chassis by a large margin. I will be moving to a newer toad and flat towing shortly. My going away toad was bought for my wife eight years ago before I bought my learner Class C six years ago, so it was the cheaper way to go than buying another vehicle. So now I figured out we like a class C, bought another used Coachmen Leprechaun that is 16 years newer and moving to flat towing and that challenge. Flat towing limits what vehicle choices you can use. Towing rear first on a dolly limits front end clearance. Most dolly users have a front wheel drive toad and roll on to their dolly front first. I am curious, Most KIA cars are front wheel drive, so the front wheels must the off the ground with a dolly, or a complete trailer that the complete car is on the trailer.