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Travel Supreme folks say their mid-engine motor home can carry a Mercedes Smart Car and no other car is recommended. A 2007 Mini Cooper weighs over 2,600 lbs while a Mercedes Smart Car weighs 1,588 lbs and is only 8 feet long and 5 feet wide.The Travel Supreme Mountain Master is a 41 foot mid-engine motor home, powered by a 400 HP diesel and cost $357,525. The built in rear garages has space for a Mercedes Smart Car and a patent pending lift for easy loading and unloading. Their Travel Supreme comes with a 40" LCD HD TV home theatre with surround sound and 20" LCD TV in rear bedroom. The Smart Car is ideal as a car to tow behind your motorhome. It can be put in neutral with the steering lock off and towed using an A frame. With the cars curb weight of 1600 lbs no additional braking systems are not needed.
Over the years we have gotten feedback and found items and products that may be a match for the Smart car and that we believe will be in high demand.
One major example of equipment that will have a significant market is the Smart Fortwo trailer.
These trailers are specially made to haul a Smart behind your RV. There are only a few manufactures, all in Europe.
The RV industry has been waiting for the Smart for many years.
With a total weight of approximately 2500 lbs, for both trailer and car, the Smart and the Smart trailer will be an easy sell for RV manufactures their dealers and end users.
Why tow a Smart ForTwo behind a motor home? Because you can that's why! Not really, reasons are much more obvious and persuasive.
The Smart car is fast becoming the must have accessory for the RV owners who needs a small vehicle to tow behind their RV.
Because of the weight and the weight distribution on the trailer you can feel the difference and so will your pocket book.
The Smart Fortwo lends itself to the growing RV market, and is currently the most popular, towed vehicle combination throughout Europe.
The Smart ForTwo and the Smart ForTow; will be the definitive match for the RV aficionado and his towing needs.
When towing a Smart Car, most motor home drivers say they can't really tell they are towing at all.
The Smart Car can be put in neutral with the steering lock off and towed using one of the many available trailers.
With a curb weight of less than 1609 lbs, an extra braking system is not required.
They are now available in Canada and soon to be sold in the United States.
The Smart Car; with engine and transmission in the rear would typically be reversed on to a conventional car trailer. With the soon to be available ForTow trailers, the Smart car can be driven straight on.
Because these trailers are specifically designed for the Smart car it retains perfect weight distribution.
The RV market in the US; for both the ForTwo and the ForTow trailer will be huge.
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