75% of truck owners tow 1/year or less?

[Oaktree]

I will add that I make it a point never to get somewhere where it is just expected to back up around a corner, perhaps leaving only inches of space on the sides.
I could have done it with my tandem axle, but not with my little 8 foot dump trailer.

And some, even many of those small-ish trailers don't back worth beans. Rented a stump grinder from HD last weekend, the trailer it came on wouldn't back straight to save my life.
I have 2 utility trailers, a 4x8 and a 5x10. You can put the 5x10 pretty much anywhere, the 4x8 not so much.

Still trying to get the hang of backing a trailer using a rear view camera as opposed to actually being able to see it thru the back window or mirrors.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Wife drives a mid sized car (charger RT), owes about 3 years on a 5 year loan, and I mentioned, it might be worth looking to see if an almost even swap kinda deal could be found for a small 4wd pickup or medium suv.

That's why they make AWD Chargers and Challengers.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Still trying to get the hang of backing a trailer using a rear view camera as opposed to actually being able to see it thru the back window or mirrors.

I'm usually able to back up trailers without any issues, but not if looking behind me (if that's even a possibility with the tow vehicle or trailer in question).

Yep, with mirrors it works fine, without them, not so much. Using a rear camera would be a complete failure.

 

[WinterDeere]

That's why they make AWD Chargers and Challengers.

Meh. Only available in v6, at least in later years. I'm not sure how you even maintain self-respect, while calling that turd a Charger or a Challenger.

They did offer it with the 5.7L Hemi in earlier days, in fact that's what most of our local State Police drive, but never the 6.2T or 6.4L.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Meh. Only available in v6, at least in later years. I'm not sure how you even maintain self-respect, while calling that turd a Charger or a Challenger.

Okay, I'm not opposed to the V6 Challengers or we wouldn't have two of them.

Heck, I had a 6.2 Durango for a few months, but like my current V6 version much more.

They are great all weather alternatives to the 6.2 Challengers, which out of (self) respect for their well being don't get to go out in the rain or snow.

 

[paulsharvey]

I thought the 5.7 Charger AWD was just the police interceptors?

Saw this "practical" truck on Marketplace.

 

[WinterDeere]

Okay, I'm not opposed to the V6 Challengers or we wouldn't have two of them.

Heck, I had a 6.2 Durango for a few months, but like my current V6 version much more.

They are great all weather alternatives to the 6.2 Challengers, which out of (self) respect for their well being don't get to go out in the rain or snow.

IIRC, you have a Hellcat, so no way I'm going to give you a hard time, for your choices. But speaking personally, if I were aiming to buy small-displacement AWD, no way on earth it'd be anything with a Dodge badge. The only thing they had going for them was the 6.4L and 6.2T motors, really no other reason to even consider that brand, IMO.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

I thought the 5.7 Charger AWD was just the police interceptors?

I think that's how it is, yes.

And it was the police version of the Durango that made me look into getting a used Durango (instead of the new one I never drove).

After considering how many idle hours one of those would have I went for an equally high mileage (91K) fully loaded V6 for about the same money.

 

[paulsharvey]

After blowing up two hemi work trucks; I'm very leary of the idle hours, and the poor oiling/lifter issue (thats what got both work trucks). I dont work in a personal vehicle, cause I don't idle 8 hours at a time; but cops do

 

[WinterDeere]

I thought the 5.7 Charger AWD was just the police interceptors?

I think that is the case in more recent years. But when I was shopping Chargers in 2016, I do recall a 5.7L AWD option. Can't remember if they sold it under the usual "R/T" badge, or some other, but there did seem to be some 5.7L AWD option available to the general public back then.

I've posted this one before, some fanatic's personal concept car, but I really do wish Dodge had made something like this. I'd have bought this over the Durango, as my wife's daily driver. IIRC, it was a 2015 Charger SRT 392 front end. If they'd made an AWD version of that with the 6.4L Hemi, or even the 5.7L Hemi, it'd have been a killer kid hauler.