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Small cars paired with teardrop trailers create efficient travel combinations. The Ford Transit Connect offers pickup truck cargo capacity in a compact van format, making it suitable for towing small trailers. This collection showcases compact vehicle and teardrop combinations, including a micro teardrop behind one of the world’s smallest cars with a tiny house visible in the background.
Compact Towing Options
- Ford Transit Connect: Pickup truck cargo capacity in compact van
- Smart Car: Ultra-compact with micro trailer potential
- Class B RVs: Compact motorhomes that can tow Smart Cars
- Teardrop Trailers: Lightweight towables for small vehicles
Micro Teardrop with Tiny House Background
Related Resources
 Living in a Transit Connect |
 Class B RV pulling a Smart Car |
 The Transit Connect |
Lessons from Compact Towing
- Small Vehicles Can Tow Light Trailers: Micro teardrops weigh little enough for compact car towing
- Cargo Vans Combine Hauling and Towing: Transit Connect-style vehicles provide interior storage plus trailer capacity
- Reversible Towing Configurations Exist: Class B RVs can tow Smart Cars as secondary transportation
- Tiny Houses and Teardrops Complement: Stationary tiny homes plus mobile teardrops create flexible living arrangements
- Fuel Efficiency Improves with Smaller Combinations: Compact vehicles with light trailers use less fuel than full-size setups
Related Teardrop Trailers
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I went to the Ford dealer to check out the Transit. I really liked it and would consider it as my replacement vehicle. Unfortunately, the salesman told me that it could NOT pull a trailer.
I have a transit connect, it won’t pull a trailer. but it is long enough to sleep in and some extra room for supplies.
Well…they “don’t recommend pulling” because they didn’t want to spend the time/$ to test them here. We purchased a 2012 Transit Connect Premium Wagon and pull our teardrop camper with it. 🙂
Sweet! WOuld love to see pics of your Teardrop & Transit Wagon.. If you’d send me them at tinyhousetalk@gmail.com and wouldn’t mind if I shared here. Thanks!
That is what they said about the Smart Fortwo but I have seen photos of Smarts pulling small camper trailers; teardrops and pop ups. Perhaps if the trailer was small enough, it could be pulled by a Ford Transit? There are some that are small enough for a motorcycle to pull.
http://www.smartcarofamerica.com
Here you go – http://www.etrailer.com/hitch-2011_Ford_Transit+Connect.htm
Perhaps they don’t officially say it could tow a trailer so they won’t get sued if some thing happens when some one does? IMO; there are too many trivial lawsuits over such things.
http://fordtransitconnectforum.com/
Check out this Ford Transit Connect Forum.
http://fordtransitconnectforum.com/index.php?/forum/14-cargo-hauling-towing-%26-upfit-packages/
There are posts about towing with this vehicle.
It might be worth checking out. 🙂
I’ve seen people pull teardrop trailers with 4 cylinder vehicles like Subarus, Altimas, and a RAV4 so I’m sure it could. I guess it just might wear out the suspension earlier than usual. You can also get a better suspension installed in the rear to make it more doable.
The teardrop looks like a Falcon Sleeper.
http://www.teardropcaravan.org/www.teardropcaravan.org/Pricing.html
Here is a site that one can buy parts of the Falcon Sleeper.
http://www.jazzipaxel.co.uk/falcon/caravans.htm
http://www.camper-van-fun.com/ford-transit-connect-mini-camper.html
Instead of towing a camper with the Ford Transit Connect, here is one that is made into a camper. 🙂