My family and I are leaving the wonderful state of Oregon and venturing back to the crummy state of NY in a few weeks, Im going to be towing one of our vehicles with the uhaul truck (14ft dually). I have a few questions...

1)For poor weather (snow and ice)which is the safest option...the tow dolly or the tow trailer?
2)Should I tow the Montero because its heavier, with poor weather in mind. (on a tow trailer) or should i tow my lighter car (honda accord)?

3)Also im thinking of taking a south approach following by a NE direction to avoid the bad winter weather of the upper midwest. Im wondering if some of you guys from California, Arizona, NM, North Texas, and Oklahoma can chime in about winter travel in these areas

Californian-Interstate 5 and 40
Arizona-Interstate 40
NM, TX, OK-Interstate 40-44

Any help would be appreicated

Interstate 40 across Northern AZ and NM runs across the Colorado Plateau and Southern Rockies at a relatively high altitude and gets snow and cold winter weather regularly - probably not as bad as driving I-70 across the Rockies but it'll get nasty to the point of closure during heavy storms. If you have a specific time frame for your drive regardless of weather and want to avoid winter roads as much as possible, I-10 is probably your best bet, although it's a bit further out of the way. Otherwise I'd watch the weather closely and try time your trip to fall between weather systems moving across the country.

I would recommend putting the the vehicle up on one of uhaul's auto carriers. I recently towed 99 about 600 miles being pulled by a silverado 1500. The route was mostly flat through southern California and Arizona. But we were able to cruise along at speed with seeming little effort.

With the dolly you run into the need to drop your drive shaft.

how are you getting the odd car back to NY (ie, if you tow the montero, how are you getting the honda to NY?) There may be some MPG considerations where the honda will be cheaper to ship or drive.

But after using the auto transport, I don't think I would ever use a tow dolly. The transport was easier, stable and didn't put any wear on the car that was being towed.

The montero as it stands is being shipped across country, i wont use a tow dolly for the montero if i decide to have the honda shipped. I was thinking that the heavy weight of the montero might be more ideal for the tow trailer if im going through winter weather?

ok good to know, it looks like interstate 10 will only add about 4 hrs of additional drive time

If you take I40, you can stay in a concrete teepee motel in Holbrook AZ...

lol, thanks for the heads up

id still appreciate additional opinions on car transport trailer vs tow dolly, in regards wot which is a safer option in bad weather

Im settled on using a car transport and towing my honda accord...being such a light vehicle does it really matter if i use a tow dolly vs auto transport?

In my mind, both are dangerous in bad weather, but the compound joint in the tow dolly is worse in a jacknife, plus the tow dolly and dollied vehicle have no brakes, and the trailer should have.

In any case, in bad weather, I'd park it. And tow he lightest vehicle possible...

I would use a trailer any day over a dolly especially if there is a chance of towing over snow.
Not knowing how big a YallHaul you are pulling with will make some difference as to the trailer pushing the rig about if things get crappy out.
Also not knowing your schedule coming across I would consider staying put a day or two if a storm is setting in. I would rather take a daytrip from a hotel that to be sitting in a blizzard finding the rig to be dangerous or stuck in snow.