It can be done without towing. If 1000 miles will ruin your tires then.....
Something else to consider, if you have to drive a couple hundred miles the next day you are not likely to thrash your junk on the hardest obstacle that you can find. Subconsciously you wheel differently when you know there is a trailer to get you home. You know all i have to do is get it to the trail head and im good.
