Date:         Thu, 11 May 2000 18:37:28 -0700
Reply-To:     David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
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From:         David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Towing?
Comments: To: Alan Pickersgill <pickersgill@HOME.COM>
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I towed a 1979 GTI home (150km) with my Double Cab and it was accomplished
using a U-Haul tow dolly that went under the front wheels.  Starting and
driving was no problem - perhaps a little sluggish, but STOPPING was a
different situation!  With no brakes on the towed load, it took a long time
to stop.  Since then I have found out what I did was illegal as it went
over the maximum allowable towed un-breaked weight for a Vanagon.  I'd do
it again for a short distance, in the evening with no traffic where I can
take my time, but never again for more than 20km.  Towing a Transporter
with a Diesel Golf... nope I'd never do it!

At 08:45 AM 11/05/2000 -0400, Alan Pickersgill wrote:
>I have a Golf with  a trailer hitch and a Transporter/Westfalia which I'm
>planning to put a hitch on. I'd like to be able to tow either one with the
>other for short distances. Both vehicles have standard transmission.
>
>Is there such a thing as a bar that would connect the two hitches together
>(bar with a ball receiver at both ends) so I could tow one vehicle backward
>by locking the steering of the towed vehicle.
>My thinking is that this would save a lot of messing around with finding a
>tow bar that would be adaptable to both vehicles, and the time to
>attach/detach from the towed vehicle.
>
>Anyone got any experience with this kind of thing? Is this a viable idea?
>Are there any driving/towing problems I'm not considering?
>
>Alan Pickersgill
>Ottawa Canada
>85 Transporter converted to Westfalia
>89 Golf diesel
>
>

-- David Marshall - Volkswagen Enthusiast - Quesnel, BC, Canada   --
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