Jeff, The Vanagon bumper is a bit flimsy for that. If you're looking for a cheap solution, you're better off welding square bar stock to the tow hooks. There are Vanagon hitches that do exactly that. We have one and use it to tow our 17' O'Day Daysailer with no problems. If you want a real solution, get in touch with listmember Dennis Haynes for one of his custom built super tough hitches. The Bus Depot also carries a sturdier hitch variety...probably on their web site. -Karl On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Jeff laid this bit of wit and wisdom upon us: > I have an 84 vanagon. Has anyone ever drilled through the bumper of a > Vanagon and bolted a step bumper towing hitch to it. Would this be safe? I > would only be pulling a small trailor. Any thoughts please. Thanks, Jeff -- Karl & Kristina Bloss - vanagon@makarov.com 1987 Westfalia Weekender "Bev" - 198K Miles http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw VW Shop List: http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/vwshops Linux 2.2.14-5.0 |
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