At 06:42 PM 7/26/2010 Monday, Todd Brown wrote: >I've had a GoWesty hitch installed for a couple years. Bolts to the engine >carrier at the same place as the center engine mounts; the hitch is supplied >with longer bolts. Very easy install and looks great. It has been a great >hitch, except I need more than the 200lb tongue weight limit allowed by the >GW design. Mine's coming off this week to be replaced by a Dennis Haynes >frame-mount. If you're talking about their neat in-bumper receiver hitch, they say it's really a class-III hitch but they only rate it for 100/1000 lb because that's all they think a Vanagon should tow. What VW says in the manual ('87 is the one I happen to be using) is 75 kg (165#) tongue, 600 kg (1320#) unbraked trailer, 900 kg (2,000#) braked trailer maximum. Probably none of this is news to you... Yours, David |
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