Date:         Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:02:18 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Looking for Trailer Hitches
Comments: To: Todd Brown <dermultivan@HOTMAIL.COM>
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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