Date:         Wed, 22 Feb 1995 21:23:42 -0800 (PST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         dworkin <dworkin@netcom.com>
Subject:      Re: Hitch Question - 69 Bus


On Wed, 22 Feb 1995 rmk@solar.sky.net wrote:

> I am wanting to add a hitch to my 69 Bus.  I haven't figured out all of the
> engineering yet to hang a frame hitch from the same general area as the rear
> motor hanger and bumper mounting area, so I thought I'd see if someone on the
> vanagon list had done this or had it done successfully.
>  
> What I need is a hitch that would allow me to pull a tandem UHaul car trailer.

Richard,

Sorry, you cannot do this.  The U-Haul tandem trailers are too heavy to
pull with a bus, even empty, forget putting something on one.  I had a
recent experience moving Richard Palmer's (now my) '67 up to DC.  We used
a Toyota pickup and lied shamelessly (said it was a bug) in order to get
them to rent us one of their dollies.  The bus nearly ran the pickup off
the road every time we put on the brakes.  Check with U-Haul, there is a
strict towing vehicle/towed vehicle weight ratio, which I now am willing
to trust them on.  Basically they won't put one of their trailers behind
anything smaller than one of the ~20 foot trucks.  I think the weight
ratio is about 2:1 towing/towed.  If you want a class I hitch, I have one,
but the max is 1K lbs, and it is in VA.  I now believe that this is the
max for a bus, not just from a mounting point perspective, but from a
control perspective as well. 

					H Steven Dolan
					dworkin@netcom.com