Karl, I towed my recently purchased '82 Westy backwards on a tow dolly about 75 miles. The only problem that I encountered was some tailwhip (and subsequent buttocks clenching) at speeds over 45 mph. Since the majority of the weight was on the dolly, I attribute this to the Westy's front wheels not being kept absolutely straight. I had tied the wheel as best as I could, but there was still some slack and when I got home, there was even more do to loosening of the ropes. If I had to do it again, I would get an auto transport/flatbed trailer as the only other option would be to remove the axle shafts and tow it facing forward and I don't get warm fuzzies about that weight balance situation. Scott '82 FrankenWesty (waiting for me to recover from knee surgery :( ) -----Original Message----- From: Karl F. Bloss <bloss@ENTER.NET> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Friday, April 30, 1999 9:34 AM Subject: Re: Anyone towed a Vanagon?
Is there a reason not to put the rear wheels up on a dolly and tow a 2WD van backwards with the front wheels on the ground? I know Bentley sez not to pick up watercooled with a towtruck in the back due to some damaged, but it's OK for the aircooled. -Karl Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA '87 GL Weekender "Beverley" VW shop list: http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/vwshops |
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