Towing with rear wheel on a car dolly is dangerous. Front wheel have the wrong spring angle and my cause the vehicle bounce off the dolly under poor road conditions. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler
On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Karl F. Bloss wrote: > 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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