Dingy towing VW Beatle, stick
Trying to find out if we can 4 down tow a 2000 Beatle stick shift. VW owners manual says OK for 50 miles.......Seems to me that if it's OK for 50 miles it ought to be OK for 500 or 5000. Anyone have...
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Doublebeagle wrote:
Thanks for all your responses. The car is 14 years old, and well out of any warrantee. We are going to go ahead and get it set up to tow 4 down. Any recommendations as to towbar and braking systems?
Again, thanks for all your input. It is greatly appreciated.
Doublebeagle,
Good for you, glad to see another VW toad. (even though I'm not towing one presently). I love to see one (RVer) going against the grain. Anyway, tow bars are like candy, you pick one you like. Most manufacturers of tow bars make different levels or, capacities of their units. So, you need to know the weight of your VW which, includes a full tank of fuel and, any thing you keep in it, while it will be towed.
And do not go by the printed matter of what it's supposed to weigh. Do yourself a favor and GO GET IT WEIGHED! It's cheap, quick and easy and, you then know for a fact what it weighs. Then, you can go shopping for a tow bar. I've found the last two that we bought, on eBay. One was a Falcon Tow master and the other one, our present one, is a Blue Ox. Both were in fantastic shape when we received them.
Both cost us way less than half price and we got more than just the tow bars. We got the whole setup.
As for braking, that too is a matter of choice. I've used the Ready Brake for three different toads now and it works flawless. It's one of the cheapest out there and, it's dependable and easy to setup. When it comes to actually hooking things up for towing, there's no "robot" to put down in front of the brake pedal and all that.
Your choice.
Scott
