Dolly towing with a 2013 Honda Accord

First trip went well. Suddenly dawned on me that this job will be very difficult in heavy rain. And at 72 years it is not as easy as it used to be to crawl up under the vehicle to latch and unlatch the safety chains as it may have been before.

Got my new ACME dolly today. Needed a drop hitch to set the hitch height where it should be. Ready to move out Sunday.

Yours will actually be a little better (upgraded) than mine. They continuously look at improving by listening to their customers. We picked ours up from them as we only live about an hour away. The lead guy in the shop, pulled it out (already put together) and showed me how to hook it up and use it. He went over everything like they explain in the video. I've also emailed them before with questions and the owner himself replies back to me. Great people.

Acme is shipping mine next week. Same exact model with surge brakes. I had them delay shipping because I need to be away for a few days. Maybe by the time it arrives we'll at least see a hint of Spring. I'm more than ready.

Bobbo wrote:
Something has to pivot to allow the car to track. There are several options, pivoting wheels on the tow dolly, pivot table on the dolly, unlocked steering on the car being towed.

Be sure you don't use 2 of the above at the same time.

Be sure you have brakes, either surge or electric, and a breakaway system on the dolly.

x2...here's a picture of our ACME with surge brake system ($1399). They now make them without brakes ($899) and with electric brakes ($1199).

Something has to pivot to allow the car to track. There are several options, pivoting wheels on the tow dolly, pivot table on the dolly, unlocked steering on the car being towed.

Be sure you don't use 2 of the above at the same time.

Be sure you have brakes, either surge or electric, and a breakaway system on the dolly.

We have the ACME tow dolly. It does not have the pivoting deck and the cars front wheel must be unlocked so they can turn. It's the lightest tow dolly out there and supposedly has the lowest deck. We have had it almost a year and have put nearly 2000 miles on it without issue. They are made here in NC.

I can't say which dolly is the best as I've only had a Demco KarKaddy SS dolly for 50,000 miles & 10 years and I've been well pleased with it. It is a little more expensive but it's well built and when I've had questions their customer service has been excellent. Its wheels turn rather than the toad wheel plates. It’s totally galvanized so it should never have rust problems, the tongue folds back & the ramps fold up to reduce storage space by almost 50%, comes with surge brakes so you can use it with any pulling vehicle without the need of a brake controller. I bought mine new but have read here that many have found good used one at a substantially reduced price and they retail many places below the Demco’s suggested retail price.

In any event after you get use to loading a dolly & if you strap it down right you’ll never have a problem with loose straps and find that dolly pulling isn’t the ordeal some on here suggest. Good luck with your decision.

Dave

I read about Master Tow Dolly. It seemed to be a good choice, but they are a long way from me and don't seem to offer any shipping option.

We use a Master Tow Dolly and it has the pivoting deck, AND we leave the steering wheel unlocked as your steering is going to be turning also. American is a good dolly also, but I see less of them being used than I do one from Master. No matter which dolly you choose you will need to leave the steering wheel free to turn, I have seen our wheels turned even with the pivoting deck, especially when into a tight turn.