Towing a VW Beetle or? on an Acme Tow Dolly
I sold my Diesel Silverado and we now have only one car a Hyundai Azera. We acquired a new Fleetwood Tioga Montera and I plan on buying a second car and I would like a Beetle Convertible (lost yout...
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We have the ACME tow dolly. Picked it up in Kernersville ourselves. We tow a Toyota Yaris (weight in the 2000 lb range). The tow dolly is good up to 5000 lbs. We love it. And for $1300 with surge brakes, it can't get any better. We did a trip down to Destin Florida with it and back. No issues at all. Stayed in 3 different campgrounds. Unhooked and hooked at each with no problem. Takes no more than 10 minutes max to hook up. The ACME is the lightest one made. The first campground was a pull through and we didn't have to disconnect it. The second campground, we unhooked the car at check in and when I got to the site, I got out, unhooked the dolly and pushed it to the back of the site and set it down. My wife guided me with the RV into the site and I was able to back over the dolly, where only a couple feet stuck out. When we went to the next campsite down the road, I unhooked it at the site and was able to roll it off to the side as the entire site was gravel. It was out of the way. We store it in our garage. It can be stored in the upright position if you have some 4x4 wood blocks.
It is by far cheaper to do it this way over 4 wheels downs. A base plate for the car was over $300 alone and that is not including installation. Installation is also going involved cutting the fascia, which I was not happy about. Plus if I trade in this car, I gotta start all over with the base plate thing. I'm good with the dolly. You also have to include the tow bar, braking, lighting and etc. A coworker priced out getting a car set up 4 down for his Class C and he was quoted twice as much as I paid for the dolly. For being a weekend warrior camper and maybe a couple weeks out of the year for vacation, we feel this was the best decision for us.
It is by far cheaper to do it this way over 4 wheels downs. A base plate for the car was over $300 alone and that is not including installation. Installation is also going involved cutting the fascia, which I was not happy about. Plus if I trade in this car, I gotta start all over with the base plate thing. I'm good with the dolly. You also have to include the tow bar, braking, lighting and etc. A coworker priced out getting a car set up 4 down for his Class C and he was quoted twice as much as I paid for the dolly. For being a weekend warrior camper and maybe a couple weeks out of the year for vacation, we feel this was the best decision for us.
