Towing a VW Beetle or? on an Acme Tow Dolly

It's good to have a trailer hitch on the vehicle that you tow on the dolly. Then you can use your towed vehicle to handle the dolly.

We put the ACME. We out the tow dolly at the end of the campsite and the coach over the tow dolly. It will go over about half to two thirds of it.

I should have added, to answer your Dolly Security Question, there are ANY Number of "trailer locks" that secure your Coupler, hobble your Wheel(s) etc. etc. Just saw a trailer lock that was sort of like the "Boot" that police use against repeat parking offenders.

I think a piece of quality chain through a hole in a wheel and around the dolly frame, secured with a good padlock, would be a good approach.

seb1899 wrote:
Glad everyone is happy towing 4 down but that is not an option for me.

The Acme dolly is light weight, can be stood up or stowed mostly under the m/h. I would like the option of buying/selling a front wheel drive car with no investment in braking etc.The Acme dolly has surge brakes and would be readily saleable should I do not want to continue to tow and is reasonable in cost...

I tow 4 down now, but I towed with an Acme dolly before and agree 100% with you on it. The Acme due to its design almost eliminates a lot of the disadvantages people frequently associate with dolly towing.

We were able to stow ours almost completely under the MH when camping - it takes up less space back there than even the foldable Demco Kar Kaddy SS that costs 3 times as much. Really like the separate, detachable ramps - eliminates the risk of the ramps hitting bottom of your car like can happen on dollies with fixed ramps. As you said, the surge hydraulic disc brakes are a really nice feature, too, that not many dollies come with.

Also, not sure if you've noticed or not, but the way the Acme is designed with its smaller wheels and fenders, you can turn really, really sharp turns with it, and there is almost no chance of its fenders making contact with the front fenders of your towed vehicle. And, it does that without using a pivot table or steerable wheels. Really nice design, IMO, that nothing else really compares to.

'Tis also the only dolly I found anywhere, that would handle heavier vehicles like a 4500 lb minivan, but was still light enough to allow you to tow such a vehicle and stay under the 5,000 lb limit so many MH hitch receivers have.

Like so many, we prefer flat towing, but would have no problem going back to dolly towing if circumstances changed and required such. However, it would ONLY be with an Acme EZE dolly.

I wouldn't worry about a specific model of car towing better or worse behind a dolly. As long as the car is within the tow dolly's weight and width limits (not an issue with the Acme), you should be fine.