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seb1899
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Jul 24, 2014

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 youth ha ha) and might tow it with an Acme Tow Dolly that is made in Kernersville a little west of Raleigh.

My question is do some cars tow better on a dolly than others? My first thought was for a Fiat 500 about 2500 lbs curb weight but now lean towards a VW at about 3000lbs curb weight. ( Fiat's past record in North America is not good) I think a VW would be more easily serviced in NA but will it tow/track on a dolly or are their better models to consider? Volvo or ??
  • 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. The car HAS to be an automatic as DW has never been able to master a standard.

    I just wanted opinions if any models on a dolly performed better than others
  • We put 10k last year towing our 2010 VW Jetta sport wagon TDI
    with a manual 6 speed trans 4-down with no problem. Works good
    Ken
  • When you get to your camping area, a tow dolly can be a real PITA. One more thing to deal with, park, and haul around. Towing four down is , by far, a better choice.
  • We towed our type1 baja 4 down never a problem. just a tow bar and a light set. no brakes required. it went every where we did for several years.

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