Who Tows a VW New Beetle?
I've been kicking around getting a toad for the RV in my sig. I did a search here but didn't find much. I know that VOA doesn't recommend 4 down towing but I have seen several being towed 4 down and I...
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HI,
A problem with another manufacture is that the front end is designed to hold up a bumper, and to crush in a accident. It is not designed to be pulled with a motorhome while transferring all the weight of the car to the front bumper frame area. So after a couple of front hitch plate falling off the car happened, that car manufacture said "No towing our cars".
I know that with my Honda CRV - 1999 I had some 4' long bars that attached to the frame behind the engine, and then the bar across the front attached to the frame. I guess that was to transfer some of that pull pressure further back in the frame of the car, than just the front bumper area.
Hopefully my Edge will not have any problems. It did not come with longer bars to help transfer weight from the front bumper area to the rest of the frame.
I do sometimes tow a 67 Bug based Manx dune buggy! It is a lot of fun, but no doors or windows, and not that comfortable if it starts raining. .
Good luck,
Fred.
A problem with another manufacture is that the front end is designed to hold up a bumper, and to crush in a accident. It is not designed to be pulled with a motorhome while transferring all the weight of the car to the front bumper frame area. So after a couple of front hitch plate falling off the car happened, that car manufacture said "No towing our cars".
I know that with my Honda CRV - 1999 I had some 4' long bars that attached to the frame behind the engine, and then the bar across the front attached to the frame. I guess that was to transfer some of that pull pressure further back in the frame of the car, than just the front bumper area.
Hopefully my Edge will not have any problems. It did not come with longer bars to help transfer weight from the front bumper area to the rest of the frame.
I do sometimes tow a 67 Bug based Manx dune buggy! It is a lot of fun, but no doors or windows, and not that comfortable if it starts raining. .
Good luck,
Fred.
