Tandem Tow Dolly

[Maestro402]

Hey Community

Looking for some ideas. My wife and i own a tow dolly which has been great for towing our camry since it can't be flat towed. We are about to buy a golf cart to start taking with us places and looking for a way to tow both the car and the cart.

Have been looking at options:
1. Tandem Tow Dolly
2. SWIVELWHEEL-58DW TANDEM TOW DOLLY and use our current tow dolly with
3. Versahaul (http://www.versahaul.com)

Last one i don't think is viable and i have them in my current order of interest. But wanted to know how others accomplish this. Thanks.

[jrhanbar98]

Never understood the concept of a tow dolly, 1/2 of your drive line is getting wear and tear and the other 1/2 is not. Flat bed would cost more but the resale would be there in the end. Of the 3 I take the tandem tow dolly, but if the incremental expense is there go flatbed.

[burningman]

I believe the only good way to do it is with a flatbed trailer long enough to fit both.
Trailers with a deck that tilts for loading are easier to use.
Guys I know of who carry a car and a golf cart use ramps to the side and load the golf cart sideways.
A 20-footer should do it. A Camry is about 16 feet long and you can probably overhang a little of it off the front, leaving five feet behind it. Golf carts are usually only four feet wide.

When you pull a car as far forward as you can on the trailer deck, figuring out how to chain down the front can be tricky but once you come up with a method you'll be fine. You may want to weld on some custom tiedown rings right where you want them, or have a shop do it if you don't have a welder.

If the trailer is too nose-heavy with the car way up forward, you might try backing the car on instead.

The Swivel Wheel - hate it. You don't want anything with those tiny little wheels which will spin at a zillion RPM on the freeway. Bearing and tire trouble are written all over that.

The Tandem Tow Dolly would have the advantage of being able to unload the car without unloading the golf cart, or vice versa. BUT... I consider that a lousy trade-off for being virtually impossible to back up. I wouldn't use it.

A big flatbed will have brakes on all axles, it will tow best, you can back up with it, you can probably even fit other miscellaneous stuff on it, and/or use it for other things. And it's the least janky. It'll have real axles and tires and won't have a whole bunch of joints and swivels and pins and other garbage to make it work.

If you buy a car trailer, don't loan it to anyone. (Trust me, they will ask.) It will always come back with something bent, broken or missing.