towing front wheel drive vehicle

Caddywhompus wrote:

dsa3778 wrote:

mowermech wrote:
EDIT: I should have mentioned that I have a Demco dolly with steering.
I would really like to see one of those Acme EZE tow dollys that have the vehicle steering do the steering for the dolly. I find it difficult to believe! Seeing is believing. When I see it, I will believe it.

I too am having a hard time wrapping my head around this - so towing a car without wheels locked will steer a tow dolly that does not pivot?

I have worked with the static, non-pivoting car dollies in the past. I hate them. Yes, they rely on the cars steering wheels to be free so you can go around corners. The concept is similar to using a tow-bar and towing with all 4 wheels on the ground, and the car will steer itself as it track behind the motorhome. The difference is simply lifting the front wheels up and putting the dolly underneath.

I hate them because they are a pain in the butt. You have limited turning radius before the fenders of the dolly will actually hit the vehicle itself. They handle extremely poorly, and I also found it hard to keep the car strapped down because constant relative motion always had the straps working loose. (I would tighten them at every gas stop). Given the choice, I will never use a static car dolly again, nor would I recommend them to anyone.....

Caddy, check out the videos on Acme's web page of their EZE tow dolly in action. This is an example of a non-pivoting dolly that works really, really well. I think they have a video or two on Youtube as well that shows it as well.

Mowermech: If seeing is believing, check out the videos I mentioned above, you will see it with your own eyes, like I did when I owned one. :)

Until I saw, used an Acme EZE dolly, I would have agreed with Caddy that a pivoting dolly is a better choice. However, the way Acme has designed their EZE dolly kinda changes things.

It will turn in as tight a radius as you want, and the fenders will NOT hit the towed vehicle. I know, because I owned one and saw it with my own eyes. I didnt believe it, either, so one day I hitched it all up, went to a parking lot and tested it out. I could literally turn to the point the front of the towed vehicle was about to touch the back of the MH, just about a 90 degree angle. There was ZERO contact between the dolly and towed vehicle when I did this. Has to do with how they use a little smaller wheels, fenders on the dolly and where they are positioned.

..All this, in a dolly that costs almost half as much as many pivot table dollies, weighs half as much (yet still can handle 5,000 lbs of car), AND with its low profile and detachable ramps, can stow almost completely under the back of a MH. Takes up less space behind a MH than the ridiculously over-priced Demco Kar Kaddy SS with its folding tongue and ramps. There is no question, if we ever go back to towing with a dolly, it will be with an Acme EZE dolly.

I too had problems initially with the wheels working out of the straps. However, after I learned how to do it correctly using a few techniques discussed on these forums, that was not a problem.