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• Re: tow bar
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Mon, 27 Dec 1999 22:45:07 -0600
  This is in response to Alan Pickersgill's posting this morning about tow bars. Two years ago I fabricated a tow bar bumper bracket...
• Any tow bar advice?
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 20:30:07 -0700
  I recently bought a tow bar and plan on towing a Vanagon 60 miles down interstate five. Does anybody have any advice on this...
• Towing a Splittie with a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:27:55 -0600
  Yes, it sounds insane! Absolutely! And all I have is a tow-hook-mounted tow bar on my '85 Westy! The tow bar is...
• Re: Tow Bar for Vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 17:59:32 -0800
  Can't help you with the tow-bar, but if it's an automatic don't tow it or you'll fry the tranny...
• Re: Any tow bar advice?
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 03:32:51 -0500
  ...If you have an automatic, either disconnect the two driveshafts or use a tow dolly. If the tow bar mounts to the towed vehicle...
• TOW BAR
  Historical mailing list - Chris Almida
  Wed, 4 Feb 2004 20:22:56 -0800
  Does anyone know if there is a tow bar setup that can be used to tow a standard transmission Vanagon?
• Re: TOW BAR
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 4 Feb 2004 23:35:33 EST
  ...Does anyone know if there is a tow bar setup that can be used to tow a standard transmission Vanagon? <<<<<<<<<<<<<separator for digest and...
• Tow Bar - Custom Made for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Tue, 16 Dec 1997 02:46:13 -0600
  Attention - All Tow Bar Devotees: I have recently completed a 1500 mile tow of a 91 Carat using a custom crafted bumper bracket that...
• Re: Tow Bar for Vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 20:26:06 -0500
  ...Tow Bar for Vanagon??? Hello All: I'm tired of supporting my local tow truck driver...any suggestions as to a tow-bar set...
• tow bar?
  Historical mailing list - Jerry Granito
  Fri, 12 Feb 1999 09:13:32 EST
  does any one know if there is a vanagon specific tow bar I can purchase to use for flat towing the old loaf? TIA...
• Towing a Vanagon/Westy?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 21:36:01 -0700
  What's the best way to tow a Vanagon/Westy? Are there tow bars to fit? Remove the f. bumper and add a custom...
• Re: Towing a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 23:10:22 -0500
  ...I have towed this way several times, with the caveat that the tow bar I bought from U-Haul didn't open wide enough...
• Vanagon Tow Bar questions..
  Historical mailing list - Brian
  Sun, 25 May 2003 10:43:43 -0400
  Hey all, thanks for all the feedback with my previous questions...for those of you who have happened to have used a tow bar...
• Re: Tow Bar for Vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - Al Gearhart
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 16:35:42 -0600
  ...Tow Bar for Vanagon??? Towing is something that you want to do right.
• Re: towing with tow bar on newer Vans
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 08:48:59 -0500
  Since the bumper covers attach with 8mm bolts, I hope you are using much more than that for the tow bar attachment. The bumper...
• Re: Towing a Splittie with a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 01:49:24 -0800
  ...Towing a Splittie with a Vanagon? Yes, it sounds insane! Absolutely! And all I have is a tow-hook-mounted tow bar on my...
• Re: TOW BAR
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 00:14:31 -0500
  ...TOW BAR Does anyone know if there is a tow bar setup that can be used to tow a standard transmission Vanagon? You want...
• Re: tow bar?
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Fri, 12 Feb 1999 21:31:36 -0600
  Jerry Granito writes, "does any one know if there is a vanagon specific tow bar I can purchase to use for flat towing the...
• Vanagon Tow Bar
  Historical mailing list - Richard Smith
  Thu, 23 Feb 1995 06:52:02 -0500 (EST)
  ...Has anyone made a tow bar for a Vanagon? Any pointers for fabricating one? Any ideas for a commercially available tow bar? Thanks in...
• Tow Bar for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Sun, 26 Dec 1999 23:35:01 -0500
  Anybody know of a source for a good reliable (detachable) tow bar for towing my Vanagon? For that matter might someone have one for...
• how do I tow a bus?!?
  Historical mailing list - Robb Lightfoot
  Sun, 7 May 1995 17:53:08 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I'd like to tow it with some sort of tow bar as my towing rig is not a class "C" and Uhaul won...
• Re: Towing a Splittie with a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 13:36:15 -0700
  ...Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:27:55 -0600 Yes, it sounds insane! Absolutely! And all I have is a tow-hook-mounted tow bar...
• Re: Vanagon Tow Bar questions..
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sun, 25 May 2003 12:30:20 -0400
  Brian there are several different tow bars that you can use. most people use the universal type tow bars uhaul, drawtite, and reese all...
• Re: how do I tow a bus?!?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 07 May 1995 22:42:31 +0600
  ...Me thinks that the tow bar would have to be cut and lengthened. I know that Thom had made/bought a tow bar which...
• tow bar
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:05:10 -0600
  Selling a tow bar- purchased from GoWesty. No damage, all bolts present. Available for $150 plus shipping from AZ. Email to arrange.genevasaintamourathotmail.com
• Re: trailer hitches and towing
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Thu, 23 Feb 1995 15:34:59 -0500
  ...This works GREAT for towing split buses. I use the same super beetle tow bar to tow bubble windows. For them I have steel...
• Re: towing my van - my towbar website
  Historical mailing list - Ahlgrim, Kevin
  Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:56:41 -0400
  ...towing my van Here is another question- I'm buying a vanagon 250 miles away from me, and need to fabricate a tow bar...
• Re: Renting a tow-dolly for vanagon core-HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 14 Feb 2001 16:50:25 EST
  Hi Phil, I borrowed a customized Reese tow bar to tow the Westfalia I bought last summer. It's bolted to the front bumper...
• Re: Frame mount receiver hitch
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 31 Aug 2017 09:55:57 -0700
  ...they may bend down if too much wight on it - 300 lbs ? a bit more if the tow bar has a central support bolted...
• Tow Bar for Vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 16:47:51 -0800
  ...I'm tired of supporting my local tow truck driver...any suggestions as to a tow-bar set-up that will work with a...
• Hitch Question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Ogul
  Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:34:43 -0400
  ...It mounts to the tow hooks. The only way I seem to be able to get it mounted is the the bar under the...
• Towing?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Thu, 11 May 2000 08:45:08 -0400
  ...My thinking is that this would save a lot of messing around with finding a tow bar that would be adaptable to both vehicles...
• Re: Towing a Splittie with a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 22:27:32 +1200
  >Yes, it sounds insane! Absolutely! And all I have is a tow-hook-mounted >tow bar on my '85 Westy! > >The tow bar is...
• Re: Flat 4 towing 85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 18 Feb 2005 22:36:37 -0500
  I have seen a couple tow bars made for vanagons that involve removing the front chrome bumper. A plate with bolts into the bumper...
• Re: Towing a Vanagon/Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 22:19:44 -0400
  ...Towing a Vanagon/Westy? What's the best way to tow a Vanagon/Westy? Are there tow bars to fit? Remove the f. bumper...
• Tow bar question
  Historical mailing list - dave bowers
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 18:01:08 -0700
  ...Would anyone know how useful a tow bar like the one in the link below are? http://www.craigslist.org/sfo/pen/bar/5355353...
• Re: Towing a Splittie with a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Veedub
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 16:18:26 -0500
  ...Towing a Splittie with a Vanagon? > Yes, it sounds insane! Absolutely! And all I have is a tow-hook-mounted > tow bar on my...
• Re: tow bar
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Mon, 27 Dec 1999 08:59:25 -0500
  ...How soon would you need one? > >best of luck >joseph > > > > > >Anybody know of a source for a good reliable (detachable) tow bar for >towing...
• Yakima Bar sizing
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:34:54 -0700
  I use 66" bars. The 58s are too short. I use a tall tower just in front of the westy luggage bin and Yak...
• Re: Tow bar question
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 18:20:17 -0700
  ...Would anyone know how useful a tow bar like the one in the >link below are? > >http://www.craigslist.org/sfo/pen/bar/5355353...
• Re: Ideas on shipping/towing from Nova Scotia
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 20 Aug 2003 20:37:20 -0400
  A tow bar not only has to pull and stop the vehicle being towed, it also has to control the side to side motions...
• towing with tow bar on newer Vans
  Historical mailing list - thomas LaPointe
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 11:24:07 -0600
  ...I need to tow one, and have the direct bolt on tow bar that I have used to attach to the old bumper mounting...
• Re: Towing a Splittie with a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:52:14 -0600
  ...The split-window bus would be > towed on > its own wheels using a tow bar that hooks onto the front beam. The > trip is...
• Re: Tow bar question
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 21:15:32 EDT
  ...It is actually more accurate to say it's a "tow hitch". A "two bar" would be something you would use with the tow...
• Re: Tow bar mount?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 27 Dec 2005 23:20:28 -0700
  "Has anyone put attachment points for a tow bar on the front of their Vanagon?" http://www.syncrosafari.com/harrylewellen/towing_basics.pdf that...
• Re: Anyone towed a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 28 Apr 1999 12:17:11 -0400
  I have towed many vehicles with these types of tow bars. The vanagon has no good means for support of this unit, unless you...
• Re: Towing a Splittie with a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - John Baker
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 15:46:05 -0500
  ...Yes, it sounds insane! Absolutely! And all I have is a tow-hook-mounted tow bar on my '85 Westy! The tow bar is...
• Re: Towing?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 11 May 2000 08:02:41 -0500
  ...as a bar that would connect the two hitches together >(bar with a ball receiver at both ends) so I could tow one vehicle...
• Re: Towing a Splittie with a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Matt F
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:47:58 -0500
  ...Towing a Splittie with a Vanagon? > Yes, it sounds insane! Absolutely! And all I have is a tow-hook-mounted > tow bar on my...
• Re: Flat 4 towing 85 GL
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 18 Feb 2005 19:52:59 -0700
  ...Any body familiar with the infamous ken morgan? He had a similar tow bar for his towing of vanagons around behind a chevy van...
• Re: Towing a Splittie with a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 13:54:23 -0600
  ...The split-window bus would be towed on >its own wheels using a tow bar that hooks onto the front beam. The trip is...
• Re: Tow Bar for Vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - Roade Kampe
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 21:06:32 -0800
  ...Tow Bar for Vanagon??? >Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 16:29:12 -0800 > ><snip> >if it's an > > automatic don't tow it or...
• Tow bar mount?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 27 Dec 2005 21:27:27 -0800
  Has anyone put attachment points for a tow bar on the front of their Vanagon? Rob becida@comcast.net '87 Wolfsburg Vanagon in western...
• Re: Ideas on shipping/towing from Nova Scotia
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:09:51 -0400
  ...Ideas on shipping/towing from Nova Scotia >>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> >>Roadmaster Inc makes an excellent tow bar and brackets for >the Vanagon...
• Re: Ideas on shipping/towing from Nova Scotia
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Aug 2003 23:35:58 -0400
  Roadmaster Inc makes an excellent tow bar and brackets for the Vanagon. Go to http://www.roadmasterinc.com/pdfinst/1208-1.pdf for the...
• Re: Towing?
  Historical mailing list - t
  Thu, 11 May 2000 10:01:34 -0700
  ...as a bar that would connect the two hitches together > (bar with a ball receiver at both ends) so I could tow one vehicle...
• Re: Bus towing bus connection
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 8 Jun 1996 17:18:44 -0400
  ...this is a fixed hitch tow, with a heavy duty tow bar bolted to the frame of the tow bus. max speed i liked...
• Re: Hitch Question
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:47:17 -0600
  ...It mounts to the tow hooks. The > only > way I seem to be able to get it mounted is the the bar under the...
• Re: Trailers
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:13:43 -0700
  ...In real life the Go-Westy tow bar is better supported than it looks in the pictures, the towbar also hooks to the rear...
• Re: Ideas on shipping/towing from Nova Scotia
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:56:43 -0400
  ...Ideas on shipping/towing from Nova Scotia >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Roadmaster Inc makes an excellent tow bar and brackets for the Vanagon...