-----Original Message-----
From: Al Knoll [mailto:al_knoll@pacbell.net]
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 7:00 AM
To: Vanagon Mailing List
Subject: Re: Vanagon trailer hitch

I bought one of these from ron which was easily modified by my local welding
wizard to accommodate a 2" receiver.  Like Ron says it is a heavy duty
hitch.  I would not recommend using the tow loops or tiedown loops for
mounting a hitch that you intend to tow more than 125lb tongue weight/750lb
trailer weight.

It also has the mounting holes for a pintle hook.

pensioner ...

Date:    Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:40:29 -0500
From:    The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagon trailer hitch

> I've read posts expressing interest in the mounting of
> a hitch and yesterday I spotted an interesting version
> which bolted to the towing loops (is that what they
> are?) below the bumper on the rear of the vehicle.

That's the most common Vanagon hitch, but it is very light duty. Good
only for very small utility trailers, etc. We do offer a much heavier
duty genuine VW one, which is the one sold by Volkswagen in South Africa
as a dealer option for the Vanagon. This thing is practically
bullet-proof, and actually slides into the frame rails and becomes "part
of" the van.  Link:

http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=S121

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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