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Subject:Re: Towing a Vanagon with a Vanagon?
From:Tim Demarest
Date:Wed, 23 Jun 2004 11:18:54 -0400

I remember when I cooked the engine in my '73 super beetle... At the time
AAA offered free towing within a small radius (I think it was like 25
miles), so I got it towed around for a couple of estimates, absolutely free...

Ah, the good old days. Shortly after, they limited it to towing to your
home or the nearest AAA shop. I guess I helped ruin it for everyone else...

At 10:23 AM 6/23/2004 -0400, Eric Zeno wrote:
>Your wasting your time and money!!
>  Joint AAA and have it towed!
>
>
>Shawn Wright wrote:
>
>>I may need to tow another Vanagon about 100 miles with my '88 Westy 2.1L.
>>Are there any options for doing this without a hitch, ie: some kind of
>>tow bar
>>that mounts to the tow hooks on each van? My concern is most hitches I've
>>seen are not rated much beyond 1000 lbs. I'm only looking for a one-time
>>use, so is there something I can rent from UHaul for this?
>>
>>Thanks.--
>>Shawn Wright
>>http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright
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>>
>>
>>

Tim Demarest
tim.demarest@pobox.com