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Subject:Re: Towing a Vanagon with a Vanagon?
From:Laurence Smith
Date:Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:14:40 -0400

I towed a Vanagon with a Vanagon but I had a Subaru 2.2 conversion to
help me.  I would not do it with the 2.1 WBX.  The Subaru with 130 HP
had a hard enough time.

- Laurence

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 Laurence Smith
 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
 90 Westy / 90 Subie 2.2
 87 GL / 91 Subie 2.2
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Shawn Wright
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 9:49 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Towing a Vanagon with a Vanagon?
>
>
> 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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