

| Subject: | Re: Towing an Automatic Vanagon. Cutting the drive axles? |
| From: | Jake de Villiers |
| Date: | Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:13:14 -0700 |
Tow it backwards! On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 6:54 PM, craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote: > So i have a chance to get a great deal on a westy interior from an '80 > vanagon that's too far gone to be saved. My scrap sale price should cover > all my costs if everything works out well. The thing is, it's an automatic. > This means i cannot use a regular tow dolly, which seems to be the only > option Uhaul is giving me. Well.... What if i just cut off the drive axles? > I don't need them.... > If the front wheels were up, the problem at hand is the automatic > transmission right? You could tow a manual vanagon fine with the wheels up. > So.... if i were to cut, or actually take the time to remove the drive > axles > (i really don't need them. infact, i have two sets of automatic > transmission > drive axles i'll sell cheeper than you could believe!), would i be able to > successfully tow said vehicle? > > -Craig > '85GL (Soon to be WESTY!) > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" Crescent Beach, BC www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
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