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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!)
>

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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
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Crescent Beach, BC
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