I was told that if you put the rears on the tow dolly, the steering wheel
will somehow get loose and.....
I really don't know. I don't know where i heard this, just that vanagon's
shouldn't be towed backwards?

-Craig

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 11:13 PM, Jake de Villiers <
crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> Crescent Beach, BC
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>