On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 6:36 PM, pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote:
> A pretty good while back people on the list were discussing making a 2 axle
> trailer from a vanagon body, basically removing the drive train and interior
> and keeping everything else.

Aside from the novelty aspect, this seems incredibly foolish.  My '82
owner's manual says that the maximum towed load is 1000 pounds.  A
lightweight, single axle trailer is handy for hauling large and/or
dirty stuff.  I cringe every time I see photos of a Vanagon being
towed by another Vanagon.  I see more of them on the German web sites
than anywhere else.  It seems patently unsafe to me.  My second car is
a Toyota Tundra 4x4.  It has just enough towing capacity for a Vanagon
on a car hauler, and towing like this is not comfortable for anything
but short distances.  There is no way for a Vanagon to do this safely.

--
Michael Snow
1982 Westfalia 1.9TD
http://slowmachine82.blogspot.com/