I hauled a 1979 GTI 200km with mine using a U-haul tow dolley.  According
to the U-haul guy this is the limit of what I can tow.  The Auto-transport
trailer was not  listed for Vanagons.  I had no problems towing the 2000 lb
GTI and the 500 lb dolley, stopping was the problem.  It seems the Vanagon
brakes like the 4400lb syncro but adding 50% more weight really taxes them.

At 07:15 7/8/98 PDT, susan hafler wrote:
>hello,
>the last few messages about hitches begs the question, what is the
>towing capacity of an 87 syncro gl? could it handle a small-ish uhaul
>trailer? tia,
>susan
>
>>Date:         Tue, 7 Jul 1998 21:15:40 -0400
>>Reply-To:     BeetleFreak <betlfrq@AIUSA.COM>
>>From:         BeetleFreak <betlfrq@AIUSA.COM>
>>Subject:      Re: looking to get hitched
>>To:           Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
>>
>>I have one of these hitches in excellent condition that I will sell for
>$65.
>>
>>Scott DeSanti wrote:
>>
>>> Check out WWW.HITCH-WEB.COM.  I picked up a 1500 lb hitch that mounts
>to my
>>> tow hooks in 10 minutes.  Only 118.00 bucks! May be the way to go if
>you don't
>>> want to replace that bumper.
>>>
>>> Scott De Santi
>>
>
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