I have towed many vehicles with these types of tow bars. The vanagon
has no good means for support of this unit, unless you are not
concerned about the condition of the front bumper. I have reamoved
the front bumper, of my Vanagon and drill  1/2" holes thur the under body
inserted all thread to support my tow bar. After towing I re-
install the front bumper and you can't tell the holes are there.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler

On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Markus Benne wrote:

> I'm now planning to tow a vanagon using a tow bar.
>
> Supposedly these things clamp around the bumper.  Will this work on
> a '87 GL Vanagon bumper?
>
> The U-Haul place says it won't work becuase of plastic cladding (I
> didn't think the
> '87 GL had any plaxtic cladding) and may cause bumper damage.
>
> Anyone have any input to this?
>
> Thanks,
> ...Markus
>