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LEE 64
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 Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 3:50 pm Post subject: Can a 1970 bus standard transmission be towed with a dolly ? |
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| can a 1970 camper with a standard transmission be towed with a dolly ? any special precautions ? Thanks |
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skills@eurocarsplus
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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yes, but some have had some pretty bad luck as the shifter slid into gear somehow and blew the engine.
if you had to go far, I would probably remove 1 axle just in case, or better both axles.
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grtfldan
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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Another way is to disconnect the shifter linkage.
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skills@eurocarsplus
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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either way, don't do this
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=303153&highlight=towing+blew
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jtauxe 
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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Ugh. That is just sickening! 
I have never had a problem putting the front wheels of a manual transmission bus on a tow dolly and towing it. I've towed them hundreds of miles, actually. With the front wheels on the ground (had to, once) things were much more sketchy in terms of control.
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Brian
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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I did it by disconnecting the shifter linkage. When we were loading it up the guy said "You could leave it in 4th so you can charge the battery while you're driving."
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Wildthings
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Put it on the tow dolly backwards ....tie off the steering so it can't move left or right AND secure the pop top |
and you may end up with a very unstable tow.  |
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Tom Powell
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Wildthings wrote: |
| grandpa pete wrote: |
| Put it on the tow dolly backwards ....tie off the steering so it can't move left or right AND secure the pop top |
and you may end up with a very unstable tow. |
I've had a tow with the rear wheels lifted and the steering wheel locked with the wheels straight and the steering wheel secured. Max tow speed was probably about twenty-five and the distance about ten miles. No problem with stability and back on the road with a new fuel pump.
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dugfresh
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| Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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At my local VW parts supplier Bow Wow... they have a solid hunk of metal that was a piston they pulled out of a motor that had been drug behind.. in gear.
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WM971252
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| Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 8:09 am Post subject: |
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| Wildthings wrote: |
| grandpa pete wrote: |
| Put it on the tow dolly backwards ....tie off the steering so it can't move left or right AND secure the pop top |
and you may end up with a very unstable tow. |
Not if you secure the steering wheel right (and the front end is up to snuff). Yes this is not from using a tow dolly but with a tow truck hooking the rear with everything from a Bug to a 26 foot box truck |
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Wildthings
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| Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 9:33 am Post subject: |
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| WM971252 wrote: |
| Wildthings wrote: |
| grandpa pete wrote: |
| Put it on the tow dolly backwards ....tie off the steering so it can't move left or right AND secure the pop top |
and you may end up with a very unstable tow. |
Not if you secure the steering wheel right (and the front end is up to snuff). Yes this is not from using a tow dolly but with a tow truck hooking the rear with everything from a Bug to a 26 foot box truck |
Sorry, but I have seen several rear end first tows fail to work well with the wheel lashed. One by a guy that tows cars around the country for a living. |
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skills@eurocarsplus
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| Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:25 am Post subject: |
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the WM in his user name is part of his wreck master id. he has towed more crazy shit safely than anyone i have known. if he says it's possible to do so safely, i personally take his work as gospel
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
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| Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
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| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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grandpa pete
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| Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:52 am Post subject: |
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| Put it on the tow dolly backwards ....tie off the steering so it can't move left or right AND secure the pop top |
Do you think I just make this stuff up to post and screw people up ????
I'v towed from Boston to ST Pete this way AND all over Florida .....
And that was with a 32 ford that you wouldn't dare tow with the rear wheels on the ground
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WM971252
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| Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:56 am Post subject: |
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Now Now Skills, You ain't see it all (the best was the Corvette that was put in the lot at the top of the hill.....)
How was the steering wheel secured? I have seen and done all of the except a rope (sorry too thick to go through the window frame). The only way that works and will stand up when you stand before a judge is two 1 inch ratchet straps on each side of the wheel.
Again that is if the front end and parts are in "like new condition" (AAA words they use in their towing bible).
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skills@eurocarsplus
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| Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:14 am Post subject: |
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^^^^
I've seen enough 
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
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| Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
| Brian wrote: |
| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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