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MOON BUGGY
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Use this to pull your 3500 pound Buggy!
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weasel_ugs
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| Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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| I have had mine since the 80's and towed bugs and buggies with it with no problems at all with it. |
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lostinbaja
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| Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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I'd say there is a large safety factor seeing that most buggies are around 1600 lbs.. My towbar, circa 1975 is a lot heavier than the towbars you buy these days.
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BIGMIKEY
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| Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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Hypnotic..  Loved it.
I have a fold up version of that tow bar. I have towed many a beetle and buggy with it. Adapted it to a 1984 Jetta to tow that 50 miles. I even flat towed a 1975 914 towed behind a 1985 Dodge Charger 2.2 from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Brackney, PA. Still hangs on my garage wall ready to serve.
Great video. Thank you.
Mike T
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herkster
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crsmp5
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| Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:07 am Post subject: |
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| adapter made for mk1 front bumper tow hooks, used to tow my jackrabbit from san fran to ne ohio... |
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drs1023
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| Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:48 am Post subject: |
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| Made one that had an adjustable X-bar in the middle and interchangeable (bolt on) ends for VW, Honda, Toyota. I towed a few dozen cars with it over 15 years. I towed my rail around 200 miles and back with it last summer. It went with a car I sold last fall, so I am back to the version you show here. |
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VolkswagenGerry
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| Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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Mine is 1600 pounds with me in it.
But I don't dare put the tow bar on my aluminum beam..
And Yes I dare to buggy with alum beam (street use buggy)
Tried once with some rubber to protect it and it wore thru the rubber quick.
Now when I tow it I put it inside my moving truck with ramps.. LOL
I even towed it like this once.. short distance ratchet strapped to my lift gate LOL..
Hey whatever works right..
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fullup12
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| Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 6:06 am Post subject: |
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| Our Buggys weigh @ 1500 pounds but its not 1500 pounds chained to a pole. I think the tow bars will be fine. |
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Dale M.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 8:39 am Post subject: |
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Great advertising gimmick and certainly gives one thought, but a "rolling" 1600lb car really is not that much strain on tow bar....
Dale
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Skulptorchaz
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I don't wish to Hijack but I'm assuming that using a tow bar like this means it's OK to tow in "all four down". I will be towing mine one day behind my coach and was wondering if there was anything I needed to do.
Thanx!!! |
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herkster
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| Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:58 am Post subject: |
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| leave it in neutral it will follow. |
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Skulptorchaz
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| Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanx, that's what I needed to know. |
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VolkswagenGerry
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you could put a mannequin or dummy in the drivers seat and have a laugh..
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EVfun
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| Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Skulptorchaz wrote: |
I don't wish to Hijack but I'm assuming that using a tow bar like this means it's OK to tow in "all four down". I will be towing mine one day behind my coach and was wondering if there was anything I needed to do.
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Don't back up! The front wheels will follow nicely if you are going forward, but will flop over to full lock left or right if you try to back up.
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Skulptorchaz
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| Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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| It already has a dummy behind the wheel. But a mannequin would be funny! |
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Dale M.
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| EVfun wrote: |
| Skulptorchaz wrote: |
I don't wish to Hijack but I'm assuming that using a tow bar like this means it's OK to tow in "all four down". I will be towing mine one day behind my coach and was wondering if there was anything I needed to do.
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Don't back up! The front wheels will follow nicely if you are going forward, but will flop over to full lock left or right if you try to back up. |
Ditto... Only once in all my years of towing, buggy only once let me back up about 20 feet to get clear of idiot who boxed me in at a gas pump.....
Dale
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