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motersickle
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 Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:44 pm Post subject: trailer hitch |
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i'vw got a 69 with T-bar style bumpers. I am looking for an trailer hitch that will work with this style bumper. if anyone knows how to build one that does not have to tie into the bumper i would like to know. any comments and or observations will be welcomed.
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ampegboy1
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Hi motersickle,
My Peka/VW towbar is essentially a big A-frame which attaches with U-bolts around the rear torsion tube to do the pulling, then clamps to the frame forks and bolts to the bumper to share the vertical load.
I reckon you could rig up a similar affair with a bracket that attaches to the bumper mounts instead of the bumper itself.
HTH,
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motersickle
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| Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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ampegboy1
is it made out of flat stock or square tubing??
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Vedauwoo
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bugninva
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Hmmm, a trailer on an Air Cooled VW......
No Better way to ruin the Transmission! |
hmm...so by that way of thinking, passengers is a big no-no?
(when pulling a trailer with a type one, the brakes are your main concern, not the transaxle, which is fairly robust.)
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Scott H
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| Vedauwoo wrote: |
Hmmm, a trailer on an Air Cooled VW......
No Better way to ruin the Transmission! |
It hasn't ruined mine.
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NOVA Airhead
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ampegboy1
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I can't see why the transmission would care unduly about towing a trailer. Surely a load is a load is a load to the transmission. My dad used to tow his boat trailer all day with his GT Beetles and never once had the transmission complain. I can see why applying the load brutally can upset it, but I tend to shy away from racing launches with a trailer 
Anyway, the A-frame of the Peka hitch is made from L-section, with the flat part 'against' the car and the downward part towards the outside. I tried to take a picture, but even my widest lens wasn't man enough! It's more or less identical to the version for the Ghia:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/misc.php
The design brings two nice bonus features - since it passes under the sump, it offers some protection from large things like speed bumps. Believe it or not, it also stiffens up the back end a little, resulting in a slight but noticeable improvement in 'chuckability'!
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Vedauwoo
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Folks will say, and probably have towed all sorts of things....but....one thing I have learned when it comes to trailers and weights and such is that most folks have no clue and/or never check the actual weight...they just assume they are ok....many do not even consider the weight of the trailer it self in that 882 lbs. Depending on what you have, you may be ok or you may be overcapacity with the trailer hooked up alone.
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motersickle
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I've got a trailer that is a diamond plate aluminum tool box that is mounted on torsion bar axles. I have pulled it all over the country with my stock HD motorcycle. The tongue weight isn't over 60# so i think it will pull all right. I appreciate everyone's input. I came up with a plan and started putting it together today. I'll let ya'll know hwo it turns out. Once again thanks everyone.
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GA_Boy
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| motersickle wrote: |
I've got a trailer that is a diamond plate aluminum tool box that is mounted on torsion bar axles. I have pulled it all over the country with my stock HD motorcycle. The tongue weight isn't over 60# so i think it will pull all right. I appreciate everyone's input. I came up with a plan and started putting it together today. I'll let ya'll know hwo it turns out. Once again thanks everyone.
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I wouldn't worry about the tranny as long as it is properly lubricated, but I would keep the RPM's up on long uphill pulls to keep the heads as cool as possible. If I were going to add any one gauge it would be a CHT gauge.
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Scott H
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| motersickle wrote: |
I've got a trailer that is a diamond plate aluminum tool box that is mounted on torsion bar axles. I have pulled it all over the country with my stock HD motorcycle. The tongue weight isn't over 60# so i think it will pull all right. I appreciate everyone's input. I came up with a plan and started putting it together today. I'll let ya'll know hwo it turns out. Once again thanks everyone.
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Have any pictures of the trailer?
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motersickle
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| i can email you some pictures of the trailer if you would like. I don't know how to insert them in to this reply or if it can even be done. Send me an address and i would gladly forward some pics. |
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Scott H
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PM sent. Thanks!
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motersickle
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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only 8 years later but here are the pics
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mikeonthebike
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| I'd like to see how you have that mounted underneath. |
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motersickle
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| mikeonthebike wrote: |
| I'd like to see how you have that mounted underneath. |
Next time i have it up in the air i'll take a pic and post it
i promise it will not take me 8 years this time
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