Re: [T3] Will This Bumper Mount Tow assembly work ?

["B R M" <jezzina@ctc.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>Bottom line is that the type 3 was just not designed for pulling on the
bumper area. Heck it is barely designed to have the bumpers take any kind of
a bump whatsoever without damaging the sheetmetal.
With a bumper mount tow bar you will put tremendous side to side stress on a
small little spot welded area. Every time you turn the tow vehicle will yank
the towbar and bumper eventually weakening or ripping the bumper mounts from
your car, worse case your car would tear free from your tow vehicle and
cause a massive 100 car pile up killing scores of children.

Not trying to be a jerk but our cars are really not built for this. Have a
custom mount made that will bolt to the frame. Might be expensive but not
really if you consider the "could happens"

I am not sure of the beetle bumper mount towbars, I've only seen the kind
that hook to the front beam or bolt to the framehead on a superbeetle.

Later- Bryan


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Fischer" <john@stickergiant.com>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] Will This Bumper Mount Tow assembly work ?


> What about the beetle bumper tow rigs I see all over the place ?
>
> ?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3@vwtype3.org [mailto:type3@vwtype3.org]On Behalf Of Jim Adney
> Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 11:03 PM
> To: type3@vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Will This Bumper Mount Tow assembly work ?
>
>
> On 27 Jul 2002, at 18:47, Russ wolfe wrote:
>
> > Never tow a VW by the bumper. They are just bolted to sheet metal. And
> > on our T-3's, this area is usually rusted pretty bad. I have towed
> > several T-3's, and have had good luck using 2 wheel dollies. If the car
> > is an automatic, you will have to remove the rear axle half shafts to
> > tow it.
>
> How about towing it backwards, with the rear wheels on the dolly?
>
> -
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> Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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