I did over 300 miles from Hobbs, NM to Albuquerque several years ago, pulling an engine-less beetle with my little S-10 pickup.
Aside from what's already been said - key on, steering wheel unlocked, I have one thing to comment on, that I would love some collaboration on: at slow speeds, especially just when starting from a stop, both front wheels on the beetle would do this horrible shimmy-shimmy-shake that really freaked me out! It only lasted seconds, but the first time it happened to me, I slammed on the brakes, and walked around and around, double-checking everything, trying to figure out what was wrong... I have since been told, "yeah, they do that" - that it's normal, and not to worry about it. It happened more than once, but evened out & stopped once I got above the speed of a brisk walk/run....but, as I said - it really freaked me out the first time it happened! Was I told correctly? Is that more or less a normal occurrence for towing a ACVW? - john >>> On 3/11/2007 at 5:02 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Timothy Osburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Friends, I'm towing my '56 beetle down to Arkansas from Kansas City (about > 200 miles) in a couple of weeks, using a VW tow bar (all four "feet" on the > ground). > > Two questions- You do tow with the car in neutral, correct? Any special > instructions besides that? I'm assuming you don't "bind down" the steering > wheel, correct? > > I would love to hear any "horror stories" and what could have been done to > prevent them. Thanks! > > Tim Osburn, Head Mechanic, Ralph Spoilsport Motors. _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
