For what it's worth, I've towed newly bought project cars without plates or insurance in Illinois and Wisconsin, and have never been stopped while towing, even without lights on the towed car. I've had police remark on the car at gas stations and such, and they have never asked about either.
In Wisconsin, small trailers don't need licenses, and I've never seen any requirement for liability insurance on a trailer in either state. Of course, maybe I've been lucky in the last 30 years. If you are towing a VW, it's a good idea to keep it at the minimum speed on controlled roads, just in case something happens. Bugs are good mechanically to over 100 MPH - we've all seen the racers - but the amount of trouble you can get into rises with the square of the speed. It's a "law" of physics. Got to agree about New Jersey - when I was out there on business I saw things that even Chicago drivers never thought of. Must be something in the air. Chuck Kuecker acvwguy64 wrote: > The bumper hitch on my F-250 is too high, so I use a drop hitch. Ideally, > you want the tow bar to be as close to parallel to the ground as you can. > > I think most states require current tags, registration and insurance, since > more than zero of the wheels are on the ground. (Another advantage of a > flatbed trailer) Depending on the state, you can sometimes get temporary > tags. > > Safety chains!! I use bulk chain and chain links to connect the front beam > to the hitch, leaving enough slack for movement, in case the tow bar fails > from either end. > > I've never gone over the maximum speed of the bug in-tow. Is there any > danger of damaging the bug if you do? > > I was towing a bug, with magnetic lights, on Rt-22 in NJ. Someone actually > tried to cut off the bug, was honking at it, and gave it the finger. I'd > imagine to avoid that, stay out of NJ. ;^} > > acvwguy > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
