Hawkes
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Post by Hawkes on Apr 30, 2009 10:21:52 GMT -4
flat tow or dolly with welded rearend HOLY FAWK! i cant see hauling a car trailer and an xj with an xj. Im fawked have to junk it i guess. The Jeepster came home from Yarmouth on a dolly, and it had a spool. No issues that way, and if the dolly has a pin to hold it from turning it can be backed up. Not easy and not going to win any races though. If you're just going local get a tow bar.
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Post by 'Roach on Apr 30, 2009 10:50:46 GMT -4
flat tow or dolly with welded rearend HOLY FAWK! i cant see hauling a car trailer and an xj with an xj. Im fawked have to junk it i guess. The Jeepster came home from Yarmouth on a dolly, and it had a spool. No issues that way, and if the dolly has a pin to hold it from turning it can be backed up. Not easy and not going to win any races though. If you're just going local get a tow bar. Intention is for longer drives (Valley, NB, etc), so sounds like dolly is the way to go. On the subject of brakes: Do you have to buy the dolly already setup for them, or could it be modded on? Tell me more about this pin. What exactly does it do?
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Post by kilo69 on Apr 30, 2009 11:24:24 GMT -4
The Dolly actually has steering wheels to avoid the tires scrubbing around turns.
So there is a pin that locks the steering arm in place to pretvent this when you aren't hauling or want to back up. The Dolly has Ball joints, tierod and stuff... kinda like a mini front axle!
Not sure if you can mod in brake later..... that likely depends on the hub and such... I'd say make sure it has brakes to start with though!
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Post by Hawkes on Apr 30, 2009 11:32:16 GMT -4
The Dolly actually has steering wheels to avoid the tires scrubbing around turns. So there is a pin that locks the steering arm in place to prevent this when you aren't hauling or want to back up. The Dolly has Ball joints, tierod and stuff... kinda like a mini front axle! Not sure if you can mod in brake later..... that likely depends on the hub and such... I'd say make sure it has brakes to start with though! Some come with brakes, if they're popular trailer hubs the retrofit should be no problem, PA carries everything. There are different types, the last one I used had solid hubs like a trailer, and the pivot was just a pin setup in the middle attaching the wheel part to the dolly to the top part that the vehicle wheels sit in. All this MVI reading I found a place that said in NS over 3900 lbs you needed brakes, but don't quote me on that.
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Post by Repete on Apr 30, 2009 11:49:11 GMT -4
Same as Len, I've towed them all, and I agree with the order: Trailer - seems the most stable and actually tows easier as it's designed for little resistance. The issue is storing the dang thing - that's why I don't own one (yet) Tow Dolly - I've put probably 10000 k's on my tow dolly since I've owned it. It has brakes which makes a major difference (coming off a mountain pass at 9000 feet in New Mexico... I wouldn't be here today if I didn't have brakes on the dolly ). Only think I hate with a dolly is you can't back up. Once in Nebraska I cut too close to the gas pump (due to an illegally parked car) with the Motorhome and dolly - funny to see the wife moving the MH around while a statetrooper and I were trying to manouver the dolly sideways cause I couldn't back up Funnier yet to see the trooper ream out the owner of the car for being an idiot and blocking access to the pumps ;D (EDIT - you can back up for a couple of feet before jacknifing. Put the pin in and you may get 10-15 feet it you're lucky before things go squirrely. I've tried this many times) Tow bar - if your vehicle is heavy enough a tow bar works fine. I've towed from Calgary to Utah with a Dodge Dakota and a YJ behind at 70 mph with no problems - I was surprised how well it towed. However that was my younger days - I'd probably slow down now since stopping distance was just about doubled
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Post by Dewie on Apr 30, 2009 14:42:04 GMT -4
There are different types, the last one I used had solid hubs like a trailer, and the pivot was just a pin setup in the middle attaching the wheel part to the dolly to the top part that the vehicle wheels sit in. Mine is the solid axle type, well - that is it has axle stubs. The unit I have does not have electrical brakes, but having hauled a horse trailer recently - and hauling it before and after I fixed the brakes, I may very well look into putting an electrical brake setup on it.
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Post by davidson on Apr 30, 2009 16:12:34 GMT -4
A chev suburban pulls my yj on a towbar like it's not even there. braking wasn't too bad either but i was only towing short distance at low speeds.
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