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cphilip · #22 06-16-2008, 02:24 PM

I have to say that with the right Tow vehicle, he could have gotten away with it. The Van used was not a good tow vehicle for that set up being it is tail light already. And the whole thing was then compounded by the lack of tounge weight a backwards car plus Tow Dolly is going to give you. I image it loaded on a trailer would have even given that Van trouble. A proper vehicle to tow that car, in any configuration, is going to be at least a 1 Ton Dually pickup truck. No matter how you went about it. There would not be any way that Van came close to any rating either way you did it. Front first or Rear first. Trailer or not. Auxilliary brakes too, none on that Dolly. It could never have come close to being adequate tow vehicle. Now I know people are going to come tell me they do it all the time. Well... sure... people play the lottery every day too. That Van was simply not a good Tow vehicle for a 3000 pound car. In any configuration.