[T3] Tow Bar

Mike Fisher fisherfarms at gmail.com
Thu Feb 9 10:09:45 PST 2012


The Service Station built curved plate steel drop plates to miss my Low
apron and reach back & then up to the frame!

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 9 Feb 2012 at 10:28, Gary Forsmo wrote:
>
> > BTW.  I have a high-quality Blue Ox, aluminum, Aladdin Tow Bar
> >
> http://www.blue-ox-towbars.com/tow-bars/motorhome-mounted/aladdin-tow-bar
> > We've been using the B.O. for 11 years, to tow our 3,050 lb., 2000 Honda
> > Accord, EX V-6.  If I could figure out the correct, Type 3 Axle Beam
> > "attachment" configuration, I would simply have the tow bar "ears" welded
> > to the front of the VW tow bar, and use our existing Blue OX to complete
> > the connection, between Car Tow Bar & the 5,000#, 2" Receiver on the
> motor
> > home.
>
> I looked at the Blue Ox installation instruction pdf, and Figure 5
> shows a  "Baseplate" which appears to be specific to the towed car.
> It's not called out in their parts list, but it must be something
> that's bought separately. They won't have one for Type 3s, but
> perhaps one for another car could be adapted. The biggest problem
> that I see is that they insist that the tow eyes on the towed vehicle
> be no lower than 4" below the receiver on the towing vehicle. That
> probably means that the Blue Ox can't reach the front axle beam on
> your square.
>
> Bob could probably make you an adaptor but it would be an
> "interesting" project. It might be possible to replace the round
> tubular front bumper reinforcement with something stronger that
> actually attached to the beam.
>
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