Hoping to find something on here that's suitable for towing this thing (no that's not me driving, it's the previous owner, but I'm planning on a bit of racing and want to be able to know I can get home after I inevitably break something...else).
I would think if you put that on a car trailer it would be over the legal weight to tow behind a bay!
Well that's a good question. What is the legal limit towing with a Bay? I've seen it done, not in the UK, I might add. My head has been saying a T4 or a T5 for a while now, but my heart says aircooled....
I’ve done it lots but only short distance, 2.0Fi in a pickup but I wouldn’t want to go far or up many hills, biggest concern though is stopping it, bays are tail heavy anyway without a trailer, steering can go very light! Totally illegal by the way
http://thelatebay.com/index.php?threads/towing.36157/ Funny I typed into Google and it was TLB to the rescue, I suspect my Bug weighs quite a bit less than a T2 or T25 even with a quality trailer. Mine hasn't been on the scales but its been on a bit of a diet and stock they are 760kg. According to the post it's OK, but the steering is an obvious concern.
One thing you definitely can’t do is use an A frame unless you’re the AA or RAC , even an empty car transporter trailer will slow an already slow vehicle down considerably, they just don’t have the low down grunt you need . @pkrboo tows an Ariba catering caravan with a Subaru 2.5 conversion
Was thinking of a trailer pulled by a Type 4/2 Ltr tin top. As far as I know, the RAC guys are told to get the driven wheels off the ground so they must use something else than an A-frame, mustn't they?
hello and welcome from west yorkshire you're in the right place if you're looking for low down grunts (but we tolerate them)
They use those dolly things or solid bars I think . I wouldn’t discourage anyone from using aircooled but I fear you’d have overheating problems towing a beetle on a trailer and then you’d be needing to get 2 broken vehicles back from race weekend
Your depressing me now....wanted to be less boring than a T something or other, far too many of those already at meets Last one I went to was like a plumber's van convention (I didn't say that, if anyone asks, it wasn't me...and you don't know who I am...). What about a big external oil cooler? Already have plenty of experience with those.
Well that's what I was thinking, but please don't say I told you so.... Not enough air-cooled at meetings, too many water cooled T4/T5 etc I like them, but it's not the same, is it?..... I'll get me coat!
How about this one @F_Pantos ? I rather like it myself. But, as a T4 owning plumber you may doubt my judgment Ps ignore @Barry Haynes! https://m.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C936104
You can! The legal limit for an unbraked trailer is 750kg so if its lightened from original 760kg weight you'll be fine on an A frame that has inertia braking not that i'd want to tow long distances with one mind
Agreed, but at a recent VW show I saw very little else, a few more air-cooled would have been a good thing.
