Homemade VW car dolly - What is a good tongue weight?

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A "tow dolly" is actually the 2 wheeled setup , a "car
trailer" is 4 wheels or more , these guys are building
a tow dolly -




--- Mark <mardak@cogeco.ca> wrote:
> I think that might be only with a trailer, since a
> car dolly is actually
> a 4 wheeled trailer.  I once packed a Uhaul trailer
> improperly (way to
> much weight at the rear) and almost lost it a couple
> of times at
> 60mph...)
> 
> I was planning on having 100 to 150 lbs on the
> tongue, since I'd like to
> err on the side of caution, and it only seems
> logical that there should
> be 'some' weight on the hitch...  
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Mark.
> 80 S
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Utley
> [mailto:mr.utility@highstream.net]
> > Sent: January 17, 2004 10:07 AM
> > To: Drew Teague
> > Cc: mardak@cogeco.ca; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: RE: Homemade VW car dolly - What is a
> good tongue weight?
> > 
> > I was talking to an engineer friend of mine about
> this.  He said that
> you
> > will
> > need at least 100 lbs of tongue weight on the rear
> of the tow vehicle.
> > Otherwise, if there is too much weight towards the
> rear of the towed
> car,
> > it
> > will fishtail at speed...
> > 
> > HTH
> > --
> > Regards,
> > David Utley
> > -----------
> > Cable Volkswagen
> > 405-470-3129
> > 1-800-522-6793
> > 
> > 
> > Quoting Drew Teague <roccnroll@hotmail.com>:
> > 
> > > Every tow dolly that I have ever used is
> configured in this way:
> > >
> > > The platforms where the wheels come to rest on
> the dolly, where they
> are
> > > strapped down, are braced rigidly with one
> another.  This whole
> assembly,
> > > however, is mounted on a pivot point in between
> the two front wheels
> in
> > the
> > > center, to the frame of the dolly.  The front
> wheels will never turn
> at
> > the
> > > car's steering points.  They turn, rather as one
> unit on the pivot
> point
> > of
> > > the platform they are mounted on.  The rear
> wheels simply follow no
> > matter
> > > what.  The tongue weight could be adjusted to
> nearly anything you
> want
> > based
> > >
> > > on where this pivot point is located above the
> wheels of the dolly.
> The
> > > farther it is in front of the wheels of the
> dolly, the greater the
> > tongue
> > > weight.
> > >
> > > Sufficiently wordy, as always...  heheh
> > >
> > > **Drew Teague**
> > > Harrisburg, PA
> > >
> > > '84 8v Rocco --  "Bruise"
> > > '85 BMW 318i
> > >
> > >
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