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

[scirocco at powerlink.net (John C. Worden)]

I think what he meant that in reality, a tow dolly, with car
is like a trailer as it has 4 wheels on the ground.

John

At 11:13 AM 1/17/04 -0800, A J wrote:

>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
> > 81 S  2.0 ABA/JH/4K
> > 75    Soon!
> >
> > > -----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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