Towing with a kombi?

crazyfiggi Wolfsburg Wizard

657 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 1 Jul 2010, 10:22 am

#788015

Who here tows with their kombi or has done in the past? I have a 77 kombi with a 2L and manual box which I'm thinking about towing a dirt bike trailer with. The trailer fully loaded would weigh under 600kg. Would my van handle that ok? What's would be the max I could tow? Any mods I could do to the van to help it out a bit?
Any advice would be great,
thanks,
Alex.

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 1 Jul 2010, 12:27 pm

#788031

No problems if your engine is set up right, and brakes and suspension in good nick.

I've towed car trailer's all over the country with a bay and a wbxr. Admittedly my bay had a few different hipo engine combo's over the years, but always air cooled. 🙂

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Kombi Dad Slammed & Awesome Dubber

96 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 2 Jul 2010, 1:26 pm

#788256

I have an '82 2l EFI camper that I use to tow a tradies trailer when we are camping. I have had no issues and have now towed that trailer for probably 150,000 kms all told.

Ian

boppa Casual Dubber

38 posts · joined May 2004 · 2 Jul 2010, 11:05 pm

#788360

crazyfiggi wrote:Who here tows with their kombi or has done in the past? I have a 77 kombi with a 2L and manual box which I'm thinking about towing a dirt bike trailer with. The trailer fully loaded would weigh under 600kg. Would my van handle that ok? What's would be the max I could tow? Any mods I could do to the van to help it out a bit?
Any advice would be great,
thanks,
Alex.

We regularly towed up to 2.5 tonnes (the legal max) (and occassionally a bit more- whistles innocently) on a 76 kombi with the heavy duty towbar/rear protector bar
flat towed kombi campers up to 400km on the flatbar
600kg??
unless its in really poor shape- you should be able to tow that trailer from sydney to perth and back

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crazyfiggi Wolfsburg Wizard

657 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 3 Jul 2010, 2:03 pm

#788414

Thanks guys, I thought it would be ok but just wanted to check it out first. Now I've just got to make a tow bar for the van!
Alex.

TheMiniMan Insano Dub Head

849 posts · joined Aug 2006 · 20 Jul 2010, 11:03 pm

#791733

I don`t have any problems with my kombi towing,,, when-ever the gearbox breaks i just call the tow truck,,, tows great :-)