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 crazyfiggi
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| posted on July 1st, 2010 at 10:22 AM |
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Towing with a kombi?
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.
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| posted on July 1st, 2010 at 12:27 PM |
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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. 
Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
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| posted on July 2nd, 2010 at 01:26 PM |
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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
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boppa
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| posted on July 2nd, 2010 at 11:05 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by crazyfiggi
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.
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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
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| posted on July 3rd, 2010 at 02:03 PM |
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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.
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| posted on July 20th, 2010 at 11:03 PM |
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I don`t have any problems with my kombi towing,,, when-ever the gearbox breaks i just call the tow truck,,, tows great :-)
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