Has anyone ever put a hitch on the speedster?
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Has anyone ever put a hitch on the speedster?
Hope you aren't towing anything larger than a small Hobie Cat/Sunfish or aluminum john boat! Years ago there was a T1 VW hitch that connected to the rear of trans and the steel rear bumper --- you have no steel bumper so will have to have one custom made that uses the tubular support frame.
As a trucker, I need to again how unsafe it is to tow anything. The speedster is too light. Yes there are a couple of owners here that have a small tag a long trailer , but anything over 200 GVW is unsafe to say the least and that is risky.
Reasons are:
*A heavier tow load will result in "push".....the speedster is all too light in overall weight at 1600 lbs, the front end has very little weight, with a tow load attached it is a unstable combination it will "plow" in a turn or in a hard braking situation... even worse, on a wet roadway can easily jack knife!
*I have seen this all to often on the highways where smaller light weight vehicles are towing heavier tow loads resulting in a runaway situation ....i.e.swaying out of control into another travel lane or into oncoming traffic. Unsafe and dangerous only begins to discribe the risk.
There is a saying in trucking :
"Reduce The Risk" this means to do all that a vehicle operater can to prevent any situation to be come an unsafe one.
*The speedster has no provision to safely anchor and attach a hitch assembly.
*Increased weight makes the engine work harder resulting in increase motor heat , the No.1 enemy of the aircooled engine.
*Bottom line, I wouldn't consider towing anything at all.
Reasons are:
*A heavier tow load will result in "push".....the speedster is all too light in overall weight at 1600 lbs, the front end has very little weight, with a tow load attached it is a unstable combination it will "plow" in a turn or in a hard braking situation... even worse, on a wet roadway can easily jack knife!
*I have seen this all to often on the highways where smaller light weight vehicles are towing heavier tow loads resulting in a runaway situation ....i.e.swaying out of control into another travel lane or into oncoming traffic. Unsafe and dangerous only begins to discribe the risk.
There is a saying in trucking :
"Reduce The Risk" this means to do all that a vehicle operater can to prevent any situation to be come an unsafe one.
*The speedster has no provision to safely anchor and attach a hitch assembly.
*Increased weight makes the engine work harder resulting in increase motor heat , the No.1 enemy of the aircooled engine.
*Bottom line, I wouldn't consider towing anything at all.
Dont ask this guy how to tow a boat
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Ah! A very fine example of the above mentioned "woes"
Looks to be a top of the line hitch though!...Alan
Looks to be a top of the line hitch though!...Alan
I wonder why he's still in the truck. Probably looking for a change of underwear.
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and a parachute???
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"Yeah it's only me dear... Oh sure, I'm fine,
I'm just hang'in out with some new friends,
I'll call you when I am on the way home, not sure what time though, .... "Depends" :)