VW TDI as a toad?

[warren madson]

i have been towing a 2001 beetle tdi 5 speed for over
a year no problems. only thing is to be sure that the
ig switch is not in the locked pos or the on pos.just
in between. I had the switch go to the on pos and i
left it hooked up for 2 days dead battery. I now
carry 20ft jump cables if it happens again.
80 35fcsb
madson95
--- towanda692006 wrote:

> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ryan
> Wright"
> wrote:
> >
> > Anyone toad a 5 speed Jetta or Beetle? Looking to
> buy one to put
> > behind my PT-40 but I'm getting conflicting
> information. Dealership
> > techs say yes, others have told me no. What's the
> scoop?
> >
> > -Ryan
> > '86 PT-40 8V92
> > Tri-Cities, WA
> >
> Hi Ryan;
>
> We can tell you all about using a New Beetle as a
> towed. We Are
> fulltiming with a 40ft WLWB with Mille our 2000 New
> Beetle, 5spd. We
> had the baseplate and towbar installed last May
> (2006) at the Blue Ox
> factory in Penner, NE. These are the most
> knowledgeable people we have
> ever met when it comes to tow packages. VW has a
> difficulty factor of
> 5 and when we called the local installer in
> Minneapolis, MN we got bad
> vibes about having it done there. Called Blue Ox and
> they said no
> problem. The entire front end has to come off to
> install the base plate.
>
> We pulled late Sunday afternoon for our Monday
> morning appointment.
> Monday morning at 7:00 one of the guys came out and
> got the car. They
> warned us that it would take all day to do, so they
> gave us a company
> truck to use. We did a little sight seeing around
> Pender and eastern
> NE. They have free hook-ups for our coaches. Then
> Tuesday morning
> they asked to bring the coach over to the factory
> for the drop-bar
> installation and some instructions for hooking and
> unhooking our towed.
>
> We now have towed her about 7000 miles with no
> problems. Love the Blue
> Ox package. In fact as we were coming down to see
> Ralph and Charolette
> a couple of weeks ago we stopped to have the towbar
> checked for any
> unforseen problems and got to tour the plant. Highly
> recommend
> considering Blue Ox and having it factory installed.
>
> Sorry for the length of the message, but there
> aren't alot of Beetle
> owners using them as toweds.
>
> Ken and Patti Marsh with our 7 cats on the way to
> Carson, WA as of
> 7-1-07. Currently in Albuquerque, NM.
>
>
>




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