[Vwdiesel] Think I can tow my boat with my golf?

[Dave Cook]

Ha ha, Loren!  You haven't gotten quite far enough east yet!  We have the Flint Hills out here!  Really, Salina/I-135 is basically the west edge of the hilly area.  


I was able to pull the old boat out with the Corrado OK, though sometimes there would be a bit of white-knuckled wheel spinning if the ramp was wet! 


I figure the first couple times I'll make sure there is a truck that can pull the trailer up if needed, but I don't think it'll be a big deal, the concrete on the ramp has been grooved pretty well.  Or I'll have someone sit on the hood of the Golf!

Assuming I go this route, I do plan to pull up Travis' threads and copy the plan for mine.

The only thing is that I won't want to drive the Golf into the water to launch the boat like I did with the Exploder a couple times.

 
Dave Cook


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 From: "LBaird119 at aol.com" <LBaird119 at aol.com>
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com 
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Think I can tow my boat with my golf?
 
In a message dated 4/12/2012 11:01:51 AM Central Daylight Time, 
davevw at yahoo.com writes:

> I figure it would be cheaper in the long run (initial purchase as well as 
> ongoing taxes and insurance) to buy a small welder and some metal to build 
> a hitch for the Golf rather than buying another old cheap SUV.  
> 
>  
> Thoughts?
> 
> 
> Dave Cook
> 

  Not like you're going to encouner any hills on the way!  :-D  Maybe add 
an winch to your savings purchases and if the ramp's too steep, let the 
trailer down the ramp via winch then back up as well, parking where you have 
enough traction to get going?
    Loren
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