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

[Tony and Lillie]

The real reason for using the larger reciever, in your case, would be if you 
want to use a drop/raise reciever. That is, if you need more than a standard 
1.25" will allow you. IOW, you can get quite a range of sizes of drop/raise 
amounts on the larger recievers, while you generally only have one to choose 
from in 1.25".

Personally, having done this both ways, I'd go with the premade hitch and 
cut it up, rather than building one from scratch. Much more of a PITA than 
it was worth. We did the "from scratch" for Dad's Ranger, and cut up a 1.25" 
one (no idea what it was for) for the 5000 TQ. The second one took about 2 
hrs total, including install. The first one (Ranger) was an all day project.

HTH,
Tony
----- Original Message ----- 
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Think I can tow my boat with my golf? revisit


Sorry for all the questions, but I have another or two.

First, any reason I couldn't buy 2x2x1/4 square tubing along with my angle 
iron, and a receiver for the ball mount, and weld it together? (Instead of 
finding some kind of hidden hitch thing that is the right length.)

Second, assuming I decide to not totally build it and buy a premade hitch to 
weld to the angle iron, I have been thinking about getting one from a 
salvage yard. Figure it would be cheaper than getting a brand new something 
I am going to hack up. I found one on an older Patfinder that has one wide 
enough to work on the Golf, but the size for the ballmount is 1 1/4 instead 
of 2 inch. The sticker said it was rated for 350/3500 however, which is more 
than the crazy limit for towing with the Golf, I'd say. Any reason not to 
get that one for $50?


I did find one on craigslist pulled off a Blazer that looks like it could be 
wide enough, that is a 2 inch hitch. We'll see when he measures it. If it is 
wide enough I'll go for that.