huffmanm
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Everything I can find states that the Kar Kaddy SS must be used with the front-wheel drive vehicles front tires on the dolly. However, I have seen rear-wheel vehicles with the back tires on the dolly and with the steering wheel secured. Is there any problem with this? I want to tow a rear-wheel drive Ranger pickup or a front-wheel drive Honda Civic. Seems to me the Kar Kaddy SS would be the ideal choice to use with either vehicle without having to buy brackets for both vehicles and driveshaft disconnects and oil pumps. Any advice would be welcomed and appreciated. You can respond to my email: mike.huffman@charter.net
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tahiti16
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If the vehicle is rear wheel drive and is allowed to be towed 4 down and doesn't have fulltime 4x4 or all wheel drive then it could go on the dolly. If it needs a driveshaft disconnect to tow four down then you will still need it with the dolly.
This is why frontwheel drive vehicles are usually what gets a dolly.
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Daboo
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some owner's manual warn about towing with the rear wheels on a dolly...I would check the owner's manual..its a good source of info...usually the front wheel drived vehicles are towed, but I also have seen the rear on the dolly....good luck
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1fastdad
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I have a Demco SS and I have not been able to find out why this is. I have towed a chev colorado with the rear wheels on the dolly with no apparant problems although I did have to install aux. tail lights on the front of the pickup. The overhange of the bed is longer too but it didn't come that close to the corner of the MH when making sharp turns.
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RobFM
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It's not just logistics it's a MAJOR safety issue.
The problem is the front steering wheels are on the ground held in a straight ahead position by only a locking pin in the steering column. When that pin wears or breaks your Toad is quickly in the oncoming lane causing a fatality.
It's happend, the photos are gruesome.
In my experience even Tow truck operators only tow with the fronts on the ground for a short distance and then tie the steering wheel so it won't move. Most of them brought the ramp truck if they had to tow from the rear.
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Bobbo
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Bad idea, but some do it. Some will tell you it is OK to do it.
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mowermech
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I have never owned a vehicle that had locking steering that locked the wheels in a perfectly straight ahead position.
Sorry to be so blunt, but anybody who relies on that lock to keep the steering in position while towing is quite simply a fool! The steering wheel must be secured FIRMLY in the straight ahead position!
I, too, have seen many vehicles with the rear on a dolly. I have never seen an accident caused by such towing. I'm sure it has happened, and will again, but is the risk all that great? I don't know. I doubt if any studies have been done to quantify it.
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1fastdad
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RobFM wrote:It's not just logistics it's a MAJOR safety issue.
The problem is the front steering wheels are on the ground held in a straight ahead position by only a locking pin in the steering column. When that pin wears or breaks your Toad is quickly in the oncoming lane causing a fatality.
It's happend, the photos are gruesome.
In my experience even Tow truck operators only tow with the fronts on the ground for a short distance and then tie the steering wheel so it won't move. Most of them brought the ramp truck if they had to tow from the rear. I opperated a tow truck for many years and the preffered method of towing is from the rear on a rear wheel drive vehicle and yes you do have to secure the steering wheel.
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