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Originally Posted by Chance
Thanks Jamie, nice rig.
Why can't your electric Focus not be towed on a dolly if drive wheels are off the road? Does it have rear drive also?
Regarding dolly width, it looks from picture that fender support is closest interference -- other than that it looks plenty wide. It's hard for me to tell from pictures. It also looks like car tires may ride behind the dolly axle -- would have not expected that although I haven't looked at dollies closely.
My only concern with dolly tires being outside of motorhome's would be hitting a curve or construction barrier. To me the 102-inch width -- the maximum allowed by law and only on certain roads -- would be a problem mostly if driving a narrow Axis or other narrow motorhome.
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We're not really sure why Ford doesn't want you to tow it (We because I have a coworker with the exact same Focus Electric and we've discussed it frequently). Near as we can figure Ford is concerned about the weight transfer to the back wheels as all the batteries are back there. Mechanically the rear end is the same as a gas engine'd Focus. Although for my test tow of 3 miles the ABS & Traction control really were not happy at all--took 3 ignition cycles to clear all the alarms! LOL (I'm sure that could be avoided if I just disconnected the - 12V battery). Thus our primary toad is my wife's FWD Escape.
I believe that the front axle of the car rides slightly forward of the dolly's axles to give it a smidge of tongue weight:
We've never hit a curb simply because of the Axis' rear-axle overhang: When we turn the rear of the camper goes in the opposite direction thus moving the dolly away from the curb. I would imagine this affect would even be greater on a Class-C with much larger distance between the rear axle and the rear bumper. (I also keep an eye on the rear-view mirrors when we turn as that is the only way to see the car back there without the rear view camera.)
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