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Old 12-22-2020, 01:29 PM   #1
bverouden
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
State: North Carolina
Posts: 19
THOR #19013
dolly modifications

First of all let me say that the acme eze tow is a very lightweight dolly with some great advantages - light weight , stores upright , surge breaks , galvanized .

Some of the problems we were having that may be specific to our set up
- bit difficult to load mostly getting wheels to center on straps tie downs and be tight against front bumper (might be driver error lol)
- keeping straps tight and yes we are virtually towing it flat hitch height 14 inches but sometimes you go up and down hills and hit pretty rough roads
-biggest issue is Pt has very low profile tires and stiff suspension when you crank straps tight it virtually flattened tires where front bar was digging in actually first trip it blew side walls out both front tires tire store said i over tightened straps -oops

Our solution was this - had a piece of diamond plate aluminum fabricated with angle iron guides matching outside of car wheel base and put stops on front and back added very little weight to overall.
It is very easy to load now first time get close and it falls in place . Car doesnt move at all towing side to side or front to back straps stay tight and I dont have to replace tires lol

Bill
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