[Mgs] Flat towing

[Carr&Edwards]

So far you've been told everything except what you originally asked!  So I 
just went downstairs and measured our chrome-bumper car -- the center of the 
bumper is 14" from the floor.

Sarah Carr
'71 B-GT in PA



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas McKinnie" <d.mckinnie at usa.net>
To: <mgs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 12:21 AM
Subject: [Mgs] Flat towing


> My MG is presently stored far from hone and I'd like to get it back, and 
> I'm
> considering flat-towing it behind the SUV. My wife hates traveling in two
> cars, finding it very stressful to stay together, and she worries if we 
> don't
> stay together.
>
> I've got the harbor-freight tow-bar, and a chrome front bumper on the GT 
> that
> is already quite pitted so I don't feel guilty about adding holes.
>
> The receiver hitch on my soft-roader is 14 inches above the ground, and 
> I'm
> wondering how much of a "drop" I need to match the height of my MGB front
> bumper, which is of course far away at the moment. Anyone have a handy
> chrome-bumper MGB who could tell me the height of the bumper above the
> ground?
>
> Any tips on flat-towing? I've pulled a car on a dolly before, but not one
> four-wheels down.
>
> Douglas