[TR] Towing a TR3A without a trailer/dolly

[amcewen2 at cogeco.ca]

Hi listers,

Not sure if this is a good idea or not but Im thinking of rigging my (daily
driver) TR3A to tow behind an RV without
a trailer or dolly (4 down in RV parlance).   Obviously I cant phone up the
tow bar people and get an off the
shelf mounting bracket for a TR so I was looking at having one fabricated.

My goal is to not reduce the ground clearance any more then is already there
so Id thought of using the 4 bolts that
go through the frame to hold the front bumper outriggers on.   If I use the
inner side of the bolt (between the frame
rails) it wont change the placement of the outriggers.  (I dont have a
rad/sump guard to get in the way).

I was thinking of a couple of 18 4-6mm flat steel sections shaped sort of
like Js (or flat field hockey stick)
lying on its back with a piece of say 2 box steel across the crook of the
J section to act as the mounting
point for the tow bar pins.   That way the bar angle wont interfere with the
bumper and it raises the mounting point
slightly and the pulling stress will be on the steel and not the welds.  Id
put the mounting pins a couple of inches
to the outside of the "J" to make the tow bar resemble a triangle a bit more
in the hops of improving stability.
Safety chains would attach behind the suspension uprights.

Ive seen MGBs and even a 356 towed like this so Im probably not the first TR
owner to try this,  any idea what the
thickness required for the J or the cross piece?  Am I nuts?  ;)

Thanks,

Art.