Pinkfloydd

Hey all. Got a question. Has anyone ever tried to tow a little uhaul trailer like this...

http://www.uhaul.com/guide/index.aspx?equipment=trailer-4x8

..behind a 2002 S8 or like vehicle? All I would need to put in the trailer would be a Queen sized bed mattress, boxspring, the support bars, headboard, a 61" flat TV weighing about 80 pounds, and maybe another 40 pounds of random electronics, etc. Is this a wayyyy bad idea or doable?

The cost between the little tow trailer and a whole truck pulling my car behind it is well over a grand, and I'm a cheap bastard. Any thoughts/feeling/ideas?

ricoblanco

Do you have a tow hitch? If so, why not? I remember seeing some pics of a guy across the pond towing his VW magic bus on a trailer with his //S8. I think a car with this much power/weight could handle that little thing.

Pinkfloydd

No I dont have a hitch, but they rent them. I do not know much about how it gets mounted/installed. Is it like you gotta drill into the frame or something to mount it? How difficult/expensive is that?

-OvO-

I don't think you'll find a rental place that has one for a D2 A8, and I don't think you'll find any place to buy one. Tozo made his own, search the archives for pictures.

tozoM8

<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/80919/image_017.jpg">
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/80919/image_024.jpg">
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/80919/image_050.jpg">

Associate Lurker

The hitch'd have to be aluminum too to prevent Galvanic corrosion. I'd bet almost anything that any of the "normal" hitch mfg's only make them in steel. Tozo, that fist pic looks like Aluminum, is that Reese aluminum? Are the mounting points aluminum?

tozoM8

It is steel just like the Audi factory hitch. It is insulated from the frame.

Associate Lurker

Thanks Tozo, How was it insulated? Rubber gasket?

tozoM8

I've used a heavy duty tape like Duct tape on the contact surfaces.

CalG

Bset practices would suggest a coat of paint to seal the surfaces if possible.

Just a perspective to be less than "over reactive" (Sick pun I know)

CalG