Towing a Iltis with a dolly

[Little Jo]

Originally Posted by SteveB

Hi , I looking to bring my iltis behind my VUS ( Nissan pathfinder). IF I'm using a U haul Dolly , I'm I going to ruin the iltis transmission.

Thank

Hi Craig

I used to trailer my MB Jeep by "A" frame and then changed to towing it behind my Jeep Cherokee and that was much easier, saved a lot of fuel and you wouldn't know it was there it was so easy. Worked great.

Cheers

Tony

[Robert Bergeron]

Thanks for the very good tip Little Jo. The Iltis has a full Time all wheel drive system. It was based on the Audi Quattro or other platform trials of the day. So like my 1944 GPW there must be a "special " way of towing without damaging the transfer case/transmission. Just cautious that's all. Thanks for posting Jo .

[Robert Bergeron]

Very nice MB by the way Tony, very nice.

[Little Jo]

[. So like my 1944 GPW there must be a "special " way of towing without damaging the transfer case/transmission. Just cautious that's all. Thanks for posting Jo .[/QUOTE]

Hi Robert

I fitted free wheeling hubs to the front wheels, easier steering and driving on bitumen roads. When towing for short trips I had the transfer case and gearbox in neutral, on long distance trips I removed the rear axles and with the free wheeling front hubs the whole vehicle was free wheeling, so there were no moving parts. It only took about 15 minutes to remove both rear axles which I stowed in PVC tubes to keep them clean and made dust covers to keep the dust out of the axle. Towing the Jeep was so light hardly used any extra fuel unlike when I trailered it.

Cheers

Tony