“Useful Tips & Facts about Car Dollies”

Car Dollies are one of the Safest, most Practical, Cost efficient, ways to tow a vehicle. A swivel car Dolly is the most preferable and easy on your vehicle being towed because it relieves pressure on your front end/sub-frame when turning to prevent tweaking your front end or chopping your tires (Tow bars tend to eat up tires). Also, using a car dolly eliminates the possibility of your tires not returning which can happen when using a tow bar.

  If your Car Dolly has Brakes, then your legal and do not have to purchase other high dollar equipment to satisfy the Brake Laws.

  Swivel Car Dollies allow you to tow front wheel drive cars and most rear wheel drive vehicles backwards. However, be very careful when towing in this manner as you need proper tongue weight, which in many cases can be accomplished by placing luggage, spare tires, tools, sandbags etc. toward rear of vehicle over tongue of dolly (when towing backward).

  Car Dollies can be stored and moved around easy. Our “American Car Dolly” has Removable ramps and can be pushed under a motor home up to the fenders leaving only about 3’ past the motor home allowing you usually to still have plenty of room to park your car in your RV space. Also, the “American Car Dolly” can be pushed backward into most garages with the fenders toward the wall leaving enough room to still park most vehicles in an average garage.

 Our “American Car Dolly” is 8’ long x 8 ½’ wide with 84” inches between the wheel wells. It weighs 485 lbs. Our Dollies tow very well down the road with or without a vehicle on it and we Do Not suggest removing any air from the tires when towing it empty. Always use a safety device, chain, strap… from vehicle being towed on dolly to dolly and of course from dolly to tow vehicle also.

Check tension on your Wheel Nets Frequently when towing.!

  Grease Your Hubs every 5-10,000 miles, oil your ratchets and Check your Tire Pressure.

 If you do not understand something about your car dolly, Please ask Anyone or call us. It’s not worth the risk or the harm it could incur by taking chances.