Towing a car behind the bobtail

How often are you taking your truck in for repair? I can't imagine a truck needing to be in the shop enough to justify a setup like this and still be worth keeping.

In any case, they sell towbars for cars, mostly marketed to people that want to tow their car behind their RV. If your truck has a regular pickup style receiver hitch those work just fine.

As for the car it depends. Some manuals cannot be flat towed, even in neutral as they have oil pumps driven by the input shaft. Some automatic pickups, typically 4WD ones can, by placing the transfer case into neutral. You'd have to look into the instructions for your particular vehicle.

 

You'll have to check with the manufacturer to see if it can be flat towed and if so, the procedure. (my f150 4X4 auto can be flat towed) I don't know your predicament with your repair, but you could always just rent a car for a few days.

 

Can't see installing/being set up to tow your car being cheaper than Uber/taxi a couple of times per year?



Pete

 

Not fun fact: Newer jeeps have to be towed in park with the transfer case in neutral

 

Then call an actually taxi, or a friend, or family member, or try hitch hiking, or maybe throw a few bucks to one of the shop techs for a ride back when he's off work.