Does anyone know if there is a tow bar I can buy for my car so I can tow my car with my truck? It costs me $60 each way for a cab when I bring my truck to the dealer so I'm sure a tow bar would pay for itself pretty quick.

 

You will probably need to have a hitch welded to your truck. U-Haul rents them. They may also sell them. Northern Tool sells them, I believe. Some dealers will take you home and pick you up if they are working on your truck. If they offer that service, you could save some money.

 

RV suppliers carry them, however check your owner's manual since towing a car with the drive wheels on the ground will damage almost all transmissions. The cars you see being pulled by motor homes usually have an aftermarket mechanisim that disconnects the driveshaft. A tow dolly would eliminate that problem but they are in the $800 plus range I think.

 

Some of the guys that do Drive Away jobs tow their cars behind the truck to get to the next location. What you're asking for does exist.

Myabe try calling Bennett (800) 866-5500 or one of the Drive Away companies to see where their drivers get theirs. They also make fold up mini bikes that are street legal.

 

U-haul can install it on BOTH vehicles, a buddy of mine had his done there.

My KW has a hitch from a 90's Chevy pickup that I put on it, got it at a garage sale for $10 bucks,it is the same width frame as the KW is 34", I have an old,old homemade towbar that hooks to the front of my 89 Toyota, which has a stick so NO worries about the transmission.

BUT be warned, I have full rear fenders on my KW, without them you will probably break your cars windshield.

 

I probably won't do the mini bike thing. My Harley riding friends will beat me up if they see me with one of those!!! Kidding.

My car is rear wheel drive so I'll probably look into one of those carriers that the front wheels rest on. I've already spent over $300 in cab rides.

 

The drive wheels would have to go on the carrier and the steering locked in the center position, those carriers are between 4 and 6 hundred bucks

 

Come on Steve, go with the bike, it works great.
I had a small bike, now I have an Aprilia SXV 5.5, it a 550cc V-twin enduro that weighs in around 300lbs wet.
Its easy on/easy off the catwalk with an aluminum ramp that stows on the trailer.
I take it off a few times a week just to tool around.

 

I could actually bring my flatbed and put the car on there if I had some really long ramps. The dealer has a big lot that I can keep the trailer until I pick the truck back up.

I probably won't do anything. I thought there was something simple I could hook up to the car. I didn't realize I had to be concerned with the transmission since I've seen RV's towing cars with a simple hitch. Oh well.

 

Not trying to over complicate this but a set of ramps will probably cost at least as much as a tow dolly, they would however allow you to haul cars or conversion vans, etc. as a backhaul.

Maybe there is an outdoor loading dock near you and the dealership to offload your car.