Good towing device...

[James Anderson]

Hi
I have been following the conversation with interest as I recently got a solid bar for towing when I realised that my wife had not had a misspent youth driving cars and tractors around fields and farms and would not have acquired the skills needed to tow with a rope. My intention was to attach with a simple D shackle on the axle when required.
I would much prefer an A rig like David’s but thought it would need some form of attachment to the steering arm but from the pictures it is just clamped to the axle and the car will follow,or am I missing something?
Could you confirm that this arrangement results in the Austin following the tow car without a driver needed, if so I will see about fabricating one as it would be far better than a bar for towing
Ian

Obviously, my device needs a driver in the towed vehicle, as would any device that does not lift the front wheels off the ground or in some way steered them. One modification I would make if I was developing the idea would be a longitudinal spring mounted damper to reduce the shocks of stopping and starting but as this was a semi-urgent 'help' effected at one of the quietest time of local driving conditions, I think we both thought that it was reasonable. From many years of experience of towing and being towed it was also the least traumatic especially as we successfully negotiated one of the steepest hills in West Sussex, 'Bury Hill'.