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We live in Midland, TX and bought our Bolt in Austin, TX. We pulled the Bolt home from Austin on a 2-wheel tow dolly behind our motorhome. We had some problems with how the Bolt worked on the dolly, and I'm wondering if anyone else has tried doing this. Looking for a way to make it work better, because we would really like to use the Bolt as our "dinghy" when we travel.
Our Kar Kaddy SS tow dolly has wheels that turn when we go around corners. For the car to work correctly on our "steerable" tow dolly, the wheels on the car must remain straight ahead at all times. Most ICE cars have a steering wheel lock as part of the ignition switch, and they work fine on the dolly. Since the Bolt does not have a lock on the steering wheel, we found that the front wheels on the Bolt would occasionally turn when we went around very tight turns. Once they got "cocked" off center, they would not return to straight ahead. At that point the car was no longer tracking straight behind the tow dolly, and we had to stop, start the car, and re-center the steering wheel.
So I'm wondering if anyone else has tried pulling the car on a tow dolly, and if so how it worked. I might be able to come up with some way to "lock" the Bolt steering wheel with straps or ropes, but I was hoping for a more elegant solution.
All suggestions cheerfully accepted. We have another car we normally pull behind the coach, so if we can't make the Bolt work it is not a big tragedy.
Our Kar Kaddy SS tow dolly has wheels that turn when we go around corners. For the car to work correctly on our "steerable" tow dolly, the wheels on the car must remain straight ahead at all times. Most ICE cars have a steering wheel lock as part of the ignition switch, and they work fine on the dolly. Since the Bolt does not have a lock on the steering wheel, we found that the front wheels on the Bolt would occasionally turn when we went around very tight turns. Once they got "cocked" off center, they would not return to straight ahead. At that point the car was no longer tracking straight behind the tow dolly, and we had to stop, start the car, and re-center the steering wheel.
So I'm wondering if anyone else has tried pulling the car on a tow dolly, and if so how it worked. I might be able to come up with some way to "lock" the Bolt steering wheel with straps or ropes, but I was hoping for a more elegant solution.
All suggestions cheerfully accepted. We have another car we normally pull behind the coach, so if we can't make the Bolt work it is not a big tragedy.