Wow, watching your video was like deja vu all over again. :) Excellent job! We have the same model and have done 2 1/2 cross country trips towing a Chevy Equinox using the same splitter and magnetic tow lights. Yes, aligning the car properly can be very time consuming. Some days, you just can't seem to get it centered. Rarely does hookup take less than 1/2 hour and you jump in and out of the car a LOT. Laying on the pavement in 100+ degree heat is worse than when its freezing. It also sucks in the rain. Because it's such a hassle, we rarely unhook the car until we get to a destination. This prevents sight-seeing along the way and defeats much of the purpose of the trip. That, more than anything, is why we will probably switch to as economical a tow bar as we can find. You can get a complete bundle for around $2000 if you're willing to go with surge brakes and can do the labor yourself. And even though this is a "light" dolly, it can tweak your back if you're not careful. The tow bar weighs much less, which can only help on hills. Storage space is also a non-issue. Yes, the ends of the straps fraying is a major pain. I push mine through from the top with a flat head screw driver, then pull from the bottom when I can catch something that came through the slot. Yes, the ground wires for the lights vibrate off. We also lost an entire license plate and bracket due to vibration. They should provide a solid plate mount. Our brake wires (running under the frame) also worked their way loose and had to be tied/taped up. Yes, you need to be positive those strap hooks are fully vertical when everything is tightened up. We had a strap come off completely, most likely because of a missed inner hook that had snagged. Safety chains are a must! We use an extra long one in the middle, connected to the bolt that holds the ramps in place. We also swapped the original chains for some with clips on each end after a chain bounced out of the eyelet on one trip. The clips prevent this. You can save a step on the safety chains if you put some bar magnets from a hardware store on your control arms or find some other way to leave them in place. Tuck the chains up there when you disconnect and they stick. We never had them come loose (we used several magnets) while driving the car. Reach in and pull them through the eyelets without having to remount the chains on the control arms each time. Yes, the tires wear out after about 5,000 miles. Having a single spare, we bought one mounted replacement on Amazon while on the road. (No longer available). Now, with two rims to spare, we bought the next unmounted pair on Amazon for about $100. Mounting cost about $30. The trailer guy who mounted them said he thought the tire surfaces were being vulcanized because the surge brakes were being over-applied. I tend to agree with your turn analysis on the video. Either way, they wear out fast and the cost does add up. We also had a flat and were lucky we had a TPMS installed, a spare, a cordless impact driver and small floor jack with us. Swapping in the spare wasn't too bad under those conditions. Didn't unload the car from the dolly. Can't recommend the TPMS and enough tools enough! I noticed your ratchets appear to be mounted upside down. I mounted mine with the release handle up, as in the Acme demo video. The handle to get in the way of the ratchet locking properly if there is a lot of tension on the strap. I often have to keep some tension on the ratchet, then tap on the handle with a hammer to get the catch in all the way. Your way seems better!

Thanks for your hard work with cold hands making this video. I learned so much watching it. We just bought a 2020 model tow dolly and have not used it yet. You have such good suggestions for loading, strapping and chaining your vehicle. Great video!

I believe the reason why the doly is dragging when you turn is that the chains that you are attaching underneath the car are too short and not. Enough slack when that chain is taunt it is now pulling on the Dolly.

Thanks for your video. I actually just ordered the EZE-tow dolly but will be towing a much lighter car. We'll see how it works out for us, but your video gave me some good things to watch out for.

Nice job thx

Good video, thanks for the explanation as you worked on securing the van. We're looking to buy one in the next few weeks. Would you still recommend buying an EZE Tow Dolly?

That was actually a big concern for me as the rear suspension is going in our van. I actually don’t think the back of the van ever scraped.

awsome vid

Had this car dolly and it's junk. Went through three tires caused by the front angle iron! If you are stopping in a turn the side wall hit the angle Iron damaging the sided walls.

Thank you so much for this! Any updates another year since your last update?

How about your transmission

Does the rear of the van get scraped on the ground

That van work on flat tow