I purchased a used one year old Acme EZE-TOW dolly last year, it came with surge brakes and a spare tire.  I’m very happy with the dolly and have put almost 10k miles on it in the year that I’ve owned it. About 1/2 of these miles were in mountainous terrain where the dolly brakes were used extensively.

This dolly comes with the Vault wheel bearings/axle assemblies by UFP. The Vault grease system uses a small spring loaded piston to keep a little bit of pressure inside the axle (prevents water from getting in the bearings).  The status of the pressure system is easy to determine,  simply look at the hub. The black piston should be protruding 1/8 inch or so from the center of the hub.  If its flush with the hub,  then there’s no pressure. Continue reading “Acme Brakes and Axle” →

Whenever we stop,  I always do a walk-around to check straps, chains, electric plugs, tires, etc.

On one stop,  I noticed the passenger side light fixture had fallen out  and was laying up inside the frame and was rubbing against the tire.  Unfortunately,  the rubber gasket that holds the light was missing so I couldn’t re-install the light. Continue reading “Acme EZE-TOW dolly Tail Lights fall off” →

If you’ve been using the Acme EZE-TOW dolly, you may have experienced the ramps popping off of the dolly while loading or unloading your car. For some reason, the ramp hooks bounce out of the dollys loops and the ramp(s) fall to the ground.

EZE Tow representatives state you must load / unload on a hard surface such as asphalt or concrete. 

I routinely load / unload on soft surfaces such as packed gravel and dirt, and the ramps have popped off a couple times. This seems to happen when loading/unloading, and the car bounces up / down or forward/backward, and the dolly is jerking around a little. Continue reading “Acme EZE-TOW dolly ramps pop off while loading / unloading” →