How to Tow a Golf Cart on a Trailer

Towing a golf cart or moving it from one course to another is simple enough when you’re aware of the steps that you need to follow.

Fortunately for you, I have performed this task multiple times. I will now share with you my best techniques on how you too can tow your golf cart from one location to another.

The Best Way to Tow your Golf Cart

At some point you’ll have to tow your golf cart from your home to the golf course. Other situations when towing a cart would arise is when you’re travelling to an interstate course, or taking your cart in for maintenance.

Towing a golf cart is a moderately easy procedure, but you will need to take care of your cart and follow a procedure.

Here are some simple steps which explain the best way to your golf cart you understand the process better.

These are the steps on how to tow a golf cart on a trailer:

First, it’s mandatory to connect a durable trailer to your towing vehicle. Then you need to attach a ball receiver over the top of the available hitch ball. Then attach hitch ball is to the tow hitch of the trailer. Don’t forget to lift the hitch latch present found on the trailers ball receiver.

What Is the Best Trailer Size for Towing Golf Carts

If you own a normal golf cart, then you can fit it in a utility trailer of around five feet to ten feet in size. In my experience, a trailer that is 5 to 10 ft is the best size to tow the average golf cart.

For smaller trailers, remember to load them backwards to ensure that the back seat foot region projects at the front portion of the trailer.

Remember to face your golf cart in the hauling vehicle’s direction while loading it on the truck bed. Next, flip the windshield down and fasten the string around it. Before you end up hiring a towing truck, remember to measure the size and weight of your golf cart.

What Happens if you Tow a Golf Cart in Run Mode

If you’re not aware of tow run switches, then towing your golf cart on a trailer in running mode is a seriously dangerous task.

If you can keep the towing cart in running mode, it can lower manual labor as there is no need to push the golf cart onto the truck’s bed. However, for that, you need to learn about tow run switches first.

These switches are also known as tow maintenance switches and are available in most of the newer models of golf carts available these days. The golf carts with separate motors might find these switches in-built in them.

These switches help in creating regenerative braking. You can find these switches located inside the battery chamber.

These tow switches come in handy with separate motors along with their corresponding controller. The controllers are known to have logic memory, mostly similar to that of a car stereo. The controller here helps in drawing minimal power all the time, even when you are not using your golf cart.

By turning on the switches, you can automatically get the golf cart rolling enough to tow right onto the trailer or truck bed, without causing the vehicle any sort of damage.

How to Tow a Golf Cart with a Roof

If your golf cart has a roof on it, then you might be worried about the speed required for towing the cart on the trailer. In reality, you don’t need to think about the speed at all.

In its place, place a strap on top of the golf cart’s roof. If you’re still worried about the roof, you can tow golf cart at a speed of 60 or 70 mph without getting into any kind of trouble.

There really is no need to worry as long as you have the straps holding the roof in place. The only thing that you need to worry about is the windshield, which has a chance of breaking off while towing. This is why I recommend removing the windshield before towing.

How to Tow a Car and Golf Cart Together

There is not much of a difference when planning to tow a car or a golf cart. The methods remain more or less the same.

However, if you have plans to tow both golf cart and car together, then be specific of the load capacity of the trailer.

Your towing device must be able to withstand the power and weight of two vehicles at once.

Follow the steps below to tow both your car and golf cart together:

How to Use a Tow Dolly

Thanks to a tow dolly, now you can tow your golf cart and your car onto the trailers bed. The rear wheels of the car and golf cart will remain on the ground when you start the towing procedure. This procedure will work perfectly if you’re towing vehicles coming with front wheel drives.

How To Use a Trailer to Tow a Golf Cart

If you don’t like the idea of using a tow dolly, you can instead use a trailer to tow tour golf cart.

Here are the steps to tow your golf cart using a trailer:

Initially, you can attach your trailer to the tow vehicle’s hitch ball. You need to attach a coupler to hitch carefully by driving tow vehicle forward. Later, get the car and golf cart attached to the trailer using safety chains.

Towing a Golf Cart behind an RV/Camper

Here are three ways of towing a golf cart behind a camper or an RV. Learn about these steps first, and then choose one that suits your needs.

Flatbed or enclosed trailer: This is a unique trailer type which makes towing golf cart a lot easier behind your RV. Even after towing the golf cart onto the trailer, it will have enough storage space to bring on some additional items for towing.

Sometimes, you may need a supplemental brake system to alert others on the road. This is especially true when you’re about to take a turn to reach your destination.

Towing a Golf Cart with a Windshield

It has been found out that while towing the golf cart, the windshield of the vehicle might snap off.

I highly recommend that you fold your windshield while transporting the vehicle or completely remove it.

You can remove or fold windshield quite easily as newer golf carts have this feature. Upon arriving at your location, you can put the windshield right back on the golf cart and go for a ride!

If you enjoyed this article you’ll also want to read my other guide on Golf Cart Weight and Size