I was part of an event this past weekend where a bunch of Steyr Puch Hafliger's gathered to hang out and go for some trail rides in Leavenworth, WA.
A few years ago I imported and installed a Westfalia Tow Bar from PF Jones. It's the stock goose neck tow bar that BMW sells in Europe.
Anyway... Your e60 can tow toys. Here's proof:

 

Can you post some pictures showing how this OEM hitch mounts to car - that is, close-up of the hitch setup? Thanks.

 

I guess to each its own but i would never tow anything with my Ultimate Driving Machine.

 

how much does that thing weigh (trailer and payload). did you take stevens pass (hwy 2) or snoqualmie pass (i90) over to leavenworth?

 

This is just so random to me lol

 

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Could you post more photos from this event?
I wish I learned about this meet up before it ended

 

But, that's the point. It's so ultimate that I can tow, still drive like a bat out of hell, and do it in comfort. But, alas, you are right, to each their own.

The tow bar is rated (D-Value) for 11.4kN. The trailer weighs 350 lbs (159kg) and the Hafi weighs 1420 lbs (645kg). Westfalia's website has a fomula (GF*GA*9.81/(GF+GA)*1000) to find the kN of the load. This one was 1.25kN. Well, well, within the limits of the tow bar but this is the heaviest I would haul because the tongue weight becomes too high. The conversion for the tow bar is 200 lbs tongue and 4600lbs tow.

We did both. I-90 was really, really, slow because of the blasting and the road closure near Keechelus Lake. I-90 west bound was backed up from the blast zone, near the pass, all the way to Cle Elum. We saw two foot ball games and one soccer match on the shoulder. We decided to take hwy 2 back and deal with Bellevue traffic instead. The best part was passing Bros in lifted pick-up trucks hauling a trailers with ATVs up the hills and watching them attempt to catch up.

NordAmerika_2013 - a set on Flickr
and
2013 Haflinger Treffen: Leavenworth, WA - a set on Flickr


You have another chance in August at NWMF.