Towing a rental trailer with a TJ...
10-25-2003, 07:02 PM
#11
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Re: Towing a rental trailer with a TJ...
Approximately 10/25/03 13:48, ScriptLizard uttered for posterity:
> Hiya, folks...
>
> I'm moving from Florida to California in January. I don't have all that much
> stuff to take with me, just enough to barely fill a small U-Haul trailer.
> The only problem is, upon researching trailer pricing, U-Haul won't rent a
> trailer when the towing vehicle has a soft top, which my 2000 Wrangler has.
> They said something about safety hazards. I'm still researching that crap.
>
> Anyway, does anyone here know of another place that rents trailers for
> one-way travel? or maybe why U-Haul is giving me this crap over the soft
> top? They suggested that I rent a truck AND a trailer to tow my Jeep which
> seems somewhat reversely ironic I suppose, but the that quadruples the cost
> of just renting the trailer.
If you have enough to consider renting a truck, the trailer would be
to big for a Wrangler. How much was the rental from U*Hell? It might
be cheaper to either ship your stuff or consider buying a small
lightweight utility trailer.
--
My governor can kick your governor's ***
> Hiya, folks...
>
> I'm moving from Florida to California in January. I don't have all that much
> stuff to take with me, just enough to barely fill a small U-Haul trailer.
> The only problem is, upon researching trailer pricing, U-Haul won't rent a
> trailer when the towing vehicle has a soft top, which my 2000 Wrangler has.
> They said something about safety hazards. I'm still researching that crap.
>
> Anyway, does anyone here know of another place that rents trailers for
> one-way travel? or maybe why U-Haul is giving me this crap over the soft
> top? They suggested that I rent a truck AND a trailer to tow my Jeep which
> seems somewhat reversely ironic I suppose, but the that quadruples the cost
> of just renting the trailer.
If you have enough to consider renting a truck, the trailer would be
to big for a Wrangler. How much was the rental from U*Hell? It might
be cheaper to either ship your stuff or consider buying a small
lightweight utility trailer.
--
My governor can kick your governor's ***
10-25-2003, 07:02 PM
#12
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Re: Towing a rental trailer with a TJ...
Approximately 10/25/03 13:48, ScriptLizard uttered for posterity:
> Hiya, folks...
>
> I'm moving from Florida to California in January. I don't have all that much
> stuff to take with me, just enough to barely fill a small U-Haul trailer.
> The only problem is, upon researching trailer pricing, U-Haul won't rent a
> trailer when the towing vehicle has a soft top, which my 2000 Wrangler has.
> They said something about safety hazards. I'm still researching that crap.
>
> Anyway, does anyone here know of another place that rents trailers for
> one-way travel? or maybe why U-Haul is giving me this crap over the soft
> top? They suggested that I rent a truck AND a trailer to tow my Jeep which
> seems somewhat reversely ironic I suppose, but the that quadruples the cost
> of just renting the trailer.
If you have enough to consider renting a truck, the trailer would be
to big for a Wrangler. How much was the rental from U*Hell? It might
be cheaper to either ship your stuff or consider buying a small
lightweight utility trailer.
--
My governor can kick your governor's ***
> Hiya, folks...
>
> I'm moving from Florida to California in January. I don't have all that much
> stuff to take with me, just enough to barely fill a small U-Haul trailer.
> The only problem is, upon researching trailer pricing, U-Haul won't rent a
> trailer when the towing vehicle has a soft top, which my 2000 Wrangler has.
> They said something about safety hazards. I'm still researching that crap.
>
> Anyway, does anyone here know of another place that rents trailers for
> one-way travel? or maybe why U-Haul is giving me this crap over the soft
> top? They suggested that I rent a truck AND a trailer to tow my Jeep which
> seems somewhat reversely ironic I suppose, but the that quadruples the cost
> of just renting the trailer.
If you have enough to consider renting a truck, the trailer would be
to big for a Wrangler. How much was the rental from U*Hell? It might
be cheaper to either ship your stuff or consider buying a small
lightweight utility trailer.
--
My governor can kick your governor's ***
10-25-2003, 07:02 PM
#13
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Re: Towing a rental trailer with a TJ...
Approximately 10/25/03 13:48, ScriptLizard uttered for posterity:
> Hiya, folks...
>
> I'm moving from Florida to California in January. I don't have all that much
> stuff to take with me, just enough to barely fill a small U-Haul trailer.
> The only problem is, upon researching trailer pricing, U-Haul won't rent a
> trailer when the towing vehicle has a soft top, which my 2000 Wrangler has.
> They said something about safety hazards. I'm still researching that crap.
>
> Anyway, does anyone here know of another place that rents trailers for
> one-way travel? or maybe why U-Haul is giving me this crap over the soft
> top? They suggested that I rent a truck AND a trailer to tow my Jeep which
> seems somewhat reversely ironic I suppose, but the that quadruples the cost
> of just renting the trailer.
If you have enough to consider renting a truck, the trailer would be
to big for a Wrangler. How much was the rental from U*Hell? It might
be cheaper to either ship your stuff or consider buying a small
lightweight utility trailer.
--
My governor can kick your governor's ***
> Hiya, folks...
>
> I'm moving from Florida to California in January. I don't have all that much
> stuff to take with me, just enough to barely fill a small U-Haul trailer.
> The only problem is, upon researching trailer pricing, U-Haul won't rent a
> trailer when the towing vehicle has a soft top, which my 2000 Wrangler has.
> They said something about safety hazards. I'm still researching that crap.
>
> Anyway, does anyone here know of another place that rents trailers for
> one-way travel? or maybe why U-Haul is giving me this crap over the soft
> top? They suggested that I rent a truck AND a trailer to tow my Jeep which
> seems somewhat reversely ironic I suppose, but the that quadruples the cost
> of just renting the trailer.
If you have enough to consider renting a truck, the trailer would be
to big for a Wrangler. How much was the rental from U*Hell? It might
be cheaper to either ship your stuff or consider buying a small
lightweight utility trailer.
--
My governor can kick your governor's ***
10-25-2003, 07:43 PM
#14
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Re: Towing a rental trailer with a TJ...
No one will rent to a soft top I think.
I could be way off base here, but I think it has something to do with
the exhaust vortexing in front of the tall trailer and between the
vehicle making carbon monoxide poisoning an issue.
Even running with no back window and the front ones closed will kill
you. Open fronts and open back is fine, but the air still sucks in the
back and goes out the front windows. The wind still hits the back of
your head.
Your TJ is also legally limited to a 2000 lb trailer.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
ScriptLizard wrote:
>
> Hiya, folks...
>
> I'm moving from Florida to California in January. I don't have all that much
> stuff to take with me, just enough to barely fill a small U-Haul trailer.
> The only problem is, upon researching trailer pricing, U-Haul won't rent a
> trailer when the towing vehicle has a soft top, which my 2000 Wrangler has.
> They said something about safety hazards. I'm still researching that crap.
>
> Anyway, does anyone here know of another place that rents trailers for
> one-way travel? or maybe why U-Haul is giving me this crap over the soft
> top? They suggested that I rent a truck AND a trailer to tow my Jeep which
> seems somewhat reversely ironic I suppose, but the that quadruples the cost
> of just renting the trailer.
>
> Anyway... any thoughts, my fellow Jeepers?
>
> Thanks.
I could be way off base here, but I think it has something to do with
the exhaust vortexing in front of the tall trailer and between the
vehicle making carbon monoxide poisoning an issue.
Even running with no back window and the front ones closed will kill
you. Open fronts and open back is fine, but the air still sucks in the
back and goes out the front windows. The wind still hits the back of
your head.
Your TJ is also legally limited to a 2000 lb trailer.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
ScriptLizard wrote:
>
> Hiya, folks...
>
> I'm moving from Florida to California in January. I don't have all that much
> stuff to take with me, just enough to barely fill a small U-Haul trailer.
> The only problem is, upon researching trailer pricing, U-Haul won't rent a
> trailer when the towing vehicle has a soft top, which my 2000 Wrangler has.
> They said something about safety hazards. I'm still researching that crap.
>
> Anyway, does anyone here know of another place that rents trailers for
> one-way travel? or maybe why U-Haul is giving me this crap over the soft
> top? They suggested that I rent a truck AND a trailer to tow my Jeep which
> seems somewhat reversely ironic I suppose, but the that quadruples the cost
> of just renting the trailer.
>
> Anyway... any thoughts, my fellow Jeepers?
>
> Thanks.
10-25-2003, 07:43 PM
#15
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Re: Towing a rental trailer with a TJ...
No one will rent to a soft top I think.
I could be way off base here, but I think it has something to do with
the exhaust vortexing in front of the tall trailer and between the
vehicle making carbon monoxide poisoning an issue.
Even running with no back window and the front ones closed will kill
you. Open fronts and open back is fine, but the air still sucks in the
back and goes out the front windows. The wind still hits the back of
your head.
Your TJ is also legally limited to a 2000 lb trailer.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
ScriptLizard wrote:
>
> Hiya, folks...
>
> I'm moving from Florida to California in January. I don't have all that much
> stuff to take with me, just enough to barely fill a small U-Haul trailer.
> The only problem is, upon researching trailer pricing, U-Haul won't rent a
> trailer when the towing vehicle has a soft top, which my 2000 Wrangler has.
> They said something about safety hazards. I'm still researching that crap.
>
> Anyway, does anyone here know of another place that rents trailers for
> one-way travel? or maybe why U-Haul is giving me this crap over the soft
> top? They suggested that I rent a truck AND a trailer to tow my Jeep which
> seems somewhat reversely ironic I suppose, but the that quadruples the cost
> of just renting the trailer.
>
> Anyway... any thoughts, my fellow Jeepers?
>
> Thanks.
I could be way off base here, but I think it has something to do with
the exhaust vortexing in front of the tall trailer and between the
vehicle making carbon monoxide poisoning an issue.
Even running with no back window and the front ones closed will kill
you. Open fronts and open back is fine, but the air still sucks in the
back and goes out the front windows. The wind still hits the back of
your head.
Your TJ is also legally limited to a 2000 lb trailer.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
ScriptLizard wrote:
>
> Hiya, folks...
>
> I'm moving from Florida to California in January. I don't have all that much
> stuff to take with me, just enough to barely fill a small U-Haul trailer.
> The only problem is, upon researching trailer pricing, U-Haul won't rent a
> trailer when the towing vehicle has a soft top, which my 2000 Wrangler has.
> They said something about safety hazards. I'm still researching that crap.
>
> Anyway, does anyone here know of another place that rents trailers for
> one-way travel? or maybe why U-Haul is giving me this crap over the soft
> top? They suggested that I rent a truck AND a trailer to tow my Jeep which
> seems somewhat reversely ironic I suppose, but the that quadruples the cost
> of just renting the trailer.
>
> Anyway... any thoughts, my fellow Jeepers?
>
> Thanks.
10-25-2003, 07:43 PM
#16
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Re: Towing a rental trailer with a TJ...
No one will rent to a soft top I think.
I could be way off base here, but I think it has something to do with
the exhaust vortexing in front of the tall trailer and between the
vehicle making carbon monoxide poisoning an issue.
Even running with no back window and the front ones closed will kill
you. Open fronts and open back is fine, but the air still sucks in the
back and goes out the front windows. The wind still hits the back of
your head.
Your TJ is also legally limited to a 2000 lb trailer.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
ScriptLizard wrote:
>
> Hiya, folks...
>
> I'm moving from Florida to California in January. I don't have all that much
> stuff to take with me, just enough to barely fill a small U-Haul trailer.
> The only problem is, upon researching trailer pricing, U-Haul won't rent a
> trailer when the towing vehicle has a soft top, which my 2000 Wrangler has.
> They said something about safety hazards. I'm still researching that crap.
>
> Anyway, does anyone here know of another place that rents trailers for
> one-way travel? or maybe why U-Haul is giving me this crap over the soft
> top? They suggested that I rent a truck AND a trailer to tow my Jeep which
> seems somewhat reversely ironic I suppose, but the that quadruples the cost
> of just renting the trailer.
>
> Anyway... any thoughts, my fellow Jeepers?
>
> Thanks.
I could be way off base here, but I think it has something to do with
the exhaust vortexing in front of the tall trailer and between the
vehicle making carbon monoxide poisoning an issue.
Even running with no back window and the front ones closed will kill
you. Open fronts and open back is fine, but the air still sucks in the
back and goes out the front windows. The wind still hits the back of
your head.
Your TJ is also legally limited to a 2000 lb trailer.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
ScriptLizard wrote:
>
> Hiya, folks...
>
> I'm moving from Florida to California in January. I don't have all that much
> stuff to take with me, just enough to barely fill a small U-Haul trailer.
> The only problem is, upon researching trailer pricing, U-Haul won't rent a
> trailer when the towing vehicle has a soft top, which my 2000 Wrangler has.
> They said something about safety hazards. I'm still researching that crap.
>
> Anyway, does anyone here know of another place that rents trailers for
> one-way travel? or maybe why U-Haul is giving me this crap over the soft
> top? They suggested that I rent a truck AND a trailer to tow my Jeep which
> seems somewhat reversely ironic I suppose, but the that quadruples the cost
> of just renting the trailer.
>
> Anyway... any thoughts, my fellow Jeepers?
>
> Thanks.
10-25-2003, 08:38 PM
#17
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Re: Towing a rental trailer with a TJ...
I cannot personally attest to this, but it has been posted here several
times by Jeep owners that U-Haul will not rent to a vehicle that has a
softop. Obviously, they think such a vehicle is too light to safely handle
a trailer.
--James--
10-25-2003, 08:38 PM
#18
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Posts: n/a
Re: Towing a rental trailer with a TJ...
I cannot personally attest to this, but it has been posted here several
times by Jeep owners that U-Haul will not rent to a vehicle that has a
softop. Obviously, they think such a vehicle is too light to safely handle
a trailer.
--James--
10-25-2003, 08:38 PM
#19
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Posts: n/a
Re: Towing a rental trailer with a TJ...
I cannot personally attest to this, but it has been posted here several
times by Jeep owners that U-Haul will not rent to a vehicle that has a
softop. Obviously, they think such a vehicle is too light to safely handle
a trailer.
--James--
10-25-2003, 11:21 PM
#20
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Re: Towing a rental trailer with a TJ...
What ever you do DO NOT RENT FROM UHAUL!!!! They are by far and away the worst
rental company out there. I needed to rent an open trailer to move a car and a
truck to another state. They told me it was unsafe to tow an empty trailer and I
would need to rent the trailer one way, more than doubling the cost. BTW it is
safe to tow an empty trailer, just more Uhaul crap.
Rather than rent you might want to consider buying a buying a good used trailer
and selling it when you get where you are going. You may well be able to sell
the trailer for what you paid. I have a 5x8 utility trailer that looks
something like this:
http://www.bigtextrailers.com/spec/30sv.html
and it is very handy to have. I've towed my trailer all over the place behind
my TJ. Drive safe keep your load under 2,000# (including the weight of the
trailer) and you'll be fine with this size trailer.
Dean
BTW I'm now looking for my own used trailer to move those cars on <lol>
On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 20:48:14 GMT, "ScriptLizard" <yeahright@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hiya, folks...
>
>I'm moving from Florida to California in January. I don't have all that much
>stuff to take with me, just enough to barely fill a small U-Haul trailer.
>The only problem is, upon researching trailer pricing, U-Haul won't rent a
>trailer when the towing vehicle has a soft top, which my 2000 Wrangler has.
>They said something about safety hazards. I'm still researching that crap.
>
>Anyway, does anyone here know of another place that rents trailers for
>one-way travel? or maybe why U-Haul is giving me this crap over the soft
>top? They suggested that I rent a truck AND a trailer to tow my Jeep which
>seems somewhat reversely ironic I suppose, but the that quadruples the cost
>of just renting the trailer.
>
>Anyway... any thoughts, my fellow Jeepers?
>
>Thanks.
>
rental company out there. I needed to rent an open trailer to move a car and a
truck to another state. They told me it was unsafe to tow an empty trailer and I
would need to rent the trailer one way, more than doubling the cost. BTW it is
safe to tow an empty trailer, just more Uhaul crap.
Rather than rent you might want to consider buying a buying a good used trailer
and selling it when you get where you are going. You may well be able to sell
the trailer for what you paid. I have a 5x8 utility trailer that looks
something like this:
http://www.bigtextrailers.com/spec/30sv.html
and it is very handy to have. I've towed my trailer all over the place behind
my TJ. Drive safe keep your load under 2,000# (including the weight of the
trailer) and you'll be fine with this size trailer.
Dean
BTW I'm now looking for my own used trailer to move those cars on <lol>
On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 20:48:14 GMT, "ScriptLizard" <yeahright@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hiya, folks...
>
>I'm moving from Florida to California in January. I don't have all that much
>stuff to take with me, just enough to barely fill a small U-Haul trailer.
>The only problem is, upon researching trailer pricing, U-Haul won't rent a
>trailer when the towing vehicle has a soft top, which my 2000 Wrangler has.
>They said something about safety hazards. I'm still researching that crap.
>
>Anyway, does anyone here know of another place that rents trailers for
>one-way travel? or maybe why U-Haul is giving me this crap over the soft
>top? They suggested that I rent a truck AND a trailer to tow my Jeep which
>seems somewhat reversely ironic I suppose, but the that quadruples the cost
>of just renting the trailer.
>
>Anyway... any thoughts, my fellow Jeepers?
>
>Thanks.
>
