Renting a truck and trailer to tow my Jeep for a few events this year

freedom_in_4low said:
that's the problem, U-Haul finds a way to make it rocket science. Nothing I've ever wanted to tow would have put it close to the 9,400lb tow rating of my F-150, but they still turned me away.

I've never had them cancel reservations on me but I did have one take 8 hours to make a 2 hour drive because the driver they sent to help me on the side of I-44 wouldn't listen when I told him it needed a fuel pump, and then I had to argue with them when they tried to charge me $350 for returning it late. That was 2007 though, I've rented a few times since then without issue.
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Couldn’t tell ya man because I’ve used my 06 tundra probably a dozen times and never once been flagged or denied and I can’t imagine our trucks have very different towing capacities.
 
macleanflood said:
Why not consider a hot shot service? Just have the Jeep "shipped" to the event and back.

It's something worth pricing out...

-Mac
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Yes, I considered this because we were looking into doing some wheeling out west this season and I got some quotes on that. Anyway it's about $2200 round trip to get the Jeep shipped from NJ to TN and brought back, and that of course is assuming it can be driven up onto on open car carrier. (I have to consider the possibility I may break on the trail and need to winch the Jeep onto the trailer, no go for the car carrier.). Also we'd still have to drive ourselves so all in it's about double the cost of trailering it ourselves with a rental truck and trailer and probably less convenient.

Thanks for the thought, though, it occurred to me as well, but pretty much a no-go.
 
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U-haul gave zero f*%ks that my LJ was modified...

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