UHaul rents a car trailer ( all 4 wheels up, not a dolly) for $50 a day + $8.95 insurance. One ton tow vehicle is a minimum, I use a F-350 SuperDuty. They will ask what vehicle is being towed: ### be sure to tell them it is a 2wd, non camper or you will be overweight and they will not rent to you ### The trailer will have stickers on it stating loaded top speed of 45mph, I would respect this warning. Ask me how I know, they will sway above that with a Syncro Westy onboard. dylan ________________________________ From: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Monday, January 5, 2009 6:43:42 PM Subject: Re: Removing the axle shafts (was: Towing a Vanagon) At some point would it just make more sense to have it properly towed home. Let someone else deal with the liability. Avoid wear, damage, and the future tranny job on the Expedition. What is U-haul charging to rent the trailer? Yes it weighs close to 2,000 pounds. Will the surge brakes even work? Don't expect it to be in great condition, BTDT. The Expedition's tow rating is "up 5,900 Lbs.". Any weight inside gets subtracted from that number. You are also supposed to consider the frontal area, (wind resistance). Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Mark A Kippert Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 7:52 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Removing the axle shafts (was: Towing a Vanagon) I'm talking about renting a full dual-axle trailer from U-Haul, not a tow dolly. My tow dolly would work fine except for the fact that the '87 GL I'm going to tow has an automatic tranny, so I have to get the rear wheels off the ground OR pull the drive axles. A job I've decided I don't want to do two hours from home in a cold field, that would be less than safe. My biggest concern was the combined weight. U-Haul states their trailer weighs 2000lbs (my dolly is less than a quarter of that) and the Vanagon is 4000lbs. About 6000lbs total. The max tow weight on my Expedition (with 4.6L V8) is 5900lbs. However from the response of others, the van's around 3400lbs so I should be safely under my limit. -Mark K On Jan 3, 2009, at 12:48 PM, craig cowan wrote: > If you were confident in the ability for your master dolly to tow > the bus > with the ford expedition, why not the Uhaul rig? It has built in > brakes as > well which are nice. |
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