What a great shot! Thanks, Karl. So here's what I found out. The Budget and Penske trailers are rated for only 4100 lbs. The U-Haul trailer is rated for 5,300 lbs and is therefore capable of hauling a syncro. The prices are about the same. Thanks everyone for all of your help! Steve
On Mon 01/06/09 1:13 PM , Karl Ploessl karl.ploessl@gmail.com sent: > I guess your rig would look like that: > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/DixieontheTrailer.jpg/Dixieonth > eTrailer-full;init:.jpg(found the pic on Jake de Villiers' page) > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Steve Schwenk <steve@syncro > .org> wrote:> Has anyone ever towed a syncro westy on one of > those rental car carriers?> I'm looking at Budget Truck rental using a 16 > foot truck> and their rental car carrier (full trailer, not > a dolly).> > > Their guide gives the "ok" for using > it to tow a vanagon, but there is no> choice in using their on-line thing for checkion > a syncro> westy. The extra weight is the issue. The > trailer specs state a max vehicle> weight of 4100 lbs. I think my van beats that by > 500> pounds or so. > > > > Too risky? > > > > I'm only moving it from coast to > coast!> > > Steve > > > > > > -- > Karl > 1981 VW Westy "Jenny" > 2000 VW Jetta GLS VR6 > Wilmington, DE > > > |
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