Re: towing a dakota--need help ASAP

From: Terrible Tom (SilverEightynine@aol.com)
Date: Wed Jun 14 2006 - 23:44:12 EDT


jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
> "Andy Levy" <andy.levy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> : On 6/13/06, Brian Fitchett <bfitchett@comcast.net> wrote:
> :>
> :> I am moving to chicago here in the next couple of weeks. How can I tow
> :> my truck using a rental truck? Use the car carriers or tow dollies?
> :> Which is best. The dolly is cheaper but i dont think the carriers are
> :> big enough for the dak
>
> : If it'll fit, the full trailer is the better way to go. IIRC,
> : Christine barely fit on the standard UHaul car trailer when Mike towed
> : her home to Tom a few years ago, and they had to put the street tires
> : on as the offroad tires were too big.
>
>
> I remember that also. I seem to recall an old style, orange
> u-haul trailer, the wheels had to be taken off in order to make
> it fit. However, the pics of Mike towing Christine home show a
> newer, larger, silver trailer, and there appears to be tons of
> room to spare (http://home.tepidcola.com/gallery/dmlbbq5?page=15)
>
> Mike towing Christine back to WI is the only time I remember
> Christine on a U-haul trailer, so I have no idea when I would
> have recalled Christine on the smaller trailer with the wheels
> needing to be swapped out, but I'm sure it happened... ? Maybe
> it was from 2004 or 2005 when Tom towed it out behind his Ram?
>
>

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