When I drug my Dakota back to Michigan from Nebraska last month I
priced trucks and dollys from everyone in the phone book. U-Haul was
the most expensive to rent from, at least for the dolly. Ryder,
Budget, and Penske are all much cheaper. Penske ended up being the
cheapest for me (especially for the dolly).
By the way, I finally resorted to some creative financing to buy the
transfer case yesterday, just waiting for it to ship and I'll
hopefully have it in and running within a week. Sadly I'll only have
my truck back on the road for about two weeks before I leave the
country for two months, but with the price of gas I think I can live
with that.
On 5/12/07, rll <charger69rt@cox.net> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: DML: towing
>
> al klabunde <braindrain4u@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >> >> I'll be towing about 40 miles in heavy traffic-not
> >>
> > > too much room for error.My first instinct was it
> > > should be able to do it without a problem then u-haul
> > > put a question in my mind.Lord knows I have enough
> > > questions in there.Grady, please be more spesific as
> > > to your address so I can tell my lawyer Grady said it
> > > was ok. Thanks,Grady Al
> >
>
>
> OK then....We have a 92 Dak...318 auto over drive..8 3/4 with 3.23s
>
> My son had transmission issues going back up the hill to school at flagstaff
> from phoenix
>
> 70 challenger was the car
>
> on the way out of town we tried to rent a dolly from u-haul...
>
> "you are going to tow with that" ...they sniffed.....
>
> Yeah...and we told them it was going to be a toyota celica.....
>
> Not a big enough truck, they said...but you can rent one of our trucks and
> a dolly.....
>
> we told them to stuff it...actually i told him he was a stupid sob and
> if he was quoting
> company dogma , i would never deal with U-haul again..
>
> He was, and I haven't....I will not buy a cardboard box from those sobs
> even if it was the last
> one in town.
>
> So...we drove two vehicles north...gave one to my son to get him to
> school, and then
> flat towed the challenger the 100 miles back to phoenix down I-17.
>
> my wife driving the dak and me in the challenger.
>
> We figured if the AZ highway patrol stopped us, once we got to verde
> valley we could go the longer
> non-freeway routes back to phoenix.
>
> They didn't, and we went straight back to phoenix at the speed limit,
> passing people while
> climbing out of the verde valley.
>
> The next fall...we are moving my son up to college for the next
> year....his box van first shuts off (failed
> coil) as it turned out....on the big climb north bound up I-17 near
> stoneman lake road. It then blows
> the top radiator hose...in explodes the hose....pieces everywhere...
>
> At the time verde valley didn't even unroll the side walks on sunday.
>
> SO...we flat towed the van to flagstaff with our dak. Again at the speed
> limit without working up a sweat.
>
> you have 40 miles to tow.... that's down the block boys and girls......
>
> Why do it during rush hour?....traffic isn't heavy 24 hours a day...we
> dragged a roadrunner home during
> rush hour...only the parking brake working...and guess what...we flat
> towed it.....idiots us....
>
> but guess what...we knew what we were doing...
>
> and please don't threaten to sue me for relating these events....use
> half a brain please....
>
> And you know what???....if i get a chance for a great vehicle that's 40
> miles away....i may flat tow it again....
>
> that's almost an in town deal ......
>
> Sue me
>
> rob and the ferrets in phoenix..as seen on other mailing lists..some
> time ron and the ferrets...(typing skills)
> 1992 318 dak
> 1977 grumman tiger
> 1969 charger rt
> 1970 challenger rt
> 1965 will be a scarey sat
> 1982 box van
> 1976 440 ramcharger
>
>
>
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