Scott (and anyone else interested),
I was considering taking my Dakota up to Toronto on one of those flat bed
vehicle trailers. I called them to ask about pulling such a setup behind
one of their vans. They never bothered to ask what kind of vehicle I
wanted to put on the trailer, but they did tell me that their own 10-foot
moving van wouldn't pull it. I would have had to go up to the 14-foot
van.
But then I looked on their web site, and the flatbed trailer is only rated
to hold a 3900-pound vehicle. I think my 4x4 weighs just a little more
than that.
I'm only moving my computer, clothes, books and some other assorted stuff.
No furniture to speak of. So I've decided to just rent one of their 8'
enclosed trailers to pull behind the Dak. Again they didn't bother asking
what kind of vehicle I had. Something tells me the pepole at the Orem
Utah U-Haul office are not exactly on the cutting edge. When I was
calling earlier for price quotes, I had some technical questions about the
trailers (like the exact dimensions and size of hitch ball they used), and
the girl I was talking to just told me that I had to call the Provo office
to get answers to those confusing hard questions.
Imagine how ballistic I'm going to go if I show up to get my trailer and
they decide that I can't pull it. I'm pretty sure U-Haul hires trained
chimpanzees. Unfortunately, they're the only people who rent these
trailers one-way. Ryder and all other moving equipment companies I called
only rent vans, and the other companies in the phone book under "trailers
- rental" are all local and want them back at the same location.
-- Jason Bleazard
drazaelb@xmission.com
Psi Corps is your friend. Trust Psi Corps.
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