Rent a tow rig?

mad chemist · Feb 1, 2009

Going down to Cruise Moab in April, and debating between a pounding ride all the way down in my fj40 or another option.

Do you guys know of any rental places that will rent a 3/4 ton pickup, that'll let me drive out of state and back? Probably a pipedream.:booo:

Cheers,

David

Not Jobless · Feb 1, 2009

U-haul or other truck rental places, mileage may be a killer though.

CHOP SHOP · Feb 1, 2009

Odie will tow ya down there for the right $

mad chemist · Feb 1, 2009

I was looking at Uhaul, but they only seemed to have box trucks, not pickups?

Freeride · Feb 1, 2009

mad chemist said:
I was looking at Uhaul, but they only seemed to have box trucks, not pickups?

So put it in a box truck!

They have pickups.

jakes89f150 · Feb 1, 2009

look at enterprise, they rent 1/2ton's all the way up to 1ton diesels

mad chemist · Feb 1, 2009

Cool, will look into it.

David

slythorne · Feb 1, 2009

According to U-Haul, their pickups are for in-town use only.

According to Ryder, they only rent vans.

And it looks like Enterprise only has 1/2 tons if I read their website correctly, same with Hertz and Thrifty. Avis doesn't mention which series of Silverado they use.

Vans instead of trucks might be the way to go... Budget shows an E350 Van that should work. You could crash in the back of it instead of staying at any hotels for the trip too.

However... at the prices they charge you would be better off just BUYING a tow rig, and selling it when you get back :corn:

Glenn · Feb 1, 2009

http://www.enterprisetrucks.com/personalTruckRental.html

I think Enterprise has bigger than half ton trucks.

Not Jobless · Feb 1, 2009

mad chemist said:
Going down to Cruise Moab in April, and debating between a pounding ride all the way down in my fj40 or another option.

Do you guys know of any rental places that will rent a 3/4 ton pickup, that'll let me drive out of state and back? Probably a pipedream.:booo:

Cheers,

David

You could always just let some air outa the tires to smooth out the ride.

jprcrpr94 · Feb 1, 2009

Even if you find a company with a truck or van that you could take out of state, I'm pretty sure NONE of them come with hitches, or brake controllers and aren't meant to be towed with.

johny5 · Feb 1, 2009

I just looked into renting a truck and camper for KOH , it was 1800 Canadian
. the killer was mileage $1000 for the 3500 km
It is a pimping duramax duelly with a slide out camper

Glenn · Feb 1, 2009

jprcrpr94 said:
Even if you find a company with a truck or van that you could take out of state, I'm pretty sure NONE of them come with hitches, or brake controllers and aren't meant to be towed with.

Towing capable.

TOPWOP · Feb 1, 2009

RCE equment has truck you can tow with we leave the state with them all the time we have a 06 f350 powerstroke 4x4 nice truck dont have any idea what it costs to use it but its nice.

mad chemist · Feb 1, 2009

The drive down wouldn't be horrible in the '40, just not that comfortable. Plus with possibility of breakage, it'd be nice to have another way home.

I thought about buying a tow rig just for the trip, and sell on the way back. However, for what I could afford it there'd be a risk the tow rig might break on the way down.

I'll check with Enterprise, and do you guys have a link for RCE Equipment.

David

dirtygoat · Feb 1, 2009

Fly down and rent something to beat to piss while you're down there...:redneck:

ChrisCo · Feb 2, 2009

mad chemist said:
The drive down wouldn't be horrible in the '40, just not that comfortable.

Aw, c'mon, David! That thing is a friggin' Caddilac! :haha:

You got room for parking a tow rig? They're not too horribly expensive these days.

ChrisCo

mad chemist · Feb 2, 2009

There's always room for one more! :;

blownblue1 · Feb 16, 2009

I picked a car up in iowa and loaded it on a penske trailer and had rented the smallest thing they had (single rear wheel box van) That thing had no governor and with my pre planned air mattress I had a rolling hotel room..