Hey guys, I know some have towed trailers and boats and stuff so Im just wondering if I could tow a Ford Windstar? I am gonna get one of those front wheel dollies from U-Haul. Figured just drag it home like that. The ride to and from is normally 2 hours each way, and 90% highway. What do you all think? I just dont want to get in trouble halfway thru my trip.

BREW

 

Call or go by U-Haul and ask. They will not rent a tow dolly or any other tow behind trailer to someone that is pulling too heavy a load. They will get your vehicle info plus that of what you are towing. If it's too heavy, they'll send you packing.

 

Last time we rented one of those dollys there was a short in the wiring, and it melted our headlight switch. Not fun at night with only highbeams and no other lighting anywhere.

It'll pull fine, just take it easy.

Adrianspeeder

 

Dude, a windstar is what - 5,000 lbs TOPS? Do it you sissy.

 

I was thinking the same thing....

 

Ahhh, my day is complete. The oh so longed for, smart a$$ comment form my man D'







anyway, I was thinking the same thing, just wanted to hear it from you guys!

BREW

 

Well ok....

Sissy

 

I would get a car hauler, I hate those dollies always swaying back and forth, and the trailer is so much easier to handle, IMO. Good luck.

 

I was thinking it was probably closer to 3500-4000 lbs.

 

I rented a U-haul dolly this year to tow a '67 Mustang with my '99 F150 (V6). About 250 miles. The 'stang weighs about 3,000 and the dolly is around 600 pounds. It towed like a dream. The dolly I had was awesome - no swaying at all. My truck has a 5,000 pound max. limit on the ball and 500 pound tongue weight. It would have struggled with the additional weight of a car trailer.

You can go to U-haul's website and plug in info about your truck and the vehicle you are towing and find out if you are legal.

The only problem was U-haul's on-line reservation system. It is a JOKE. The place I reserved the dolly had no record of my reservation and no dolly's to rent. It took me several hours of phone calls and a 40 mile drive out of my way to find a dolly.

 

are we talking about D or the van here??? Sheesh I'm confused! I say pull it you pus@y !

 

Screw you guys..

I'm...Goin...Home!

 

 

No if we were talking about D, I would agree with the 5000. jk.

The reason I mentioned those numbers is I looked at the owners manual for the 2000. It stated 7500lbs GCWR, max trailer 3500lbs.

 

Funny this should come up. Last year our Windstar dropped a torque converter about 250 miles from home. I looked at renting a U-haul dolly but when I put in my truck info - f-150 supercab with tow package - it came up with a message that said "You can not tow that vehicle with this tow vehicle". It didn't seem right to me as I thought the truck should be able to pull that thing all day long. The van is 5,000 lbs. Because I would have had to tow it up several mountains I opted to bite the bullet and hire a flatbed. After being stranded that far from home on a Saturday afternoon, I figured it would be my luck that I would either mess up my truck or wreck bringing it back.