Well its been almost a year without the lightning and now its only a few more weeks till its headed down to Jersey for a new motor. I have looked on U-hauls website and it looks like they won't allow you tow a vehicle over 4000lbs, I have already pulled the motor out of the truck so I am sure it dropped some weight but I don't know if that will fly with u-haul. I can borrow a silverado to tow it. Has anybody ever used a uhaul trailer to move their truck? Will it even fit? website says max width of 79in. its exactly 150mi from CT to the destination. any opinions will be appreciated.
thanks

 

Last year at one of the FFW events, there was a guy that used a U-Haul rental to bring his lightning from Florida. If your talking the full trailer, and not the one that just tows by the front wheels, I bet you will be fine. The motor is some serious weight...and it is all coming off the tongue weight.

The guys at U-haul will still fork with you though if they think your towing the L. They have no way of knowing what the weight is without the motor and are under liability issue....so tell hem your hauling a honda civic or something.

Oh...make sure it is a 2 wheel trailer with 3000-3500 lb axles. I bet U-haul is leaving a few hundred lbs on the table with their requirements.

 

On the u-haul site it almost seems as if you have to have the trailer inspected with the vehicle your towing on it. I will see what they say though, hopefully it will work out, its only about 2 1/2 drive.

 

Good luck with it. If they arewanting to see it with something on it. Great...load it up with one of your friends vehicles, bring it home and swap it...LOL. With that in mind....see how stupid it would be of them to want to see it with the vehicle on it. They may want to give you loading lessons or even make sure it is connected right....just borrow someones little ricer for a few hours....


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Oh and when I said two wheels...I meant two axles...4 wheels. Each exle would need to be 3000 lb at least.

 

yeah, the website pics showed the double axle trailer, but I will check out what they have before I put my truck on it. and I have a beater hyundai if they want to see the "vehicle" on the trailer. thanks for the tips. to bad JDM doesn't do pickups... lol.. I asked them.

 

It will fit. Like a glove. Try to get around telling U-haul what you're towing. (make something up)

 

One more thing. Make sure your tow vehicle is up to the task. Don't go using a stock Silverado. My rear bumper was almost scraping the ground until I inflated the Air Bags in the rear.
A 3/4 ton or 1 ton would be ideal. But work with what you've got.

 

Good point . I had to use a load leveling hitch when I towed with my F150.


Hmmmm.....JDM doesn't pick up. Sounds to me like a possible expansion plan. I bet there are alot of folks that would pay to have them come get their trucks and work on them. There ya go Jim Jr. opportunity knocking .

 

thanks guys, I do have a 1500 silverado and 2500 silverado at my disposal, the motor is completely out of the lightning so I am sure that will help out too. FUNTRUCK what did you tell U-Haul that you were towing?
I am sure alot of people with vented motors would appreciate a reasonalby priced transport from any of the tuners.