rent a trailer?

[jgilbs]

does anyone know where i can rent a trailer(besides uhaul, obviously)? I need to move a 5x3x3 ft desk and a 6x4.5x3 ft mattress/boxspring combo from my apt in iowa back home. i have a class II hitch on my 94 that i would like to use. who can i rent from? any national chains or illinois/iowa chains?

 

[97BlackX5.0]

i dont know of any place but if you get desperate you can always have a buddy go pick up a trailer with another vehicle and then just hook it to your explorer.... then when you drop it off they cant really say anything about it.....

 

[jgilbs]

none of my friends have a hitch

 

[97BlackX5.0]

well i know this is stretching it but i think i have a way around that too... go rent a truck from home depo or something like that.... pick up the trailer and then return the rental truck... or worst case..... go test drive a brand new truck and use it to pick up the trailer then drop the trailer onto your truck and take the other one back....

 

[97BlackX5.0]

there are always ways around things

 

[jgilbs]

LOL love the test drive idea. but im 19, and i DOUBT any self-respecting salesman would let me take the truck solo looks like ill have to convince my bros gf to let me use her mountaineer.

 

[97BlackX5.0]

yeah sometimes you can walk into a dealer and the'll throw the keys at you and sometimes not.... ive walked into a showroom before and asked 1 question about a truck.... the salesman came back with the keys and a plate and said take that one there for a good drive....never took down my name or nothing.... i coulda had my girlfriend drive my truck away and never went back.... funny how some people are trusting and some people are not.... you know if you go to a tsc or something they have those small travel trailers for a couple hundred bucks.... maybe youd be better off just buying one.... i borrow a 16 ft enclosed travel trailer from my parents....

 

[97BlackX5.0]

you know ... try putting some white tape over the explorer logo and the front end logo and tell them its a mountaineer.... i bet most people couldnt even tell teh difference without the badging

 

[TheRookie]

A friend of mine drove up to uhaul in his 94 xlt and told them it was a navajo. they didnt seem to care and rented him the trailer. Though I suggest against taking your buiseness to them its up to you

 

[97BlackX5.0]

i know i wouldnt be taking my business to them unless i had absolutely no other choice....but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do

 

[jgilbs]

if i had a choice, i def wouldnt use uhaul. but i cant find anywhere else to get a decent trailer. and $10 is pretty good for a trailer, ****ty company or not. my friend's dad owns the largest sod farm company in the midwest(maybe the country, im not sure) and he said i could borrow one of their trucks to go pick up a trailer with, so looks like im gonna have to use uhaul, unless anyone knows of any other places around me.

 

[DeRocha]

Of course Uhaul is renting the trailer to a specific vehicle. If you were to get into any kind of accident then I'm betting all liability will be on you...

 

[Claus]

In regards to buying the trailer. The folding trailer kit from Northern Tools (there is one in Des Moines, IA) is pretty cool. You do have to buy the wheels and a 4x8 plywood sheet and it does take some time to assemble (lots of screws) but the trailer is great. It folds up and with a winch one can store it nicely in the garage. Let me know if someone wants more info on that.

Link to trailer:
http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/...&catalogId=4006970&PHOTOS=on&productId=465468

Otherwise you always can rent a truck from Riders and haul it with that.