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Re: Midget Transport

To: Philip Hubbard <hubbard@idir.net>
Subject: Re: Midget Transport
From: Rick <rickfisk@concentric.net>
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 01:08:02 -0500
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
References: <3.0.1.32.19990312215545.0069f4b8@idir.net>
Reply-to: Rick <rickfisk@concentric.net>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
I just rent a 5 x 12 double axle box trailer with a swing down tailgate.  A
spridget fits in there just fine.  An added bonus is that they are much cheaper
to rent than a car hauler.

Rick
'59 Bugeye

Philip Hubbard wrote:

> I've just bought a new project car (as announced to the list earlier) and I
> need to pick it up next weekend.  I searched the archives on U-hauls and
> found that most people seem to say that a Midget will just fit, but that
> some u-haul agents won't rent the auto transport if you tell them it's a
> Spridget - they think it won't fit.
>
> The archives seem to indicate that the tires do rest on the lip of the
> trailer runners.  Without repeating all that has gone before (I don't mind,
> but don't want to clutter the list), has anyone used another rental company
> where the trailer fits more prefectly?  If not, I'll be giving U-haul a
> call to rent the trailer for the Ford Escort (minus engine and tranny) I am
> also bringing back from St. Louis.  :)
>
> Philip
> 1974 Damask Midget - Arioch, Lord of Chaos


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