This is no joke! I have experienced many a mishap when towing vehicles. I
should have put a :-) in the previous post - it was more for fun.
Nothing is as easy at it sounds - especially with old rigs. You have hit on
precisely the point why we had the truck shipped in the first place. We had
a flatbed, that could haul much more than 3500lbs, plus a newer Chevy to
tow it with. We just didn9t want to chance the incidentals - so we hired it
out. In the end I feel that we saved money by not having to wear down the
truck, pay for hotels, etc.
In short, I agree.
Oh - contradict me all you want - that's why were on the web :-). But just
for the record - I was ONLY referring to fuel costs (as they are in my neck
of the woods).
- Ryan
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> Hi Ryan,
> I hate to contradict you, but I have found out personally that "towing it
> yourself" is not as simple as the idea and the cost isn't always just the gas
> money. You have to consider things like whether or not the truck is in good
> enough shape to roll behind your vehicle if you are just going to hook it up
> to a tow bar or even a tow dolly. Things like bearings go out, old tires blow
> out, etc. if it's rolling on it's own, Then if you want to save wear and tear
> to your old truck, you have to rent or get ahold of a car trailer. Okay, call
> U-haul, BUT then you have to think about whether your tow vehicle will tow a
> car trailer with approximately 3500 lbs on it.
> My trip from Colorado to South Texas cost borrowing my dad and his truck,
> renting a car trailer from u-haul (would have been $450 if not for the
> disaster), 1 week of off work time for my dad, plus the $200 in gas and 5
> nights $230 of hotel. The disaster was one of the wheels of the trailer blew
> out 7 miles into the trip and we had to leave the trailer on the side of the
> road and rent a hotel overnight until the U-haul "24 hour emergency help
> service.....snort" came out at their own convenience. The 15 hours lost time
> and other misc. problems ensuing gave me a $350 refund on my trailer rental.
> Total cost of towing it myself: $1950.00, wear and tear on my tow vehicle and
> if not for the disaster, it would have cost $2350.00.
> Susan B.
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