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I have a car to haul to Indiana and called Uhaul to rent a trailer. the girl asked for the vehicle I was towing (a 2006 Tahoe) and the truck I was towing with (2001 Dodge Diesel) and told me she couldn't rent me a trailer because the truck was not capable of pulling the weight. I questioned her facts, asked her again what truck she put into the computer, she said she could not rent the trailer because the truck was not capable.
Has anyone experienced this before? I have pulled a lot of Dollyed vehicles but not trailered vehicles.
Gary
 
I think this guy was at the same Uhaul and he made out OK.

Saw this today, I'm sure weight wise it was fine, but yeah little undersized and has an odd tounge to the trailer.

Especially that road this thing just came down has a decent hill for NJ.

I have 2 of those promaster city. Drum rear brakes and all, can't knock umm for getting it done.

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Make sure u-haul understands you truck is a diesel, you didn't mention 25 or 3500, regardless it'll haul. Assuming you're talking about renting the 2 axle car carrier. Just tell them you're hauling a car like mentioned a civic or something. Hauled daughter's loaded, to the headliner, 01 Sable with bed packed to the bed cover as well as back of cab packed from Levittown PA to Marysville WA, up and over Snoqualmie pass on a u-haul car carrier. The truck loved the little workout.
 
I have a car to haul to Indiana and called Uhaul to rent a trailer. the girl asked for the vehicle I was towing (a 2006 Tahoe) and the truck I was towing with (2001 Dodge Diesel) and told me she couldn't rent me a trailer because the truck was not capable of pulling the weight. I questioned her facts, asked her again what truck she put into the computer, she said she could not rent the trailer because the truck was not capable.
Has anyone experienced this before? I have pulled a lot of Dollyed vehicles but not trailered vehicles.
Gary
U-Haul may have denied renting the trailer due to the track (width) of Tahoe. It might be too wide to fit on the U-Haul. I looked into renting a U-Haul to transport a Suburban using the truck in my signature and the trailer was too narrow. The U-Haul computer rejected the use at the time. And it was correct. Have hauled other autos with U-hauls and no issue. I would contact a different U-Haul location too. "Talent" varies from location to location!;)
 
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I have a very hard time believing this. Our trucks are not rated to pull a trailer and a car?
I have seen them pulling monstrous travel trailers that have to go way more than a car and a trailer.
I have a 10,000 pound receiver and a 10,000 pound offset ball hitch.
Is there anything detrimental to the truck from pulling the Tahoe?
Gary
 
U-Haul may have denied renting the trailer due to the track (width) of Tahoe. It might be too wide to fit on the U-Haul. I looked into renting a U-Haul to transport a Suburban using the truck in my signature and the trailer was too narrow. The U-Haul computer rejected the use at the time. And it was correct. Have hauled other autos with U-hauls and no issue. I would contact a different U-Haul location too. "Talent" varies from location to location!;)

Well if that was the case, I would understand, but she specifically said it was due to the size of the truck, that the truck was too small to handle the load. It was the app she was looking at that denied the truck.
I am going in to Uhaul tomorrow to have the truck inspected.
 
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Well if that was the case, I would understand, but she specifically said it was due to the size of the truck, that the truck was too small to handle the load. It was the app she was looking at that denied the truck.
I am going in to Uhaul tomorrow to have the truck inspected.
Good Luck.....
 
Should be fine once they see your set up, I would measure the Tahoe, it looks like it should work, the one thing I see is the max width 78 and change, and the inbetween trailer is about 77, just depends on how tall the fenders are and where that 78 is measured.

Here is what I could find. Weight of Tahoe dry 4859 call it 5k unless your fully loaded it up.
From the UHAUL sales site says 75"-77"ish between fenders.

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That my friend is a lot useful information..
Thank you for the effort! Gary
No problem. I think it would be fine. I had an '07 and '10 tahoe, and now a '19 burb, they sit pretty high up.

Just in case and if your not going one way, my local trailer place that sells trailers also rents units out, just need your insurance and deposit and the sort.

Maybe you have a place close by as an alternate.

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My experience with U-Haul and renting a trailer is that they want you to rent one of their trucks to pull it. Or, maybe that was Ryder....
 
Similar issue happened to me last August... I drove from Wyoming to Tennessee to meet up with my sister. She was trying to get from NC back to UT, and was having transmission issues along the way... We stopped in Jonesboro, AR to rent a trailer and that's when I found out her Durango was a NO-GO!
 
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