Message from PF-982856

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Generally I try and avoid anything rental based but I need a car hauled to my property that's an hour and half away so I started looking at options. The SUV is an AWD meaning you cannot use a "car dolly" or it will destroy the transmission. It must have all 4 wheels off ground.

Flat bed truck up to $400.
U Ship bids around $350 - $500.

I didn't like the prices as it burns right into my profits for a car with a bad transmission - Nissan Murano 2003 140k Miles - $1600 Paid. Figuring I'll have to pull the tranny and possibly replace it / rebuild it I'd like to sell the car for around $5000 but adding in repairs could jack it up to $3000 in fixes (still $2000 profit). If it takes 2 weeks to make the repair technically that's $1000 per week no taxes. Not the worst trade off for my time.

Tried then to borrow a trailer for hauling cars BUT for certain trailers you need to have a circuit box installed from your truck to the trailer. This is how a trailer knows to break with your truck as past a certain size / weight you must have breaks on the trailer itself.

Well I'm not paying for that right now either.

Finally decided I'd look towards trailer rentals. U Haul will rent me a car trailer (2200lbs) for 6 hours at only $52 with an added $8 for insurance. Simply $60 and around $50 in gas ($110) will fix my dilemma. Figured id share this for anyone who runs into something like this in the future. Very surprised with the rates. You could Haul multiple cars in a day at thay rate and get around purchasing a trailer for awhile before it becomes a liability. Factor in the cost for plates, stickers, ect on an owned trailer it's perfect for those who might only need it a few times per year.