OT SUV must have hard top??
mm
Must be equipped with a hard top if it is an SUV or Jeep. U-Haul does
not allow any type of sport-utility vehicle not equipped with a hard
top to tow U-Haul equipment.
How come?
JoeSpareBedroom
news:4vilk6lvuha8j303j...@4ax.com...
Because driving without a hard top is a proven symptom of insanity, and
U-Haul's insurance company won't let them rent to the insane.
zek
wrote:
> "mm" <NOPSAMmm2...@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
I guess the cheap trailer might come forward and injure passengers if
a crash or sudden stop. But, I guess I would be allowed to trailer
with my Datsun 1600 Roadster
convertible.I don't even have a soft top.
greg
mm
wrote:
>On Feb 3, 11:12 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstr...@frontiernet.net>
>wrote:
>> "mm" <NOPSAMmm2...@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:4vilk6lvuha8j303j...@4ax.com...
>>
>> > U-haul says for ttrailer rental:
>>
>> > Must be equipped with a hard top if it is an SUV or Jeep. U-Haul does
>> > not allow any type of sport-utility vehicle not equipped with a hard
>> > top to tow U-Haul equipment.
>>
>> > How come?
>>
>> Because driving without a hard top is a proven symptom of insanity, and
>> U-Haul's insurance company won't let them rent to the insane.
That may be it, but I wonder what their verbal explanation wuld be.
If I go there, I'll ask.
>
>I guess the cheap trailer might come forward and injure passengers if
>a crash or sudden stop. But, I guess I would be allowed to trailer
>with my Datsun 1600 Roadster
>convertible.I don't even have a soft top.
You're right. My car has a soft top, but if it's over 55 out, it's
usually down.
>
>greg
ShadowTek
Maybe they want to avoid being sued in the event of an accident where
the trailer gets smashed into the vehicle and mushes somebody?
Just a guess.
cl...@snyder.on.ca
More likely in case the trailer starts to swing and flips the whole
rig - SUV's being generally higher than cars, more likely to flip.
Tony Miklos
I can't figure that one out, guessing its for some kind of liability.
They build their own trailers, and when they are old, they used to sell
them. Now they are never sold, always cut up for scrap.
Tony Hwang
Hmmm,
Have ever seen an accident towed vehicle came on top of towing one when
hitch unhooked during accident? Or have seen a runaway trailer running
ahead of towing vehicle?
N8N
increased risk of rollover, likely.
U-Haul is trying to cover their a$$... keep in mind that they're
renting shitty trailers (note that most have a max speed of 45 MPH - a
way for them to weasel out of liability because who can drive 45 MPH
on a highway without getting run over?) to for the most part drivers
inexperienced with towing... yeah, some of them are gonna wreck.
nate
aemeijers
And I think we have a winner here. Most SUVs of the traditional sort
have such a high CG and short wheelbase, that 'tail wagging the dog' is
pretty common for experienced tow drivers, much less clueless newbies
making their first long-haul pull.
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aem sends...
mm
wrote:
>On Feb 3, 10:39 am, mm <NOPSAMmm2...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>> U-haul says for ttrailer rental:
>>
>> Must be equipped with a hard top if it is an SUV or Jeep. U-Haul does
>> not allow any type of sport-utility vehicle not equipped with a hard
>> top to tow U-Haul equipment.
>>
>> How come?
>
>increased risk of rollover, likely.
I guess so.
>
>U-Haul is trying to cover their a$$... keep in mind that they're
>renting shitty trailers (note that most have a max speed of 45 MPH - a
>way for them to weasel out of liability because who can drive 45 MPH
>on a highway without getting run over?) to for the most part drivers
>inexperienced with towing... yeah, some of them are gonna wreck.
Actually, they say not to go over 55.
>
>nate
Bill
SUV's are of "unibody" construction. This means the entire body of the
vehicle is the structural support for the vehicle - whereas trucks and
older vehicles have a steel I beam structural frame under the vehicle.
I don't know about a jeep?
Anyway so far as stopping and a LOT of weight from a trailer pushing
one the rear of a unibody vehicle, I would imagine that a metal top
would provide additional support. Without a metal top, then I suppose
the vehicle might want to fold in the middle like there was a hinge in
the middle and the rear end would fold up. (With a severe stop.)
mm
That might be their reason all right.
I'd better not tell them about my car, a convertible. When the top is
down, the only thing that holds the front to the back is the floor.
It has some reinforcment that a Chrysler LeBaron sedan doesn't have,
but nonetheless, when I had a cargo carrier in the class A trailer
hitch, and I put on 8 pieces of damp sod, I coudln't shut the door
because the car was bending.
Ed Pawlowski
"mm" <NOPSAM...@bigfoot.com> wrote
> I'd better not tell them about my car, a convertible. When the top is
> down, the only thing that holds the front to the back is the floor.
> It has some reinforcment that a Chrysler LeBaron sedan doesn't have,
> but nonetheless, when I had a cargo carrier in the class A trailer
> hitch, and I put on 8 pieces of damp sod, I coudln't shut the door
> because the car was bending.
Many years ago I had a rusty '64 Karmann Ghia. I could hold the top of the
windshield frame and make the headlights move up and down.
mm
the SUV is too flimsy to stop a trailer it is towing without folding
in the middle? ]
I'll have to try that, but I don't think I could do it with the doors
shut.