WTBorrow Car trailer

Need to haul a WRX from Lino Lakes to Minneapolis.

Has to be flat-bedded cause the driveshaft didn't get disconnected and I don't have time to do it before transport.


Anyone near Mpls here got a flat bed car trailer they'd borrow/rent to me for a part of a day?

I'll have a truck in town to use Wed night and Thurs morning this week, with Thursday morning being the day I'm planning to go get the car.

 

If you can't find one I know Bloomington rental center has tilting flatbed car haulers. I have used them a few times.

 

I'll check them out.

U-Haul wants an arm and a leg to rent one for a day.

Could practically open the yellow pages and just cold call a towing company for that price.

 

I know bloomington will rent them for 4 hours if needed.

 

I dad has one in plymouth you can probably use. 2" ball flat 4 light connection!!

 

Really? I thought they were $50/day?

 

Just looked on their web site, and they said $100 for a flat and $80 for a car dolly. :eek3:

 

And I'm an idiot. :laugh:


I think I checked one-way instead of in-town. It is $50.

 

there is a guy on craigslist who rents like 5 trailers. see here: REALLY cheap too!
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/for/995847655.html

 

dang that is a good deal! ^^^^

 

Ehh. It's OK, but only the larger ones will haul a car (the 14' isn't wide enough according to the ad), so a U-Haul will be just as cheap if not cheaper.

If you were using one of them to tow a bunch of sleds for a weekend, it would be a killer deal.

 

last chance or it goes to redwood falls tomorrow

 

Has ramps?

 

it is a really good deal. you cannot get a large 24' or 28' ENCLOSED for $60 for a whole day anywhere else!!! he has the 20' open trailer too. this guy has all the right stuff to haul a car.
but go ahead and rent the craptastic U-haul trailers... all rusted out piles of **** if you ask me.

my story with u-haul, i rented a bike trailer once. it was a pile of crap. on the way to the track, the d-ring broke and my bike fell off the trailer and was dragged on the road. luckily i bought insurance thru them so they covered the damage.

stay with a quality trailer! rent from the guy i posted above. i have used him to haul my corvette and it was awesome!!!
Aj

 

^ thx. Called him and it sounds decent.

 

good deal, lmk how everything works out!!!
Aj

 

yes!!

 

That CL one was simply the wrong trailer for the job.

We made it work, though.

 

what happen??? which trailer did you use??? was the guy bad or???
Aj

 

nah - just not the best trailer for a non-functioning vehicle. Guy was fine. I'd recommend him. Equipment was in very good shape - lights & brakes worked perfect, trailer tracked perfectly.

But - the ramp was too short and had a big huge gap at the trailer, so it was REALLY tough to get in. Also, no good spots to anchor a come-a-long. He also borrowed us one, but it was incomplete.

We'd have been totally SOL, but Jeff's (wrexinator03's) mom came home and pushed us up the ramp with a SCHOOL BUS! lol


The only problems were cause I didn't really know what would've been best.

For example, getting that 20ft (or whichever - smallest one he said would haul a car) enclosed trailer through an alley in Uptown Mpls was a serious bitch.

I went to U-Haul and looked at their car haulers - they actually would've likely worked VERY well, but they were all reserved for today already.