rental cars suck
01-25-2007, 01:50 PM
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If you've got to rent the stuff to do it, you might be better off paying someone to haul it, rather than pay to rent the equipment and then deal with the headaches, should anything go awry.
I pulled the Chevy II back from about 4 hours away, but all I needed was a trailer, which I got from a small U-Haul operator. I think it cost 50-60 bucks total, plus gas at $3 a gallon!
It did take me all day, though, since I couldn't get the car started when I got there and basically had to push the car up onto the trailer. By myself. Ugh!
I pulled the Chevy II back from about 4 hours away, but all I needed was a trailer, which I got from a small U-Haul operator. I think it cost 50-60 bucks total, plus gas at $3 a gallon!
It did take me all day, though, since I couldn't get the car started when I got there and basically had to push the car up onto the trailer. By myself. Ugh!
01-26-2007, 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by 1988RedT2' post='854867' date='Jan 25 2007, 11:50 AM
It did take me all day, though, since I couldn't get the car started when I got there and basically had to push the car up onto the trailer. By myself. Ugh!
yeah! the r100 was loadable with 1 person, but it wieghs like 1500lbs....
01-28-2007, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by 1988RedT2' post='854867' date='Jan 25 2007, 02:50 PM
If you've got to rent the stuff to do it, you might be better off paying someone to haul it, rather than pay to rent the equipment and then deal with the headaches, should anything go awry.
I pulled the Chevy II back from about 4 hours away, but all I needed was a trailer, which I got from a small U-Haul operator. I think it cost 50-60 bucks total, plus gas at $3 a gallon!
It did take me all day, though, since I couldn't get the car started when I got there and basically had to push the car up onto the trailer. By myself. Ugh!
ratchet strap FTW!
takes goddamn forever but sometimes you just cant push a car up by yourself...
01-29-2007, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by vosko' post='855378' date='Jan 28 2007, 03:22 PM
ratchet strap FTW!
takes goddamn forever but sometimes you just cant push a car up by yourself...
i did one where i ended up pulling on the strap...
