socal715 : Rental Trailers for towing a 715?

Rental Trailers for towing a 715?
Post by socal715 on Jul 12, 2006, 11:08am

What are your guys recommendations?

How'd the trailer feel?

Any problems whatsoever?

etc?

Re: Rental Trailers for towing a 715?
Post by redneck1 on Jul 12, 2006, 11:23am

I used a Better Built trailer 18' with a 2' dove tail 83" wide.
It barely fit, 2 3500# axles but it pulled great.

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/5...artwill4km.jpg
Redneck1

Re: Rental Trailers for towing a 715?
Post by binfordm715 on Jul 12, 2006, 11:25am

How far is it going? Buyer's responsibility to pick it up, isn't it? Sheesh.... I wouldn't take that on.

Re: Rental Trailers for towing a 715?
Post by wrecker on Jul 12, 2006, 11:30am

My brother towed mine on a 16 foot flatbed. The main thing is to have trailer brakes and a good set of tires. The tires on my trailer were passenger car rated and the weight ruined them. All four developed bubbles. The trailer felt good though and we were able to cruise at 70-75 mph. This was with a one ton chevy pick up as the tow vehicle. Later, I pulled the Kaiser on the same trailer with my 1/2 ton chevy to the exhaaust shop and back. Again, it felt good as I was rolling but I was in town and only hit about 30-40 mph tops. I don't have a trailer brake controller on the 1/2 ton and the stopping effort was a little nerve racking.

Re: Rental Trailers for towing a 715?
Post by luckypabst on Jul 12, 2006, 11:36am

Have him send a rollback like the AAA tow trucks.

Re: Rental Trailers for towing a 715?
Post by 40grit on Jul 12, 2006, 11:38am

It will fit on the wider U-haul trailer, don-t tell them what it is, you are hauling a 1967 Jeep CJ, that will show up in their computer..tell them you need the wider of the 2 trailers they have due to oversized tires on it....Tow vehicle is going to have a huge effect on how smooth and fast you can go...the U-haul trailers have surge brakes, but the trailer will push the truck around a little if you use too small of a truck...I didn't have any problem with my CCLB, even up to 75 mph...except for one spot on a downhill with a quick lane shift, the trailer swayed a little more than my pucker-sensor liked..but no other problems...

IF you go the U-haul route, you need to find some extra way to tie it down, the provided straps aren't long enough...

Re: Rental Trailers for towing a 715?
Post by luckypabst on Jul 12, 2006, 11:40am

Brian used a Penske rental and ended up breaking a strap or 3 between here and TX.

Chris

Re: Rental Trailers for towing a 715?
Post by binfordm715 on Jul 12, 2006, 1:06pm

Penske won't rent a trailer unless you rent one of their trucks to pull it too.

BTW, Will, Nick took that picture with his disposable camera, but I don't see any credits.

Re: Rental Trailers for towing a 715?
Post by socal715 on Jul 12, 2006, 1:07pm

Thanks guys. I appreciate the input.

Re: Rental Trailers for towing a 715?
Post by tacomainoh on Jul 12, 2006, 1:09pm

hheheheheh

I bet you do appreciate "the input", ya fruit. I towed mine on a 7k trailer w/a F250, felt fine.

Re: Rental Trailers for towing a 715?
Post by robertcowan on Jul 12, 2006, 1:23pm

i did like 40 grit and used a u-haul. dont pull over 55 though. gonna do it again in 2 weeks

Re: Rental Trailers for towing a 715?
Post by luckypabst on Jul 12, 2006, 3:12pm

Well Dang toolboy, if ya wanna get all technical, he rented a Penske van too. So there!

Re: Rental Trailers for towing a 715?
Post by fredrader on Jul 12, 2006, 3:27pm

As long as the trailer is 12' long and 80" wide it will fit on it..I loaded mine up today to go to haspin acres in Laurel Indiana for the steel soldiers rally so I went out and measured it up and took some pics..My trailer is 18.5' long and 83" between the fenders 102" to the outside of the fenders..2 3500lb axles with trailer tires and at least one axle with brakes and you are set..My tow truck is a 1 ton with a 454 T400 4wd so it pulls it good but I wouldn't pull it without working trailer brakes..Click the pic for larger view..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...k003Medium.jpg

Re: Rental Trailers for towing a 715?
Post by whydah on Jul 14, 2006, 12:36am

towed mine on a uhaul from la to st louis. it looked so bad i'm surprised the undercover uhaul police didn't stop me.

drove one side over the fender and it plopped down just fine. wheelbase fit fine as well, although the body hung over the end.

primarily, it's all about what you're towing it with. the uhauls are built tough for rental use, limitation is the tires.

just don't tell them what is is, just say it's a commanche p/u.

Re: Rental Trailers for towing a 715?
Post by blueridgekaiser on Jul 28, 2006, 11:55am

i used a uhaul trailer and f250 and it pulled fine all the way up i-40 to asheville, nc