Fly in & trailer home a car?

[Marek]

Are there secrets to renting a truck and trailer one way to bring your new found, non-running, car home? Few companies appear to rent trucks for towing and most want to give you a moving truck. We only need to trailer the non-running car.

 

The moving van is an option as is paying a carrier. But my son is trying to keep down the transport cost as a percentage of acquiring the project (which is not a Seven).

[Slonie]

How far of a move are we talking here?

Enterprise does say that their 3/4 ton pickups from dedicated truck rental locations are equipped with towing equipment.

 

Too bad it's not 20 years ago, when every GMC Envoy was equipped with the towing package. That got me to a trackday or two relatively cheaply!

 

[Marek]

1000 miles.  Akron, OH area to north of Wichita, KS.

[Carz01]

@Marek I believe UHaul rents the trailers for car moves, and they do one way.

[Vovchandr]

35 minutes ago, Carz01 said:

@Marek I believe UHaul rents the trailers for car moves, and they do one way.

 

Right but he also needs a truck.

 

I've looked into this not too long ago before we secured a tow vehicle as I always had to borrow one.

 

As mentioned Enterprise has truck fleet locations and Home Depot trucks are also an option although I'm not sure if they have to return to same location

[toldfield]

I recently went through the same issue with rentals.  I had purchased a car trailer a thousand miles away and needed to get it home.  Another car guy put me on to UShip.  You describe your shipment and desired price range and they put it out to bid.  I ended up having the trailer transported to my house for less than I would have paid to drive up and retrieve it in my own truck.  I am very happy with the way it worked out.  

 

Tom 

[demoray]

Similar to @toldfield, I did the calculations and found that paying an auto transporter was more cost effective.