Renting car trailer

[nkopper]

If everything works out Monday, we will be moving to St. Louis in the next few weeks and I will need to rent a trailer to transport my Camaro since my dad sold his last year. I did a search, but didn't come across any answers. Can anyone confirm that a '69 Camaro will fit on a UHaul, Penske, or other brand of rented car trailer? Both local rental places said that a '69 Camaro is on the excluded list for their trailers. If I cannot find a suitable trailer, I guess I'll look into transport companies, but I'd rather pull it myself if possible.



Nathan

[Steve1968LS2]

Wow.. a '69 is not THAT big.. I wonder why it would be excluded???

I think I moved mine once on a Uhaul full trailer..

[Happyfunballs]

Where abouts in STL?

[toxicz28]

A '69 Camaro will fit on a uhaul trailer. I towed mine home from NC to NY on one.

[Ackattack]

I moved my 01 Formula on a Uhaul trailer. I don't see a problem with a 69 camaro....i'm sure it's lighter and has more ground clearance.

[6'9"Witha69]

I have moved mine on both the full Uhaul and 2 wheel Uhaul Trailers. The only crap they gave me was for pulling it with my 62. Said it wasn't powerful enough and didn't weigh enough to pull a car. Morons . . . If they only knew what I know.

[nkopper]

Actually, all Camaros are on the excluded list. The only thing I can think of is that most are too low and might scrape?? They won't rent the trailer to me if I tell them a Camaro is going on it. I might have to tell them I'm pulling something else.

Happyfunballs,

My job would be in Maryland Heights. I'm flying down Monday to finalize the deal, then we'll start looking for a house. Don't know where to live yet, but I imagine it will be on the west side somewhere.

Nathan

[Ummgawa]

I used a Uhaul to transport a 69 Camaro from Oklahoma to Georgia, no problems or exclusions...It was last summer.

[ssdeuce]

I used to Uhal to pull my 69 Nova home.

[southernfriedcj]

Add me to the list. I moved a Camaro on a U-Haul trailer.

Jim

[kman67rsss]

tell them its something else, like a ford ranger.

[myclone]

I used to rent a uhaul trailers before I bought my own trailer so FYI be sure to purchase their "insurance". Hopefully you wont need it but when I inquired about how much the trailer cost to replace just out of curiosity their response was "$5k". Since the insurance has a max of $10k should you wad everything up in an accident at least you wont have to pay an inflated replacement cost for their POS trailer and will get a few dollars to put towards fixing your vehicles.

FYI II,
Try to get a newer trailer from them if you can. Their old ones were 99% steel and weighed well over 2K lbs not to mention the POS surge brake actuating mechanism has a mind of its own as to if/when it wants to apply the trailer brakes. The newer ones are lighter and hopefully the surge mechanism wont be worn completely out so at least youll be able to stop the rig with minimal seat pinching excitement.

[4MuscleMachines]

I have rented U-haul trailers so many times I have lost count. Last time I rented one I towed a 69 Camaro almost 1800 miles. The all the units are good but try to get the later ones since they are all alum. You can tell the difference since the older ones have orange ramps instead of alum ramps. They are very nicely balanced and I really do not feel their weight when I tow with my Armada. I stated I was towing a 69 Camaro and was told it was not problem. They have a database where they look up the vehicle you are using and the one you plan to tow. Here is a pic..

[toxicz28]

FYI III, Reserve it on their web site. Camaros are on the list there.

[awr68]

4MMM, that looks like a much shorter and lighter trailer than the one I got from Uhaul when I brought my 68 camaro home. The one I rented was one of the older units and I swear you could have safely put a tractor on it! It worked but damn it was heavy duty...good thing I had our 1 Ton van to pull it.....

[BRIAN]

If you need a shipper try Tim Stears. Nice people to deal with and beyond reasonable. With todays gas prices a wagon from CA to NY cost $1150. 518 842 9770. Tell them Brian from NY with the Woody sent you.

There is actually a number for U Haul that lets you search their data base to se who has what trailer. Supposedly the car trailers just keep getting bounced from one location to another and aren't owned by the actual dealer? That was what I was told.

[ssdeuce]

The trailer pulled nice too

[Neil B]

I did this a few months ago. The UHaul transporter worked great, but I did have to get a little creative because my '69 sits pretty low. I got the galvanized trailer, which is wider than the orange painted trailers. To get the car on, I extended the ramps a few feet using the ramps for my 4-post lift. I had to place wood blocks at various points on the trailer to get the subframe to clear the raised lip on the inside edge of the trailer deck (the lip between the deck and the open section in the middle). The front spoiler had to be removed to clear the front of the trailer. There was plenty of header clearance and it towed like a dream. After you do it the first time, it's pretty easy. Just be aware that if your car has been lowered, the subframe will likely not clear the trailer so have someone watching.

[cad]

I towed my uncle's 67 GTO from Omaha to Colorado Springs on a UHaul. The tongue is short and that car was heavy, so it was a little scary towing above 70mph. My H&H hauls a lot nicer at higher speeds.
I would still recommend it though, if you need to rent....make sure to get those wheel straps tight!
AND, throw on an extra strap or 2 of your own just in case...

Here's my 2 cents....try buying a trailer instead...renting will probably be at least $200. You could find a decent used one for $800-1000. AND, you could tell the wifey that you can also use it to haul some of the furniture, too.

Do get the insurance...if you have State Farm, I can tell you that the liability insurance on the tow vehicle covers the trailer if it should have an accident. That will only pay for damage that the trailer causes. It won't pay for the trailer.
"Comp" insurance on my trailer is $34 per year for replacement of the trailer.

[cham]

You kind of have to go U-Haul. I am a rental mgr for Penske and they wont let us rent the trailer by itself. Too many idiots putting land yachts on the trailer and hooking it up to a Geo Metro. Kept killing people. If you rent a truck your all good tho, I towed 2 states with my 69 camaro on one.