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Dec 29, 2011 | 08:30 PM

#46

Midnite1987

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From: Edmonton AB, Canada

Was the international a uhaul moving truck?

Jan 1, 2012 | 08:04 PM

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HrdDrv

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Intenational manual trans, (largest they have), Large trailer, hottest day of the year. Whole house move, etc....

Jan 1, 2012 | 09:16 PM

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ChristopherN

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Originally Posted by kd0axs

They won't allow any trailer to be towed by an Explorer because of the whole rollover problem that was going on 10+ years ago. This ended up being a tire problem rather than a problem with the actual vehicle, and was taken care of with a recall.

This actually ended being a problem with the amount of tire pressure in the tires, the pressure was too low without anything loaded in the explorers, load people up and the tires bow outward and become squishy, take a corner too sharply and the whole thing rolls.

This sort of thing could've happened to any SUV.

Jan 2, 2012 | 10:06 AM

#49

stresssolutions

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I'd never heard of this happening before, nor since...but! Some relatives rented a little uhaul trailer to haul some crap home, they had bought a new ball at NAPA. the ball came apart, the ball stayed in the hitch, the stem stayed on the Asstrovan. The trailer stayed connected by the chains, though it turned over. Their auto insurance paid for everything.

I don't know how you'd test a new ball.

Jan 2, 2012 | 11:31 AM

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rikard

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Had to be a manufacturing defect on the ball , unusual for Napa, I have never heard of that happening. I did have a coupler fail and the hitch jumped off the ball and landed on the chains without damage.
A friend went to Uhaul with a 2010 Explorer and they wouldn't allow him to rent a small box trailer. According to the manager U haul won't rent a trailer to any year Explorer. They did allow him to hitch it up to his son's rusty 2.3 95 Ranger, of course it did have a Uhaul hitch. The 2010 Explorer had Michelin tires, a trailer package, and a Reese hitch for towing his 4500lb boat, by any measure it is a much better tow vehicle than that Ranger.
Its amazing how much bad press whether true or false can affect common sense and the facts. Ford and other manufacturers have not helped themselves over the years with some of their safety versus profit decisions but the Uhaul policy should be year and recall specific.
Just my 2 cents
Happy New Year
rikard