Has anyone hauled there truck on a U-haul car hauler. I'm going to be buying a 85 single cab F-250 4x4 diesel and hauling it about 600 miles will a uhaul trailer handle the weight. Or am I better off to rent a steel deck car hauler.

 

I'd look on craigslist for a trailer for rent. Those U-hauls suck and depending on cab it may not even fit.

 

The truck is a single cab.

 

i doubt if uhaul will even rent you a trailer. they go by weight and vehicle size. you need a vehicle larger than the one you plan to move when picking up the trailer.

 

Someone on here did just that, got a standard cab IDI on a u-haul trailer. He didn't tell the u-haul people he was hauling it though. He wasn't going quite that far either.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...do-this-2.html

 

Think twice about renting a uhaul trailer and look it over 3 times before leaving the lot.
Those trailers can be death traps. I'd even go so far as to ask for the maintenance logs on the trailer if they have them and or would even show them.

 

It will fit... barely... like... the ramps will just go in. If you flatten the front tires a bit you can gain a smidge. Straps will not go over the tires either. I don't think I could recommend a 600 mile trip with it. Strictly speaking, no u-haul won't rent it to you for towing that vehicle.

 

If it's a one-way, the drop-off charge can be, er, significant. You might be just as well off finding a double-axle trailer on craigslist, or even a new one from a local builder, and turn around and sell it at the destination location.

 

I'm going to rent a 18ft HD car hauler.

 

make sure that 18 ft HD car hauler has at least an 8,000 lb weight rating.
that is about what the loaded trailer will weigh.

 

That would be anything dual axle I believe. IIRC the 5 lug axles are 4500 lb, ...or are they 3500? Come to think of it my 10' single axle trailer is rated at 3500, so those dual axle landscape trailers are probably 7 k....
5 lug =3500
6 lug =4500
8 lug =7000
That's what I always thought but I may be wrong. Anyone know for sure?

 

I've done a fair share of trailer work and I'd say you can't really go by the lug count. We have a trailer for shop use with 6k axles and 6-lug hubs. Think you'd really need to look at the axle tag (if present) to know for sure. However, I also would hazard that a 5-lug axle will likely not be over 3500 lb capacity.

JM2CW

 

How about the 8 lug, arent they 7k minimum?

 

not all the time.
i have seen 8 lug wheels on 5,000 lb axles.
and i have seen 5 lug wheel on 7,000 lb axles.

 

^^^ this.

Assume nothing. You don't want to overload trailer axles. Especially the "dollar store" carhauler types.

Having seen the way some trailers are made, I don't really have a lot of respect for that kind. Welds that completely miss the one side of the joint, wiring just clipped to the frame (no conduit), the list goes on.

Sorry for the rant lol