haha oops! after my accident I got towed by another team in the Tour
de Sol which had rented two UHaul car trailers. We towed probably
about 70 miles. My truck weighs 4200 pounds, plus we had all of our
gear in it, so it was likely a bit more
Seth
On Tuesday, September 10, 2002, at 09:59 PM, David McAlister wrote:
> Unfortunately their car trailer is only rated for 3,500 lbs. Many EVs
> weigh
> more than that.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jon "Sheer" Pullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 9:08 PM
> Subject: Re: Transporting an EV
>
>
>> U-haul car trailers use 'standard' lighting connector (three female
>> one
> male
>> round plug thingies) and 2" hitch. As plain vanilla as you could ask
>> for.
>>
>> U-hail cargo trailers, on the other hand... ;-)
>>
>> S.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Seth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 5:42 PM
>> Subject: Re: Transporting an EV
>>
>>
>>> I would say have it towed prefessionally, or buy the equipment to do
>>> it.
>>> If you have a truck with a class III hitch and electronic brake
>>> controller (or a friend with one), then buy a tow dolly or trailer.
>>> Often the U-haul stuff is falling apart and the usual scam is that
>>> they
>>> need a u-haul specific adapter. You will probably be towing once or
>>> twice again and if you get a good deal on a dolly, it may pay for
>>> itself
>>> in a year. And if you have to share it with the friend who has the
>>> truck
>>> then that's a good deal for both of you.
>>>
>>> Seth
>>>
>>> "Sell, Ken" wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I just bought my first EV (a 1984 VW Rabbit Convertible,
>>>> converted to electric in 1998). I need to transport it from
>>>> San Rafael, CA to Sunnyvale, CA (about 80 miles).
>>>> The cheapest method appears to be to rent a U-Haul
>>>> truck and car dolly in San Rafael, and tow the car to
>>>> Sunnyvale. For a few bucks more, I can rent a car trailer,
>>>> which would carry the entire car off the ground.
>>>>
>>>> The car itself doesn't run at the moment, and even if it
>>>> did, the batteries are not in good shape.
>>>>
>>>> Any recommendations?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> ....Ken
>>>
>>> --
>>> vze3v25q@verizondotnet
>>>
>>
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