Wish you could rent a tow vehicle

[Wish-I-Were-Fishn]

Just returned from the RV show and without a decent tow vehicle you're s.o.l.

If the feds really wanted us to save gas they would encourage car rental businesses to rent trucks with a towing hitch. Makes no $$ sense to buy a gas guzzler to tow and have it sit when not towing, or worse yet, drive it to work every day.

If you could rent one, you could buy a decent camper and only rent the truck when you were needing to tow it. Yes, some of you guys with the big 5th wheels are lucky enough to tow with your company trucks, but for the rest of us, it's a bummer.

[bikeoutback]

It's a good idea but I probably don't fit in this category. I own the gas guzzler (Silverado 1500) but if I had to rent a truck when I needed it for truck purposes I'd be renting a truck about 42 weekends a year. Do people with the fancy travel trailers really only use them like 5 times a year?

Fortunately I work from home and only have to drive into the office once a month so I'm running mostly recreational/personal miles on my truck.

Also I thought one rental car company was advertising renting pickup trucks now. Although the commercial indicated it was for the guy needing to get drywall some weekend not for towing.

[MJ1657]

I don't think we need the government telling rental car companies what kind of vehicles they have to rent.

[zamboni]

I worked for Avis for 10 years. It isn't up to the car rental agencies- it is their insurance companies that have made them rules and don't want to pay out claims to people that tow things wrong and kill people. And to be honest- I don't blame them.

[Powerstroke]

Ever tried to rent a trailer from uhaul, or a truck and trailer. Much harder then renting a car. I never thought renting a trailer would be such a pain, but zamboni is right. They are super concerned about how people tow.

[Wish-I-Were-Fishn]

Yeah, forgot about all the bone heads out there!

[lucky]

I agree. I'm taking a trip up to voyagers this year and i wanted to rent a truck that was newer than mine and with AC. Nobody does it. There is a need for it.I have a truck already buts old and it would be nice to have the piece of mind to pull the boat for 5 hours. Some of us don't want a new truck payment either.

[Wish-I-Were-Fishn]

Thanks Lucky. Glad to know I'm not the only one seeing the need.

[LightningBG]

Sounds like you have a business idea.

[Valv]

I think Zamboni has the right answer. Insurance.

Think about having your truck and somebody that you don't know, comes over and asks to rent it? Will you ?

I personally think towing anything above 3000ls should have a training class, then above 10,000 even a better class.

I tow for a living every day, and I am amazed to see what I see on any road.

Having a trailer means probably doubling your vehicle weight or more, it means double the stopping distance, much much longer to turn, height issues also in many cases.

How many times you come up to a bridge and see "12ft max height", do people pay attention to it, many don't.

Many people with large RVs have dedicated trucks that use just for towing it, that's it.

I strongly suggest getting a gas truck, you can use just for towing, cheaper to buy than diesel.

Also did you look into renting a motorhome ? You could sell your RV and keep the funds to rent a class C then tow your boat behind with no problem. There are several places that offer this service around the cities.

This will save you from the expense of a truck you don't need, including insurance, licensing, maintenance, etc.

[Big Dave2]

There are some really nice pop-ups that you can buy and not have to have a large tow vehicle to pull it and they have MOST all of the same amenities as the larger RV's. If you are only planning to use it a few times a year, I would get one of these.

[crappiegetter]

Ever tried to rent a trailer from uhaul, or a truck and trailer. Much harder then renting a car.

Renting from u-haul is easy to do they will let any [PoorWordUsage] drive their trucks I know since I work on all of them and see what kind of things people crash into and stupid things they do.

[Ryan_V]

I have a heavy duty diesel, I wouldn't rent it out, but would happily haul someones rig where they need it to go and back! Of course depends on where/when/etc.