camper towing rental trucks??

Perhaps try calling Transwest. Not sure if they rent to non-commercial folks, but I'm pretty sure they do truck rentals, and if not, could point you to someone who might.

woody0331 wrote:
... fortunately well be with the a big group of family and have a lot of help if needed. And were very close to town.

Do you have a family member that could tow yours and maybe your Jeep could tow theirs? Something like a pop-up or smaller trailer.

Doug

darsben1 wrote:
enterprise rents pick ups up to one ton. Do they have hitch? I do not know give them a call

Around here their trucks do not have hitches.

Why don't you leave finding you a truck up to your ins company...provided you had ins. Otherwise the large equipment rental companies that rent boom lifts and construction equip rent heavier trucks and you should be able to get them with a hitch.

Call around to rental companies doing commercial and lease business (e.g. Penske, Ryder, Hertz commercial). Retail rentals generally don't allow towing, commercial rentals have different terms. Don't expect it to be cheap. Also, it might not be a pickup, or at least not they type of pickup you might buy or want to rent.

Most rental companies specifically disallow towing anything other than towing equipment they have rented to you.

Rental car companies renting trucks will generally put a locking pin in the receiver to prevent you from connecting to it.

One certain rental truck company has a specific, proprietary size hitch ball installed on their trucks that only works with their own towing equipment so that you cannot connect a standard size coupler to it.

The bottom line is that rental companies, and specifically their insurance companies, do not want you towing equipment with their vehicles.

Thanks for all of the replys.
Good news is the cops found the truck. Bad news is they broke the core in the steering column. I was able to turn the key twice. First time it started but it ran rough. Noticed it was out of gas. (That's when they ditched it). Went and bought a gallon, cycled the key to prime it but couldn't get the key to turn after that. Oh well.
On that note the cop said the crooks have figured out its really easy to punch in the core in the door on these trucks (mines a 2006 f350) and jimmy the core on the steering column. So if you have a truck of that era, you might consider extra security measures i.e. "The club " or a kill switch.

As far as borowing another truck, the two vehicles that will be with us that are capable are already pulling trailers.
I did find that enterprise does rent 3/4 and full tons for towing. I'm calling them today. Internet price is 105 a day for 3/4 ton. Not sure if I want to spend that. Insurance will only cover 25 a day.
I' have already been so busy at work and dealing with this, I haven't had time to search out transwest or any of the others noted.
As noted earlier, we might have to go back to how we started and break out the tent.

National does stock trucks and SUV's.

They are the only company I use any more especially at airports. Get in on the Emerald Club, show up and drive what every you want away.

As far as rules and regulations on towing with a rental? If I had a trailer that could be safely towed with an 1/2 ton. I think it would be worth the risk. But that's just my opinion.

So I chatted with enterprise today. Im going to have to cover 60 bucks a day after insurance. 3/4 ton with electric trailer break control. And towing is allowed.
I'm sure National is good, but they're not on USAAs list. Besides I doubt the 1/2 tons have trailer breaks. I'm not going to try towing over the divide without a trailer break controller.

It looks like it has already been said but you can absolutely rent trucks to tow with. I had to do it when my truck was getting repaired from a wreck. Demanded a truck because I had to pull a trailer. They wouldn't supply a hitch for insurance reasons, other than that no different than renting a regular car. Had a 2500 dodge diesel as my rental.