Curious......

Fordlover wrote:


I'm surprised Uhaul would rent you that dual axle trailer. They wouldn't rent me anything to pull behind my explorer, So I borrowed my mom's Mountaineer (mechanically identical) and they even hitched it up for me.. Gotta love our litigation happy society.

I was a little surprised too. I did the reservation online even, which follows all their rules strictly. It even offered me the option to rent the largest 6x12 enclosed trailer!

The trailer I ended up with was their old 5x10 model. I think its actually a little heavier than the 6x12 empty, but I wanted to have clear view behind the trailer, and I don't have clip on mirrors for the Fiesta. Only reason I didn't use the van for that trip was because the van was too wide to leave in the street where I did the load-up. That, and 30 MPG towing is nice too;) And, the more often and heavier I tow with it, the more I'm impressed!

carringb wrote:
That's a Fiesta. Not Festiva. It's actually an awesome little tow rig, for an appropriately sized trailer (i.e. under 2,000 pounds). With its direct-injection turbo motor, it tows trailers better than most other small cars drive without a trailer:) It has over 800 pounds of payload capacity, so you can still take a few passengers along with a trailer hooked up.

Here's some pics of my Fiesta towing: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0BG4TcsmjK0Vd

I couldn't find a 2" hitch when I installed my Class 2. Would have been nice just so I could share hitch stuff with my other rigs. Also some of the nicer bike racks are 2" only.

I'm surprised Uhaul would rent you that dual axle trailer. They wouldn't rent me anything to pull behind my explorer, So I borrowed my mom's Mountaineer (mechanically identical) and they even hitched it up for me.. Gotta love our litigation happy society.

rjstractor wrote:
A 22' Airstream, set up by Can-Am RV.

:B:R FUNNY!

I was told by one of the trailer rental outfits (no names here) that they wouldn't rent the trailer I needed if I had a 1.25 inch receiver on my CRV. Luckily I had the 2".

That's a Fiesta. Not Festiva. It's actually an awesome little tow rig, for an appropriately sized trailer (i.e. under 2,000 pounds). With its direct-injection turbo motor, it tows trailers better than most other small cars drive without a trailer:) It has over 800 pounds of payload capacity, so you can still take a few passengers along with a trailer hooked up.

Here's some pics of my Fiesta towing: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0BG4TcsmjK0Vd

I couldn't find a 2" hitch when I installed my Class 2. Would have been nice just so I could share hitch stuff with my other rigs. Also some of the nicer bike racks are 2" only.

Probably a class II. A lot of class II receivers have a 2" opening. Likely for a bike rack or cargo carrier!

I'd 2nd bike rack - I have a hitch on my g37x as well for the same purpose, albeit a class 1 ;)

A 22' Airstream, set up by Can-Am RV.

rav wrote:
bike rack?

yep, that and to tow my light aluminum boat on my Vue. all of my "attachments" were for the larger receiver and a bigger hitch was about the same amount as a small hitch with small to large converter.
bumpy

bike rack?