I was doing a litter research for rental tow vehicles, I found Enterprise Truck Rentals is now renting 3/4 and 1 Ton trucks for personal use, at a affordable rate, they list (3/4 Ton Pickup Truck SIERRA SLT 2500 CREW CAB OR SIMILAR) for the 3/4 and (1 Ton Pickup Truck 4X4 CREW CAB 169.5 IN. WB) for the 1 ton. Has anyone here had experience renting these truck for towing a TT? The site says towing capable but extra fees may apply? I need to haul a 32'TT From NJ to SC but my tow rig might not be up to the task, if you have any experience with these are the brake controllers built in? Do they have standard 7way connections? They are closed until Monday and I just don't know what to ask I don't want to scare them away because I know some of the companys have employees that havery no idea what's going on they are their only to collect your money and hand you keys, that's my experience with the car rental anyway, any suggestions on how to deal with them? This will save me a fortune getting my new home home without risking my daily driver, I did post this question in a simular way in a running conversation, I was hoping to reach out to a wider audience. Thanks And sorry if there are a lot of punctuation errors and misspelling my tablet is on its way out and does weird things I miss when typing.

You better call them and make sure they allow you to tow a trailer with their vehicles. You will likely have to at least provide additional insurance for your trailer.

rjf7g wrote:You better call them and make sure they allow you to tow a trailer with their vehicles. You will likely have to at least provide additional insurance for your trailer. I have USAA they work with enterprise so the insurance won't be a issue, I was just wondering if anyone here had experience with enterprise with these rentals? The website says towing is permitted but there could be additional fers? The site doesn't say what these fees are and I googled all night looking for answers about it, I have a listing on uShip but want to avoid it if I can do this on my own. I think this service was reserved for business customers only until recently at least that's what I got out of what I read.

saboken wrote:rjf7g wrote:You better call them and make sure they allow you to tow a trailer with their vehicles. You will likely have to at least provide additional insurance for your trailer. I have USAA they work with enterprise so the insurance won't be a issue, You are being a little too cavalier about insurance. Unless you specifically have a rider insuring your trailer, it probably will not be insured while being towed by a rental vehicle.

DownTheAvenue wrote:saboken wrote:rjf7g wrote:You better call them and make sure they allow you to tow a trailer with their vehicles. You will likely have to at least provide additional insurance for your trailer. I have USAA they work with enterprise so the insurance won't be a issue, You are being a little too cavalier about insurance. Unless you specifically have a rider insuring your trailer, it probably will not be insured while being towed by a rental vehicle.USAA uses Progressive for RV Insurance at a discounted rate, everything will be fully insured before I hook up, I have a policy on hold for the new trailer, everything is covered again not to sound rude but I am looking for someone that has dealt with Enterprise with these rentals so I can cover all my bases there may be unknowns I want to be prepared for,

My main concern is to prevent any surprises when dealing with enterprise because I am putting off buying 2 new rear tires to possiblity rent a TV if I run into any issues and can't correct them the day I need to pickup the TV I won't be able to get the tires they are special order were I live, my timeframe to pick up the TT is very narrow I have 3 days to get to NJ and get the TT into storage in SC, I am going to risk burning up my transmission if I use my Yukon because of the unknown mileage on it? A risk I want to avoid if possible mainly because the TT is going to be my home in 2 months and my Yukon is my only vehicle! I live in a area with no public transportation and everything is 20 plus miles from home. This would be a disaster because of my disability I would be lucky if I could walk a mile without winding up in the hospital. It sucks but it's what life dealt me, my wife is legally blind so that complicates things more, we each pull just under $1000 a month on SSI and I have been selling everything we don't need on eBay to help fund this (Purchase, Transport, Insurance, and Storage until I secure a monthly lot) we lost our paid for home in PA because of a Sewer upgrade mishap and had no recourse to sue the town for the failing Field stone foundation due to escavation being to close to my basement, that's another matter I had to put behind me, so here I am getting ready to live in a TT to save up $$$ to find a Rental home we can afford back up I'm western Pa, we moved out of our failing home in a rush and it drained us financially we are barely getting by with the high rents at our current location so I have to do what's nessary to get our lives back to normal.I refuse charity they closest is the gentalman that is selling me a 2005 Gulfstream for $2000.00 if it was free I would probably refuse it unless I was homeless or a family member was giving it to me and even then I would find a way to pay them back. That's just how I was raised.

Rental tow vehicles (Enterprise truck rentals etc)

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saboken
Explorer
Dec 18, 2016
DownTheAvenue wrote:
saboken wrote:
rjf7g wrote:
You better call them and make sure they allow you to tow a trailer with their vehicles. You will likely have to at least provide additional insurance for your trailer.
I have USAA they work with enterprise so the insurance won't be a issue,

You are being a little too cavalier about insurance. Unless you specifically have a rider insuring your trailer, it probably will not be insured while being towed by a rental vehicle.

USAA uses Progressive for RV Insurance at a discounted rate, everything will be fully insured before I hook up, I have a policy on hold for the new trailer, everything is covered again not to sound rude but I am looking for someone that has dealt with Enterprise with these rentals so I can cover all my bases there may be unknowns I want to be prepared for,
DownTheAvenue
Explorer
Dec 18, 2016
saboken wrote:
rjf7g wrote:
You better call them and make sure they allow you to tow a trailer with their vehicles. You will likely have to at least provide additional insurance for your trailer.
I have USAA they work with enterprise so the insurance won't be a issue,

You are being a little too cavalier about insurance. Unless you specifically have a rider insuring your trailer, it probably will not be insured while being towed by a rental vehicle.
saboken
Explorer
Dec 18, 2016
rjf7g wrote:
You better call them and make sure they allow you to tow a trailer with their vehicles. You will likely have to at least provide additional insurance for your trailer.
I have USAA they work with enterprise so the insurance won't be a issue, I was just wondering if anyone here had experience with enterprise with these rentals? The website says towing is permitted but there could be additional fers? The site doesn't say what these fees are and I googled all night looking for answers about it, I have a listing on uShip but want to avoid it if I can do this on my own. I think this service was reserved for business customers only until recently at least that's what I got out of what I read.
rjf7g
Explorer
Dec 18, 2016
You better call them and make sure they allow you to tow a trailer with their vehicles. You will likely have to at least provide additional insurance for your trailer.

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