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Originally Posted by HIZNHRZ
My plan was every couple of years I would enjoy a road trip from Maryland to Chicago to have Marc Haibeck check things out an perform some of his magic. At Carlisle I talked to Marc about bringing the car to him sometime in October. I'm now in a situation where I can't drive the car and need to trailor or flatbed it.
I've looked on the Hemmings site and they have 55 "recommended" trailoring or flatbed point-to-point services for moving cars. It's going to cost at least $1K for the service. I'm not sure I want to pay that kind of money without knowing something about the "service" offered. Plus, that's $1K less that I'll have to spend with Marc. An alternative would be a traditional 18 wheeler car mover. I would rather not put my car on an 18 wheeler and wonder if it will be taken off and put back on the truck multiple times or if it will get to Chicago hours, days, weeks, or even a month or more.
If I buy a brake controller my Tacoma will easily pull a trailor weighing up to 6500 lbs. I'm not having much luck, however, finding a commercial company that rents trailors that I'd want to put my ZR-1 on. I looked at a UHaul trailor. Dry rotted tire, no spare, no brake fluid, and a surge brake system only. Seems like their business is to rent hardware, not maintain it.
Anyone have any experience with a company other than UHaul where I can rent a well maintained (good tires and something other than a surge brake); brake fluid would be nice? Any other suggestions?
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Maybe you could borrow or rent a trailer from someone local? I bought a new open trailer about 9 years ago with electric brakes, tandem axles for around $1,500. from a guy out of Missouri on ebay. I sold it a few years ago because it wasn't being used enough. I'm would think there are other tool rental companies in your area that rent car trailers at least there are around here. I'm fortunate I live about 30 minutes from Marc's place, I haven't gone there yet, but at least I know he's close if I need to.
Joe