lehtola

I'm curious to know if anyone has ever used a tow dolly or car trailer from u-haul to transport a vehicle. If so, how well did it work. I've gone to the u-haul web site and it says that none of the equipment they have will work. Hmmm... help.

David Floyd

I have used a U-Haul trailer with my 951, had to put the rear first.

lehtola

how far did you tow it?

Jim 944S

They made me rent a big dual axle trailer and a humongous truck and charged 800 bucks to tow the "S" from "Cold Iron" Kentucky to Boca Raton Florida. All I needed was another 944 to do the job...!

Ran it up onto the trailer head first, no problem.

Jim 1987 944S

David Floyd

200 miles, From Road Atlanta ( where I blew the engine ) to home in TN.

My car is lowered and an AIR splitter, hince the rear first.

Travis - sflraver

I used a car hauler, duel axel. It worked good but bring a comealong if she won't start.

David Floyd

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Perry 951

I towed my 951, nose first, on a U-Haul trailer for 250 miles. It was rock solid until the tie downs came loose 1 mile from my destination! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />

With the even weight of the 951, it should not matter how it is loaded, but with other cars, you want the heavy end on the tounge.

lehtola

The U-Haul is starting to look more appealing. By the way Perry, what happened to the car 1 mile from your destination?

Predator

No problem. Towed my car to South Florida and back. Used a padded strap to insure the rear hatch didn't blow open. Had to tow mine bass-ackwards, too.

lehtola

Padded strap for the hatch? What do you mean?

Mark Hubley

Back in 1994 I used a tow bar (dolly?) to haul a 1993 Dodge Shadow. I pulled it behind a U-Haul truck. I was moving from Tallahassee, FL, to Gainesville, FL (about 300 miles).

Everything worked well except for a bonehead mistake on my part. After driving about 10 miles someone pulled up next to me and said there was smoke coming from my car. I had set the parking brake after putting the front wheels on the dolly. Obviously, I forgot to release the brake before hitting the road!

lehtola

The u-haul people say the hauler is not compatible for the porsche 944 turbo. This is conflicting information. You guys are telling me that it can be done no problem?

Travis - sflraver

The one I pulled with it was a 84 944. It was the car hauler (with two ramp type things where the tires go). The driving part was easy, getting the thing up there was the hard part. They should install boat winches on those things.

nixwiz

Used a tow dolly to haul my car when I moved to Phoenix from Cincinnati (~2100 miles). Only problem I had was the car was a Geo Metro (could've fit it in the back of the truck!) and the U-Haul van was a diesel and the car was covered with a thick film of diesel exhaust.