I saw this item in the news tonight that I thought might be of passing interest to some readers here. For some time now, U-Haul has been refusing to rent trailers to people who plan to tow them behind soft top equipped Jeeps. Now they are targeting the Ford Explorer:
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UHaul is already fighting a suit where an Exploder pulling a trailer blew a tire. I think UHaul should be suing somebody for the damaged trailer.
Yeah, and in the television story, with typical concern for facts, the Ford Exploder shown was the new version that comes with Michelin tires, or at least all the local dealer ones do.
Now if U*Hell would show similar c> Hi Dell
I knew some people that had U-Haul hook up a 4x4 to another 4x4 and it was improperly hooked up causing an accident where both vehicles rolled and that killed one person and injured another. This was possibly 5-7 years ago. I think U-Haul was sued and possibly lost the case. (I am not sure if one of them was an Explorer though) And NO this was not an urban legend! later, dave
u-hell has had a policy against renting to any soft top vehicle owner for a long time. their "hookup" catalogue has a warning to dealers on every page that lists a soft top available vehicle. The dealer manual cites inadequate rollover protection as the reason. It seems that in their opinion the 26 gauge sheetmetal of a KIA roof is going to fare better in a rollover than any bar equipped vehicle. Who knows where their logic comes from... besides, have you ever rented any of their junk and not had it be total rubbish? I think they use the 10% rule... if 10% of the lights come on, it fine.
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