Why won uhaul rent a trailer for my 2006 ford explorer?
Because U-haul is retarded. I once had a Nissan 1/4 ton that I hauled my project cars home with and regularly hooked a 20ft flat deck behind it with a 3000 pound car on it and never had any problems towing it and had great control of it even on ice. I once tried to rent a car dolly at U-haul and they said my truck was too small and it couldn’t safely tow even the empty dolly. They have a system that won’t allow them to rent any trailers that with load out weights it’s tow vehicle which is retarded and goes against all manufacturers tow ratings. My truck had a 6000 pound tow rating and I was only planning on towing half that amount! I just went to a different rental store where they rented me the dolly without question and my truck towed it just fine. U-haul also has a terrible safety record and has some of the most unsafe vehicles on the road. You need to find a different rental store is all. Good Luck!
It’s because their insurance company won’t let them because of the rollovers previously mentioned. Those rollovers were caused by Ford recommending a far too low tyre pressure for the Firestones fitted in an attempt to get the ride a bit softer. Firestone recommended much higher pressures. Btw, put about 40lbs in your Explorer tyres unless you have big baloony tyres in which case you should put in about 32 – 35 lbs. Check the max pressure on your sidewall. Most tyres can take 50lbs, except Goodyears. The Uhaul restriction doesn’t apply to the Lincoln and Mercury variants.
