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Rental car to tow a trailer?

Cruisertrash

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I've looked on line at their quotes, and they start at $1500 right now... maybe I'm doing it wrong? Need to go from Columbus, OH to Denver, sometime around October 22nd.
That 60 in Ohio I told you about …. I’ve been looking at rates to get it out here and they seem really high. I’ve never done this before, but uShip quotes came in at $1700-2400. Private carriers were $1500-2000, brokers were $2000+. Maybe there’s a bunch of overhead in shipping that I don’t understand. I looked into renting a truck and flat trailer and it was going to cost just as much…
So now I’m following this for bright ideas.
 

DanInDenver

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Shuksan

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Fly out, buy a truck no money down, then sell it when you get back here?
I maybe binging too much on Junkyard Garage.

https://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/d/circleville-hd-duramax/7347587697.html

The only problem with this is he is going to Ohio... I am on the search for a truck (at the right price) still, and haven't even looked around there.
 

DanInDenver

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As I understood it the trailer is in Ohio and needs to be brought here.
Tim absolutely needs the 6x6 to tow that trailer back here. I stand by my recommendation.
Epic Road Trip in the making.
 

On the RX

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Give me the weight, length and axle count and I'll see if any of my friends in Ohio want to bring it out and quote a price.
 

Notyourmomslx450

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I rented this from enterprise. Borrowed the trailer.
overall very happy w/ the choice. I total w/ overage on miles it was just shy off 1300 for 9 day rental.
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