OZZY
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posted December 27, 2002 12:29 PM
Just load the bike in the pickup and forget the trailer.
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted December 28, 2002 07:47 AM
I have never had good luck with Uhaul trailer, I say stay away from them, spend 500 bucks on a good flatbed that is used.......just my opinion
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beansbaxter
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posted December 29, 2002 01:58 AM
The trip is done with now. I had a U-Haul trailer just as shown in Hawkman's pic above. However, mine didnt have that fresh new paint job, looked like something from WW2. Hella beat up and banged up.
The trailer ran real fine. You dont even know half of the conditions. Snow like never before, I couldnt get my truck out of first gear for an hour and half but it held up just fine.
Centered the bike, mounted it with tie-downs (thanks ZH) and it ran rock solid. I know some people complained about the shaking but it all was just good for me. I think it has to do with the trailer, and even though mine was beat up hella bad, it held up superbly.
Only complaints...it has four spots for tie downs on the floor of the trailer in each corner, which is perfect. But you can see from the pic that you just have that railing to work with for a tarp. Well it doesnt work. The trailer would get 5 stars if there were holes every 6 inches running along all the sides of the trailers. It makes it too hard to throw a tarp over it.
And I didnt have to buy anything extra from U-Haul to get it to work. My hitch was put on by U-Haul so it accepts standard trailer wiring, and the proprietary special U-Haul trailer wiring. I was good to go.
I got in late and he didnt even charge me for the second day.
VERDICT: If you need the bike to stay dry, this trailer isnt for you. Go enclosed, and the enclosed might cost more, but they dont have to be returned to the same location you rented it from.
Now you know and knowing is half the battle. Go Joe! GI Joe, real American hero. GI Joe was there!!
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beansbaxter
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posted December 29, 2002 02:31 PM
Who sells these trailers to U-Haul? Anyone know the manufacturer, who makes them?
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tbbt
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posted December 29, 2002 04:46 PM
 Edited By: tbbt on 30 Dec 2002 08:00
Whatever you do - DO NOT PUT A TARP ON A BIKE IN AN OPEN TRAILER OR PICKUP BED! That tarp flapping in the wind will screw your paint job up but good. Ask WARDAWG about tarping bikes...
If you're worried about weather etc... and want to get the bike there clean and dry, then you need to use an enclosed trailer. I wouldn't use an enclosed uhaul trailer for this job though... The hooks in the corners of enclosed uhaul trailers aren't stought enough for the tie down straps in my opinion. You can do what you want, but I don't trust them to hold my bike - especially after seeing hooks in uhaul trailers that got broke from hauling a bike.
I told you beansbaxter that you wouldn't have any problem with the trailer. Glad you got your bike to it's destination ok even though it got a bit dirty. Last two times that I trailered mine I got caught in heavy storms. The clean up afterwords kind of sucked, but the bike bike got there in good shape... as always...
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beansbaxter
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posted December 29, 2002 04:55 PM
Yeah I even opted for the extra $8 for insurance, covers the bike should a tie down break. $100 deductable. Thats insane that a tie down hook on the bed of the trailer broke, I guess that speaks volumes about how good they are sheesh.
And the tarp did some damage to my bike, we wont go there. I'm still pissed about it.
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ZHooligan
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posted December 29, 2002 06:51 PM
tbbt's advice on not tarping a bike in an open trailer is good advice. The tarp will slap around and eventually wear the paint of of different friction points. Let the bike get dirty and wash it when the trip is over. I have trailered bikes on open trailers all over the country and make a point to carry a wash bucket and cleaning supplies. Get to your destination, pull into a carwash and clean it up on the trailer.
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TurboBlew
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posted December 30, 2002 04:07 AM
Ive trailered bikes on "open" trailers but I used shrink wrap to protect the bike.
I tied the bike down securely. then wrap the bike. Tape the seams and its ready to go.
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tbbt
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posted December 30, 2002 08:15 AM
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Thats insane that a tie down hook on the bed of the trailer broke, I guess that speaks volumes about how good they are sheesh.
Now I was only talking about the hooks in uhaul's enclosed trailers. The hooks on their motorcycle trailers are fine and I've never seen any problems with them.
I don't think uhual ever intended for their enclosed trailers to be used to transport motorcycles. So I can't say much about the broken hooks because they weren't intended to do the job that somebody tried to used them for. The hooks in the enclosed trailers are only for securing furniture etc. - not 500 to 600 lb motorcycles bouncing around...
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