Posted On: June 26, 2007, 1:02 pm CDT

Posted By: Temblor

Strange. 7 or 8 years ago I wanted to rent a small trailer to pull with my 2,000 lb Honda CRX. The local U Haul would not rent me the trailer, they said my car was to light to pull it.

And when I went back with my wife's Saturn (1,000 lbs heavier) they would only rent me their smallest trailer, AND gave me a manual on how to load and how to tow, including slow down if there are high cross winds.

But many years before they rented me a large truck which swayed dangerously on the interstate. Turns out they never checked the tire pressures before letting me take it for a cross country trip. After I corrected that, it broke down, late on a Friday in Tn when everything closed early because of a snow storm. The Ford dealer said I should come back Monday morning.

The U Haul rep on the phone kept asking me to please stop screaming. He ended up sending a truck which towed the broken down truck 150 miles to my apartment, then they left it parked there until I was through unloading it.

The sound like broken glass was the chain dragging.

And you load it a little heavy on the tongue to help prevent swaying. Load it evenly, front to back, or heavy in the back, and it will sway at the slighest provocation.