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Old Jun 13, 2006 | 10:33 PM
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i need to tow my crx to PA to get tuned in a few weeks, but i have no way to get it there(i refuse to break in my new engine with a 400mile trip on a basemap). im gonna use my bosses astro van and rent a uhaul tow dolly but they want like$450 to bring it to PA but they said its only $49 in state, i was wondering if anybody knows if they use tracking or a mileage counter on tow dollies? i could imagine them having it on the trucks but what about the tow dollies?
Old Jun 13, 2006 | 10:35 PM
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Nothing of the sort on a dolly.

For $450, you can BUY a dolly...
Old Jun 13, 2006 | 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
Nothing of the sort on a dolly.

For $450, you can BUY a dolly...
yea thats what i said. but you can't beat 49 bucks. well i better reserve it now. now i wonder if my olds delta 88(3800 v6) could tow my crx .......i don't wanna chance it and be stuck in PA with 2 cars that don't run
Old Jun 13, 2006 | 10:48 PM
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well.. people say they have look outs.. people that log every uhaul tow dolly or truck they see on the road and get paid for it or something like that.. dunno if its just a sccare tactic.. but it worked on me..

lol

ur best bet is to find someone local to u who has one and borrow it..

try posting an add in craigslist..
remember when u rent that dolly u give em ur liscence number and credit card i assume if they find out.. first thing theyre gonna do is rack up ur bill
Old Jun 13, 2006 | 11:01 PM
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they do have counters, I can vouch for knowing one....
try to borrow one and save some cash
Old Jun 13, 2006 | 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Ogubudiah
they do have counters, I can vouch for knowing one....
try to borrow one and save some cash
indeed they do have counters, we used one to tow my mothers car from oregon to nebraska when we all moved.. for what we paied we could have bought a damn dolly, but we didnt have any place to put one when we got here so we didnt
Old Jun 13, 2006 | 11:14 PM
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---- all that....for one im pretty sure they dont have a counter, for 2 they would never win in court if they tried to charge you for taking it out of town. Ive used them at least 15 times and gone very far and never once had a problem, nor have they had mileage counters, they are usually busted *** trailers that barely have lights lol...think about it, they give you two options, local or one way....one way you take it from store A and leave it at store B.....local you take it from store A and return it to store A....they cant controll what you do with it....just play dumb and say local
Old Jun 13, 2006 | 11:22 PM
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some of them do and some of them don`t.
It will be either on the trailer itself or on the center hub of the wheel
Old Jun 13, 2006 | 11:24 PM
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i'll be on the safe side. im gonna bring it in the shop and take it apart and see if theres any wheel odometers or tracking. they do look busted up and rikity, i wouldn't waist money to monitor a tow dolly, its not like its got a motor that can be abuses or is no go with so many miles
Old Jun 13, 2006 | 11:26 PM
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did you try to get a quote from BUDGET rent-a-car, they have pretty good rate sometimes.



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