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Im more of a maybe. Ive had a busy summer and need to make some funds available for this winter for a few projects I have in mind. Plus Va is a bit far for me if I have a rear axle blow up on me....
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The way I look at it, 100 miles away or 400 miles away if you aren't at home you still have a mess. It is a long tow or a trail fix either way. Besides you would have a pit crew to get you up and going quickly.By the time you got back with an axle, the pit crew would have your old axle out!
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Looks like $300+ in fuel alone. Will have to check finances as i have a bit of debt to take care of first.
they've always worked for me.
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HARDTRAILZ wrote:Looks like $300+ in fuel alone. Will have to check finances as i have a bit of debt to take care of first.
If Matt doesn't go to split gas with you, I'm certain we can work something out, like in the past...
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navigator wrote:The way I look at it, 100 miles away or 400 miles away if you aren't at home you still have a mess. It is a long tow or a trail fix either way. Besides you would have a pit crew to get you up and going quickly. By the time you got back with an axle, the pit crew would have your old axle out!
But a 100 mile tow is a hell of a lot easier to swallow than a 550 mile tow.
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the end result though is you have to fix it either way
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100 mile tow is free w AAA but a 4-500 mile tow is gonna be hundreds of dollars if you can even find someone willing to do it.
they've always worked for me.
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I dont mind fixing it, its the getting it home to fix it that makes me weary
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JCrayton99 wrote:I dont mind fixing it, its the getting it home to fix it that makes me weary
I thought of how I would get towed home in a worst case, best and cheapest would be rent full size truck or SUV and rent a tow dolly should be around $200 total.
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NC_IslandRunner wrote:JCrayton99 wrote:I dont mind fixing it, its the getting it home to fix it that makes me weary
I thought of how I would get towed home in a worst case, best and cheapest would be rent full size truck or SUV and rent a tow dolly should be around $200 total.
Great idea.
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NC_IslandRunner wrote:JCrayton99 wrote:I dont mind fixing it, its the getting it home to fix it that makes me weary
I thought of how I would get towed home in a worst case, best and cheapest would be rent full size truck or SUV and rent a tow dolly should be around $200 total.
When regulator busted his a dolly would not have worked....
they've always worked for me.
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Tow dolly from Uhaul seems to be $49 for 2 days. Add a small uhaul truck in for a total of $217 (with mileage for 200 miles... if your distance is more, quote it yourself). Not bad!
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Slightly more than a dollar a mile aint bad at all.
A flat bed auto-transport is roughly $75 for the 2 day rental, IIRC.
A flat bed auto-transport is roughly $75 for the 2 day rental, IIRC.
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JamesDowning wrote:Tow dolly from Uhaul seems to be $49 for 2 days. Add a small uhaul truck in for a total of $217 (with mileage for 200 miles... if your distance is more, quote it yourself). Not bad!
I would get the dolly from U-haul but it would be cheaper to rent a truck from enterprise with a tow package.
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If I have range of motion and strengh back to trailer down I'll think.
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Will your truck be street legal? Or is the trailer just to save fuel?!
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I am an inch off from street legal. Might do a full cage inside and out but. Towing it down with the 2500hd I'll get 15 to 17 at 60 to 65. If I break something then I can just drag it back.
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