[VAL] Moving trailer from TX to Washington

["Tom" <thomm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Washington the State -- or -- Washington the Capitol?

When I thought of towing a car with a tow hitch all the rental companies I 
contacted insisted that the ONLY trailer I could pull with their truck had 
to be one of THEIR own trailers.

In fact, the only company where I could find and rent a tow-dolly from was 
U-Haul but their equipment leaves a lot to be desired since all their 
"dealers" do their own maintenance or at least are supposed to.  I walked 
when I saw wires just twisted together and where they were "spliced" or 
joined by twisting the wires they didn't even use wire nuts but instead just 
wrapped the crappy joint with black electrical tape.  Their maintenance 
reminded me of something a 10 year old who didn't know what he was doing 
would do.

A big part of the reason rental companies don't want you towing anything but 
their trailers is two-fold I think.  They know their plugs and brake 
controllers will work with their trailer and truck, and they know the size 
and weights of the trailers they rent and hope to keep down liability claims 
as they know you won't be pulling a 40' commercial utility trailer, etc.

There are some people who make a living towing "your" trailer with "their" 
trucks, and there are also others who load up your trailer on a flat-bed or 
roll-back tow truck.  Are these the ones you referred to as costing a 
fortune?

How old is your trailer?  I know it's a stretch but have you considered as a 
last resort selling your trailer in TX and buying another in Washington?

This time of year people would be going South, not North so you will have 
more trouble this time of year but you've probably already ran into that.

Tom