Dad and I are planning to trailer the old '52 Chevy down to Branson, MO for a long weekend. Dad is meeting up with his best friend from high school down there (his friend now lives in Texas). Branson is a nice place to meet, as it is half-way. They haven't seen each other in 15 years, and are both now 80 years old. Basically, it's two old guys wanting to cruise around for a couple of days, in a car that is very similar to the '51 Chevy that Dad drove in high school.
Since my truck has a POS Jasper engine in it, I don't trust it to tow anything for 900 miles. Thanks a pantload, Jasper. You suck.
I reserved a 1/2 ton pickup and a car transport trailer from the local U-Haul center. The pickups are all 2018 Silverado or Sierras, and have under 10,000 miles. The car transport that they have is brand spankin' new.
I get a call from the manager of the UHaul store this afternoon... and he's waffling back and forth on actually honoring the reservation. Why? They only rent pickups and car transport trailers as round trip rentals... no one-way rentals. The UHaul car transports and pickup trucks are assigned to one location. They don't move around. In a way, I already knew this, from when I tried to rent a pickup and trailer, one way out of New York to Illinois... and was told NO.
Come to find out, the last pickup and car transport that he sent out, is now somewhere in Pennsylvania. The nice person that he rented it to, used it as a one-way rental, and then walked away from it. So, he lost control of about $25,000 in equipment that was assigned to him.
So now, he's gun shy about letting anyone take a truck and his brand new car transport trailer out of town. The fact that I'm taking it about 10 miies short of the Arkansas state line has him wanting to cancel the reservation, for the fear that I'm going to screw him over, just like the last rental. It doesn't matter what I tell him, he's fearing the worst.
He asked me if I'd leave my pickup at the UHaul Center, while we're gone. I guess you could say he'd hold it as "collateral" (hostage?), so he'd be sure that I'd come back. I wouldn't have a problem with it, if he wasn't in such a nasty part of town, without a fenced in stockade yard. I told him that would be fine, but he'd have to park it inside his huge building. Well, that doesn't work.. liability
So, we came to an agreement that I'd hand over the title to my pickup, as his "assurance" that I'd come back... and my pickup will stay in my garage I really don't see the benefit for him, but if it makes him feel better, whatever.. If he loses it, or turns into some sort of psycho, I'll just have to pay $90 for a duplicate title from the state, and be done with it.
This has unexpectedly turned into a awkward situation. If I didn't have a junk Jasper engine in my truck, I'd simply use it.. but the way that this engine is shedding lead, I'm not sure it would tolerate pulling 6,000 pounds for 900 miles without some sort of an issue. To pay UHaul $350 for one of their trucks is the easier solution. He was willing to rent the trailer without the truck... just not both a truck and a trailer. But that's not really an option, thanks to Jasper.
But I sure didn't see this "collateral" issue coming up. I understand the situation, but sheesh... I didn't cause the problem, but I'm sure the one being punished for it.
Is there an angle to this that I'm missing? Can he somehow scam me by simply holding my title for four days... in some way that I'm not seeing?
Since my truck has a POS Jasper engine in it, I don't trust it to tow anything for 900 miles. Thanks a pantload, Jasper. You suck.
I reserved a 1/2 ton pickup and a car transport trailer from the local U-Haul center. The pickups are all 2018 Silverado or Sierras, and have under 10,000 miles. The car transport that they have is brand spankin' new.
I get a call from the manager of the UHaul store this afternoon... and he's waffling back and forth on actually honoring the reservation. Why? They only rent pickups and car transport trailers as round trip rentals... no one-way rentals. The UHaul car transports and pickup trucks are assigned to one location. They don't move around. In a way, I already knew this, from when I tried to rent a pickup and trailer, one way out of New York to Illinois... and was told NO.
Come to find out, the last pickup and car transport that he sent out, is now somewhere in Pennsylvania. The nice person that he rented it to, used it as a one-way rental, and then walked away from it. So, he lost control of about $25,000 in equipment that was assigned to him.
So now, he's gun shy about letting anyone take a truck and his brand new car transport trailer out of town. The fact that I'm taking it about 10 miies short of the Arkansas state line has him wanting to cancel the reservation, for the fear that I'm going to screw him over, just like the last rental. It doesn't matter what I tell him, he's fearing the worst.
He asked me if I'd leave my pickup at the UHaul Center, while we're gone. I guess you could say he'd hold it as "collateral" (hostage?), so he'd be sure that I'd come back. I wouldn't have a problem with it, if he wasn't in such a nasty part of town, without a fenced in stockade yard. I told him that would be fine, but he'd have to park it inside his huge building. Well, that doesn't work.. liability
So, we came to an agreement that I'd hand over the title to my pickup, as his "assurance" that I'd come back... and my pickup will stay in my garage I really don't see the benefit for him, but if it makes him feel better, whatever.. If he loses it, or turns into some sort of psycho, I'll just have to pay $90 for a duplicate title from the state, and be done with it.
This has unexpectedly turned into a awkward situation. If I didn't have a junk Jasper engine in my truck, I'd simply use it.. but the way that this engine is shedding lead, I'm not sure it would tolerate pulling 6,000 pounds for 900 miles without some sort of an issue. To pay UHaul $350 for one of their trucks is the easier solution. He was willing to rent the trailer without the truck... just not both a truck and a trailer. But that's not really an option, thanks to Jasper.
But I sure didn't see this "collateral" issue coming up. I understand the situation, but sheesh... I didn't cause the problem, but I'm sure the one being punished for it.
Is there an angle to this that I'm missing? Can he somehow scam me by simply holding my title for four days... in some way that I'm not seeing?
